Radar Detectors

Ken, don't quote me on this but don't get caught in CT with a detector visible. In some state using a detector isn't legal.

I'd also suggest two words: "PBA" and "card". Get one--it sounds like you know where to go to find one. Won't save you a ticket if you're being really bad, but it may buy you an indulgence here and there.

Jersey(as an example) has some ways to buy a ticket down to a no point offense, but it's expensive, like in the $400 plus range. Not to mention the time lost and probably a lawyer's fee to get things done right.
 
Valentine 1. The best, don't leave home without it.

Laser detectors only tell you when your nabbed. K40 Laser diffuser jams and detects.


Paul
 
I have a Cobra XRS 9775. I have been very satisfied with how sensitive it is. I have been saved by it, that is for sure. I feel it is a great dectector without breaking the bank. Not a bad way to go. YMMV
 
The top-of-the-line radar detectors right now are the Beltronics Pro RX65 and the Escort Passport 8500 X50.

Radar technology has changed considerably in the last 10 years. K and X band radar is being phased out. Ka band radar, which is considerably harder to detect, is being used in all new radar guns. POP and other forms of instant-on radar have become popular, which most older and cheaper radar detectors cannot deal with. In fact many cheaper radar detectors cannot adequately deal with Ka at all.
 
a year or so ago car& driver did a test between all the better detectors (the V1 lost IIRC by 1 or 2 points to a bel) and of the ones tested a el cheapo cobra worked pretty good at Ka, better than some of the high $$ ones. falses were a prob w/it however.

i almost wish ya could get one that is only Ka and maybe K X is always a false in my neck of the woods no cops use them anymore, X was connected to testicular cancer IIRC due to cops carrying them between there legs when driving while the unit was on.

also IIRC laser wont work if the cop car is moving, it must be stationary, which is why Ka is more popular right now (& price the laser units are high $$)

dont know about outside of texas but in this area a PBA card/etc (texas state troopers assoc, various sheriffs assoc, etc) wont help ya at all with most officers as far as tickets go, they dont care, i work out with a few cops and thats the concensus from them about the subject anyway. save your $$ on that one, if tickets are why ya are getting involved with them.
 
K.V. Collucci said:
I plan on traveling alot this summer and would like to get something that isn't too expensive but is still a good unit.
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Hints:

1. There's a (free) dial on your instrument panel labelled "Miles per hour."

2. There are (free) signs at the roadside with numbers on them.

3. Make sure that the number on (1) does not exceed the number on (2).

;)

maximus "Ex-LEO" otter
 
I have a Sensoro silver bullet that works great for a $110 detector. My son uses a Cobra 9300.
The Sensoro can be used wireless, is smaller and more discreet and has almost zero false alarms compared to the Cobra. The Cobra has more bells and whistles like strobe alerts, and safety warnings but has alot of false signals.
The range on the Sensoro is almost on par with my other Son's X50 that he paid $200 more for. One of the car mags did a radar detector comparo and rated the Sensoro silver bullet second which was well above all the Cobra models.

http://www.pnicorp.com/family?nodeId=c4
 
Like Maximus, I tend to agree that the easiest and cheapest way to avoid speeding citations is to drive in a legal manner. Probably the LEO thing....

I just watched the "mythbusters" segment on the various gimmicks that are supposed to fool radar... Very funny. (none of 'em worked)

We had a news item here a couple of years ago about a fellow who got caught in a multi-jurisdiction radar enforcement effort. Determined to avoid further hassle, he went out and bought an expensive detector. Next day, he got caught again, the detector registering nothing.
The officer pointed skywards-he'd been caught by aerial observation.

