Radar Detectors, Whatcha got?
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Radar Detectors, Whatcha got?
I was wondering if you use one? And if you do, what brand and model do you put your trust in? I was using an Escort Passport 7500i up until a few days ago when I picked up Escorts New Passport Max. And so far I mst say, I am impressed, I love the GPS function and the fact that it links up to a national database of red light cameras and such, and man is this thing sensitive, It picks up signals twice as far away as my old unit. So let's hear what your running with.
12/28/13, 11:52 PM
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Running the Passport 9500ix for a few years now.
Never let's me down when I use it right.
Not a lot of lasers where I live. Well actually Nike that I've ever seen. I guess the first time I do see one I'm ****ed though.
Never let's me down when I use it right.
Not a lot of lasers where I live. Well actually Nike that I've ever seen. I guess the first time I do see one I'm ****ed though.
12/29/13, 07:41 PM
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This passport max is really impressive so far, it's already recognizing all the local X band false alarms and cataloging them and it is easily twice as sensitive as my old unit, it warns me way earlier. Plus I've been using the escort live app for my iPhone in conjunction with the radar detector and I am liking the results.
You should look into the escort live app, the more people that use it, the less places Johnny law has to hide. Hehehehehe
You should look into the escort live app, the more people that use it, the less places Johnny law has to hide. Hehehehehe
1/3/14, 11:53 PM
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Lessee, where to begin. OK, retired traffic policeman here. I was the RADAR king of my dept. 
(OK, so I know some will not see the humor in that smiley)
I was also a State certified Instructor in RADAR, taught the kiddies at the Police Academy and all that jazz and this is what I would say about the various detectors.
TRASH, and worse, waste of money that you could be spending on your Stang. Seriously Dudes and Dudettes, don't buy into that marketing... ESPECIALLY on the so called LASER detectors. Here's why.
RADAR: No magic here, just a very, very high frequency radio. In the gigahertz range (Billion cycles per second). The old X Band was 7 to 11.2 ghtz. The K band (most common) is 24.15 ghtz and the Ka band, for photo RADAR is is upwards of 26 ghtz.
Now, two words: "Hold Button: This is a push on push off button on a remote hand unit attached to the RADAR which simply turns on and off the transmitter. In the old days, with the X band RADARs that look like a megaphone hanging on the side of the car, there was no hold button and the Fuzzbusters would work like a charm. Nowadays though, experienced RADAR operators will keep their RADAR on hold till they see a speeder, hit the button, bam. You are caught. Since RADAR travels at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) you would have to have very quick reflexes indeed to slow down fast enough to avoid a ticket.
If one is traveling thru an area where there is a n00b operator, one might get by without a ticket, but I would not chance it. Also, in my Glorious Commonwealth™ (Virginia), operation of a RADAR detector is unlawful. If an officer activates his RADAR and the target vehicle suddenly plows the road with the nose from the driver standing on the brakes, this is probable cause for an officer to search the vehicle for the detector WITHOUT A WARRANT. Also, we have a little jewel called the VG2, which is a detector detector.
LASER: or LIDAR. a Detector? for a LASER you say?
The RADAR detector relies on sloppy or n00b officers to leave the RADAR running, thereby transmitting a signal. This signal widens as it leaves the device antenna and can be detected over the crest of hills and around corners to some degree, just like pick up a static-y far off radio station.. A LASER though is a different critter. It is a tightly coherent beam of light. There is no spillage to detect. By the time your LASER detector is screaming on your dash, the officer already has your ticket about halfway written.
Besides, more people die every year in speed related crashes than most anything else. Why frak up your beautiful car and kill yourself?
Save your money, buy your car something nice.
(OK, so I know some will not see the humor in that smiley)I was also a State certified Instructor in RADAR, taught the kiddies at the Police Academy and all that jazz and this is what I would say about the various detectors.
TRASH, and worse, waste of money that you could be spending on your Stang. Seriously Dudes and Dudettes, don't buy into that marketing... ESPECIALLY on the so called LASER detectors. Here's why.
RADAR: No magic here, just a very, very high frequency radio. In the gigahertz range (Billion cycles per second). The old X Band was 7 to 11.2 ghtz. The K band (most common) is 24.15 ghtz and the Ka band, for photo RADAR is is upwards of 26 ghtz.
Now, two words: "Hold Button: This is a push on push off button on a remote hand unit attached to the RADAR which simply turns on and off the transmitter. In the old days, with the X band RADARs that look like a megaphone hanging on the side of the car, there was no hold button and the Fuzzbusters would work like a charm. Nowadays though, experienced RADAR operators will keep their RADAR on hold till they see a speeder, hit the button, bam. You are caught. Since RADAR travels at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) you would have to have very quick reflexes indeed to slow down fast enough to avoid a ticket.
If one is traveling thru an area where there is a n00b operator, one might get by without a ticket, but I would not chance it. Also, in my Glorious Commonwealth™ (Virginia), operation of a RADAR detector is unlawful. If an officer activates his RADAR and the target vehicle suddenly plows the road with the nose from the driver standing on the brakes, this is probable cause for an officer to search the vehicle for the detector WITHOUT A WARRANT. Also, we have a little jewel called the VG2, which is a detector detector.
LASER: or LIDAR. a Detector? for a LASER you say?
The RADAR detector relies on sloppy or n00b officers to leave the RADAR running, thereby transmitting a signal. This signal widens as it leaves the device antenna and can be detected over the crest of hills and around corners to some degree, just like pick up a static-y far off radio station.. A LASER though is a different critter. It is a tightly coherent beam of light. There is no spillage to detect. By the time your LASER detector is screaming on your dash, the officer already has your ticket about halfway written.
Besides, more people die every year in speed related crashes than most anything else. Why frak up your beautiful car and kill yourself?
Save your money, buy your car something nice.
1/3/14, 11:56 PM
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Ya know, that's funny you say that. When I was a policeman, I rarely "hid" Most (as in almost all) of the tickets I ever wrote were in Moving mode, ie, driving around. Another reason why detectors are not that good a way to spend your money.
He spots SQUIRRELS from a mile away too…
1/4/14, 06:08 AM
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valentine one, latest generation, been running them for over a decade. saved me from many tickets over the years, laser isnt used much out where I live but works well on radar even with pop you will usually get some notice as they ping traffic ahead of you. one does have to use their brain and eyes and not just blindly rely on the detector.
1/4/14, 10:24 AM
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But they can server a good purpose... We have a number of speed traps around here. One in particular is coming into town from the North, when you're coming down from 55mph to a 45mph zone, then immediately around a bend there's an additional 25mph sign (easy to miss). You may not be looking for 2nd sign since you just saw the 45mph one. Instead of noticing all the tickets and put up better signage, they took down two of the 3 25mph signs to help you not know to slow down. It's a hot spot and you can see people pulled over pretty much daily. Having that detector is going to give the typical driver fair notice to pay extra attention, look for speed signs and slow down.
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I've been running the passport max which is my first radar detector. I love it and am very satisfied with my detector. Just remember to update it, and look into buying a blendmount and mirror tap install kit, very very good way of mounting the detector.
1/4/14, 09:28 PM
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Lessee, where to begin. OK, retired traffic policeman here. I was the RADAR king of my dept. (OK, so I know some will not see the humor in that smiley) I was also a State certified Instructor in RADAR, taught the kiddies at the Police Academy and all that jazz and this is what I would say about the various detectors. TRASH, and worse, waste of money that you could be spending on your Stang. Seriously Dudes and Dudettes, don't buy into that marketing... ESPECIALLY on the so called LASER detectors. Here's why. RADAR: No magic here, just a very, very high frequency radio. In the gigahertz range (Billion cycles per second). The old X Band was 7 to 11.2 ghtz. The K band (most common) is 24.15 ghtz and the Ka band, for photo RADAR is is upwards of 26 ghtz. Now, two words: "Hold Button: This is a push on push off button on a remote hand unit attached to the RADAR which simply turns on and off the transmitter. In the old days, with the X band RADARs that look like a megaphone hanging on the side of the car, there was no hold button and the Fuzzbusters would work like a charm. Nowadays though, experienced RADAR operators will keep their RADAR on hold till they see a speeder, hit the button, bam. You are caught. Since RADAR travels at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) you would have to have very quick reflexes indeed to slow down fast enough to avoid a ticket. If one is traveling thru an area where there is a n00b operator, one might get by without a ticket, but I would not chance it. Also, in my Glorious Commonwealth™ (Virginia), operation of a RADAR detector is unlawful. If an officer activates his RADAR and the target vehicle suddenly plows the road with the nose from the driver standing on the brakes, this is probable cause for an officer to search the vehicle for the detector WITHOUT A WARRANT. Also, we have a little jewel called the VG2, which is a detector detector. LASER: or LIDAR. a Detector? for a LASER you say? The RADAR detector relies on sloppy or n00b officers to leave the RADAR running, thereby transmitting a signal. This signal widens as it leaves the device antenna and can be detected over the crest of hills and around corners to some degree, just like pick up a static-y far off radio station.. A LASER though is a different critter. It is a tightly coherent beam of light. There is no spillage to detect. By the time your LASER detector is screaming on your dash, the officer already has your ticket about halfway written. Besides, more people die every year in speed related crashes than most anything else. Why frak up your beautiful car and kill yourself? Save your money, buy your car something nice.