Though I am dismayed at the widespread tendency to ignore traffic safety, it's even worse to see that there are still municipalities that see enforcement as a cash cow, and to indulge in all sorts of illegal activities. A local city got caught just last year with a setup that let their police officers "manipulate" a traffic signal...
 
pcnorton said:
Laser detectors only tell you when your nabbed. K40 Laser diffuser jams and detects.
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Indeed, the last I checked which was more than ten years ago, a laser detector only detects the laser after it has been pointed at your vehicle, since a laser beam doesn't "spill" to the same degree as do microwaves. You could try jamming the return beam by flooding the light spectrum with lights on your car, but your car would look fairly odd with dozens of lights mounted on the grill, hood, dash, etc. It may work, though. However, a smart LEO would figure it out and possibly give you a ticket regardless for interfering with law enforcement activity or something.
 
Thirteenth Star said:
Indeed, the last I checked which was more than ten years ago, a laser detector only detects the laser after it has been pointed at your vehicle, since a laser beam doesn't "spill" to the same degree as do microwaves. You could try jamming the return beam by flooding the light spectrum with lights on your car, but your car would look fairly odd with dozens of lights mounted on the grill, hood, dash, etc. It may work, though. However, a smart LEO would figure it out and possibly give you a ticket regardless for interfering with law enforcement activity or something.
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The K40 james for enough time to slow and then shuts down.:) Its emmiter is innocuous and is mounted on the license plate frame..The target the revenue generating force aims at.(Thats what it is all about..why else would speeding be a civil infraction---$$$$$)

LEO's operating on radar/lidar are just automatons...as long as you don't jam them and go by at mach 3 you will not draw them out. Once alertede and slowed down, they get their reading, well withing the limit.

Of course you could go at it in a different tack...join your local reserve leo department get a card and badge and worry no more.;)



Paul
 
maximus otter said:
Hints:

1. There's a (free) dial on your instrument panel labelled "Miles per hour."

2. There are (free) signs at the roadside with numbers on them.

3. Make sure that the number on (1) does not exceed the number on (2).

;)

maximus "Ex-LEO" otter
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well, i guess that would work but it sure would be boring lol. not to mention all the folks who would be about 3" off your back bumper.
 
SIFU1A said:
not to mention all the folks who would be about 3" off your back bumper.
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Hint: Accelerate to any speed and morons like that will still be 3" off your back bumper.

Decelerate. The hair will not drop off your chest, and Mr. Muppet will overtake you to kill someone else.

maximus otter
 
no offense but i think i'll just keep on doing it "my way" lol.

besides, if i wanted to go slow i wouldnt have bought a vette. or a $450 radar detector.
 
There is a stretch of I-66 running through Fauquier County, Virginia, IIRC, that has become a notorious speed trap. They use radar in unmarked cars, laser in unmarked cars, and aircraft in order to nail drivers and, so I have read, the numbers on their tickets tend t be about 3-5mph higher than the people are really driving. That way, it is too damned difficult for the people to foght the ticket and almost all pay them. When I go through that area, I am driving at about 5mph below the 65mph limit, using my cruise control.

Ron, I agree with you that using a cruise control is counter-productive to having fun, but driving the Interstates is simply NOT fun, it is a matter of getting from point A to point B as quickly and safely as possible and using the cruise control allows my attention to be focused upon the other aspects of driving safely. There are more than enough idiots to evade.
 
I had the Cobra and the Whistler detectors before. They worked fine, but didn't really give much warning time. I mean, by the time you were notified, it was too late. In fact, I don't care what kind of detector you get, if you're speeding and you're all alone, you're dead meat anyway. But, the new BEL detector I got, at least gives you pretty good warning of what's ahead.
 
what year, I have a 1976 L-48 with "offroad" exhaust, open air cleaner element (K&N), M-22 four speed (borg Warner) 15x8 steel rallies, 265x50x15 Dunlop Radial GT's, Centerforce Dual friction clutch ($800.00 for clutch disk, throwout bearing and pressure plate). It does need paint and interior work, a new stereo, a repair to the drivers side floor pan, and a rebuild to the tachometer. I rebuilt the suspension a few years ago it had the Gymkana (7 leaf rear spring) so that is what I stayed with, new spring of course, I could have gone carbon or a 5 leaf spring. KYB gas adjust shock on all 4 corners, and I have to rebuild the emergency brake from the Handle inside to the cable. Wife and I love it
 