(OK, so I know some will not see the humor in that smiley) I was also a State certified Instructor in RADAR, taught the kiddies at the Police Academy and all that jazz and this is what I would say about the various detectors. TRASH, and worse, waste of money that you could be spending on your Stang. Seriously Dudes and Dudettes, don't buy into that marketing... ESPECIALLY on the so called LASER detectors. Here's why. RADAR: No magic here, just a very, very high frequency radio. In the gigahertz range (Billion cycles per second). The old X Band was 7 to 11.2 ghtz. The K band (most common) is 24.15 ghtz and the Ka band, for photo RADAR is is upwards of 26 ghtz. Now, two words: "Hold Button: This is a push on push off button on a remote hand unit attached to the RADAR which simply turns on and off the transmitter. In the old days, with the X band RADARs that look like a megaphone hanging on the side of the car, there was no hold button and the Fuzzbusters would work like a charm. Nowadays though, experienced RADAR operators will keep their RADAR on hold till they see a speeder, hit the button, bam. You are caught. Since RADAR travels at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) you would have to have very quick reflexes indeed to slow down fast enough to avoid a ticket. If one is traveling thru an area where there is a n00b operator, one might get by without a ticket, but I would not chance it. Also, in my Glorious Commonwealth™ (Virginia), operation of a RADAR detector is unlawful. If an officer activates his RADAR and the target vehicle suddenly plows the road with the nose from the driver standing on the brakes, this is probable cause for an officer to search the vehicle for the detector WITHOUT A WARRANT. Also, we have a little jewel called the VG2, which is a detector detector. LASER: or LIDAR. a Detector? for a LASER you say? The RADAR detector relies on sloppy or n00b officers to leave the RADAR running, thereby transmitting a signal. This signal widens as it leaves the device antenna and can be detected over the crest of hills and around corners to some degree, just like pick up a static-y far off radio station.. A LASER though is a different critter. It is a tightly coherent beam of light. There is no spillage to detect. By the time your LASER detector is screaming on your dash, the officer already has your ticket about halfway written. Besides, more people die every year in speed related crashes than most anything else. Why frak up your beautiful car and kill yourself? Save your money, buy your car something nice.
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Valentine one particular. Approach delayed with an update even though. When i ask yourself include the completely new Valentie deyectors nonetheless top-of-the-line? Will it be worth your update?
1/5/14, 12:06 PM
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Lessee, where to begin. OK, retired traffic policeman here. I was the RADAR king of my dept. (OK, so I know some will not see the humor in that smiley)
I was also a State certified Instructor in RADAR, taught the kiddies at the Police Academy and all that jazz and this is what I would say about the various detectors.
TRASH, and worse, waste of money that you could be spending on your Stang. Seriously Dudes and Dudettes, don't buy into that marketing... ESPECIALLY on the so called LASER detectors. Here's why.
RADAR: No magic here, just a very, very high frequency radio. In the gigahertz range (Billion cycles per second). The old X Band was 7 to 11.2 ghtz. The K band (most common) is 24.15 ghtz and the Ka band, for photo RADAR is is upwards of 26 ghtz.
Now, two words: "Hold Button: This is a push on push off button on a remote hand unit attached to the RADAR which simply turns on and off the transmitter. In the old days, with the X band RADARs that look like a megaphone hanging on the side of the car, there was no hold button and the Fuzzbusters would work like a charm. Nowadays though, experienced RADAR operators will keep their RADAR on hold till they see a speeder, hit the button, bam. You are caught. Since RADAR travels at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) you would have to have very quick reflexes indeed to slow down fast enough to avoid a ticket.
If one is traveling thru an area where there is a n00b operator, one might get by without a ticket, but I would not chance it. Also, in my Glorious Commonwealth™ (Virginia), operation of a RADAR detector is unlawful. If an officer activates his RADAR and the target vehicle suddenly plows the road with the nose from the driver standing on the brakes, this is probable cause for an officer to search the vehicle for the detector WITHOUT A WARRANT. Also, we have a little jewel called the VG2, which is a detector detector.
LASER: or LIDAR. a Detector? for a LASER you say?
The RADAR detector relies on sloppy or n00b officers to leave the RADAR running, thereby transmitting a signal. This signal widens as it leaves the device antenna and can be detected over the crest of hills and around corners to some degree, just like pick up a static-y far off radio station.. A LASER though is a different critter. It is a tightly coherent beam of light. There is no spillage to detect. By the time your LASER detector is screaming on your dash, the officer already has your ticket about halfway written.
Besides, more people die every year in speed related crashes than most anything else. Why frak up your beautiful car and kill yourself?
Save your money, buy your car something nice.
(OK, so I know some will not see the humor in that smiley)I was also a State certified Instructor in RADAR, taught the kiddies at the Police Academy and all that jazz and this is what I would say about the various detectors.
TRASH, and worse, waste of money that you could be spending on your Stang. Seriously Dudes and Dudettes, don't buy into that marketing... ESPECIALLY on the so called LASER detectors. Here's why.
RADAR: No magic here, just a very, very high frequency radio. In the gigahertz range (Billion cycles per second). The old X Band was 7 to 11.2 ghtz. The K band (most common) is 24.15 ghtz and the Ka band, for photo RADAR is is upwards of 26 ghtz.
Now, two words: "Hold Button: This is a push on push off button on a remote hand unit attached to the RADAR which simply turns on and off the transmitter. In the old days, with the X band RADARs that look like a megaphone hanging on the side of the car, there was no hold button and the Fuzzbusters would work like a charm. Nowadays though, experienced RADAR operators will keep their RADAR on hold till they see a speeder, hit the button, bam. You are caught. Since RADAR travels at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) you would have to have very quick reflexes indeed to slow down fast enough to avoid a ticket.
If one is traveling thru an area where there is a n00b operator, one might get by without a ticket, but I would not chance it. Also, in my Glorious Commonwealth™ (Virginia), operation of a RADAR detector is unlawful. If an officer activates his RADAR and the target vehicle suddenly plows the road with the nose from the driver standing on the brakes, this is probable cause for an officer to search the vehicle for the detector WITHOUT A WARRANT. Also, we have a little jewel called the VG2, which is a detector detector.
LASER: or LIDAR. a Detector? for a LASER you say?
The RADAR detector relies on sloppy or n00b officers to leave the RADAR running, thereby transmitting a signal. This signal widens as it leaves the device antenna and can be detected over the crest of hills and around corners to some degree, just like pick up a static-y far off radio station.. A LASER though is a different critter. It is a tightly coherent beam of light. There is no spillage to detect. By the time your LASER detector is screaming on your dash, the officer already has your ticket about halfway written.
Besides, more people die every year in speed related crashes than most anything else. Why frak up your beautiful car and kill yourself?
Save your money, buy your car something nice.
Speeding itself doesn't kill, irresponsible speed does. I think that the lackadaisical attitude towards driver training is a factor. Driver's ed schools should be putting more emphasis on skid control, accident avoidance and emergency lane changes instead of parallel parking, using hand signals ( in some states, that is still part of the driver's test
) and other things.My fire department puts all of our personnel an emergency response driver's course; a few months ago the training I received came n handy when a drunk driver crossed into my lane after returning from a call at 2:00 AM.