FullerH said:
Ron, I agree with you that using a cruise control is counter-productive to having fun, but driving the Interstates is simply NOT fun, it is a matter of getting from point A to point B as quickly and safely as possible and using the cruise control allows my attention to be focused upon the other aspects of driving safely. There are more than enough idiots to evade.
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This might be the case with some people (very likely most people), but for me, every time I am behind the wheel of my car, it's a major stress reliever and quite a lot of fun (and understand this is coming from a person living in Seattle, one of the the worst traffic cities in America). I personally don't care about traffic (even lots of traffic) when commuting to/from work or even if I'm just going to the local video store. Just getting in the car is a joy. Driving is my release...my escape...my therapy...and, if you will, my "drug" (BTW, listening to music is a close second to driving for this "release"...and I get to do that in a car!). I don't need to have my "hair on fire," driving at 110%, to be having fun behind the wheel! :) The only time I EVER get frustrated while driving is if I have an important appointment and traffic is much, much worse than I anticipated (or when I get stuck behind a BIG truck which is driving slowly and I can't easily get around it).

I do have my radar detector for those occasional indiscretions (which believe it or not aren't really all that often), but I have it more for those times where the posted speed isn't realistic and traffic tends to routinely go 5-10 mph over. I can promise you that for example in a zone marked 55 mph, I'll get stopped for 4-5 over in a sports car when an old family sedan gets stopped at 7-10 mph over. They see a sports car and instinctively want to pull it over (kinda like those Toyota Celica commercials from a few years back..."It just looks fast", or something like that). The radar detector is a way to equalize the playing field.

I've had this car for five years and have zero moving infractions with it. Also, I only have two moving violations spread out over my 26 years of driving (I think the first one was something like eight mph over on the freeway and the other being running a red light...I was guilty in both instances).

Yes, I can be a "spirited" or "assertive" driver (BUT NEVER "aggressive" ;) ... can you see I'm into semantics), but I'm also a very, very careful/smart driver. And though I'll keep my radar detector on for years to come, there's nothing like being alert enought to see a speed trap long before they see you. :)
 
lizardman_u said:
what year, I have a 1976 L-48 with "offroad" exhaust, open air cleaner element (K&N), M-22 four speed (borg Warner) 15x8 steel rallies, 265x50x15 Dunlop Radial GT's, Centerforce Dual friction clutch ($800.00 for clutch disk, throwout bearing and pressure plate). It does need paint and interior work, a new stereo, a repair to the drivers side floor pan, and a rebuild to the tachometer. I rebuilt the suspension a few years ago it had the Gymkana (7 leaf rear spring) so that is what I stayed with, new spring of course, I could have gone carbon or a 5 leaf spring. KYB gas adjust shock on all 4 corners, and I have to rebuild the emergency brake from the Handle inside to the cable. Wife and I love it
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mine is a '95 LT1 pretty much stock except for a K&N and 3.90 gears, runs good though (13.50' ish at the track) i got her new in '95 and she only has 40K has been a great car. i dont drive it much usually drive my impala, i like to have the vette for nice weather and the other for everyday, before i got the vette i had a '73 Z/28 i got 1 yr old and drove the same way, it only had about 80K in '95, it was a good one too but no AC, also 4spd and 4.10 gears so not so great on the hiway, and talk about gas hog!!. do love the thing though, would like to get a '06 ZO6 the 500 HP one if i could find a lightly used one next summer. great cars though, sounds like yours is a nice one also....the old Z/28 about killed me in the summer w/a black interior/no AC, it gets hot here in Tx,

speaking of Texas "HOW BOUGHT THEM LONGHORNS" if ya'll heard a loud holler tonite it was probably me lol. the fact that Vince Young didnt win the heisman is a shame imho, i guess he showed everyone tonite though.

Hook "em,
 
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