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Lessee, where to begin. OK, retired traffic policeman here. I was the RADAR king of my dept. (OK, so I know some will not see the humor in that smiley)
I was also a State certified Instructor in RADAR, taught the kiddies at the Police Academy and all that jazz and this is what I would say about the various detectors.
TRASH, and worse, waste of money that you could be spending on your Stang. Seriously Dudes and Dudettes, don't buy into that marketing... ESPECIALLY on the so called LASER detectors. Here's why.
RADAR: No magic here, just a very, very high frequency radio. In the gigahertz range (Billion cycles per second). The old X Band was 7 to 11.2 ghtz. The K band (most common) is 24.15 ghtz and the Ka band, for photo RADAR is is upwards of 26 ghtz.
Now, two words: "Hold Button: This is a push on push off button on a remote hand unit attached to the RADAR which simply turns on and off the transmitter. In the old days, with the X band RADARs that look like a megaphone hanging on the side of the car, there was no hold button and the Fuzzbusters would work like a charm. Nowadays though, experienced RADAR operators will keep their RADAR on hold till they see a speeder, hit the button, bam. You are caught. Since RADAR travels at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) you would have to have very quick reflexes indeed to slow down fast enough to avoid a ticket.
If one is traveling thru an area where there is a n00b operator, one might get by without a ticket, but I would not chance it. Also, in my Glorious Commonwealth™ (Virginia), operation of a RADAR detector is unlawful. If an officer activates his RADAR and the target vehicle suddenly plows the road with the nose from the driver standing on the brakes, this is probable cause for an officer to search the vehicle for the detector WITHOUT A WARRANT. Also, we have a little jewel called the VG2, which is a detector detector.
LASER: or LIDAR. a Detector? for a LASER you say?
The RADAR detector relies on sloppy or n00b officers to leave the RADAR running, thereby transmitting a signal. This signal widens as it leaves the device antenna and can be detected over the crest of hills and around corners to some degree, just like pick up a static-y far off radio station.. A LASER though is a different critter. It is a tightly coherent beam of light. There is no spillage to detect. By the time your LASER detector is screaming on your dash, the officer already has your ticket about halfway written.
Besides, more people die every year in speed related crashes than most anything else. Why frak up your beautiful car and kill yourself?
Save your money, buy your car something nice.
(OK, so I know some will not see the humor in that smiley)I was also a State certified Instructor in RADAR, taught the kiddies at the Police Academy and all that jazz and this is what I would say about the various detectors.
TRASH, and worse, waste of money that you could be spending on your Stang. Seriously Dudes and Dudettes, don't buy into that marketing... ESPECIALLY on the so called LASER detectors. Here's why.
RADAR: No magic here, just a very, very high frequency radio. In the gigahertz range (Billion cycles per second). The old X Band was 7 to 11.2 ghtz. The K band (most common) is 24.15 ghtz and the Ka band, for photo RADAR is is upwards of 26 ghtz.
Now, two words: "Hold Button: This is a push on push off button on a remote hand unit attached to the RADAR which simply turns on and off the transmitter. In the old days, with the X band RADARs that look like a megaphone hanging on the side of the car, there was no hold button and the Fuzzbusters would work like a charm. Nowadays though, experienced RADAR operators will keep their RADAR on hold till they see a speeder, hit the button, bam. You are caught. Since RADAR travels at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) you would have to have very quick reflexes indeed to slow down fast enough to avoid a ticket.
If one is traveling thru an area where there is a n00b operator, one might get by without a ticket, but I would not chance it. Also, in my Glorious Commonwealth™ (Virginia), operation of a RADAR detector is unlawful. If an officer activates his RADAR and the target vehicle suddenly plows the road with the nose from the driver standing on the brakes, this is probable cause for an officer to search the vehicle for the detector WITHOUT A WARRANT. Also, we have a little jewel called the VG2, which is a detector detector.
LASER: or LIDAR. a Detector? for a LASER you say?
The RADAR detector relies on sloppy or n00b officers to leave the RADAR running, thereby transmitting a signal. This signal widens as it leaves the device antenna and can be detected over the crest of hills and around corners to some degree, just like pick up a static-y far off radio station.. A LASER though is a different critter. It is a tightly coherent beam of light. There is no spillage to detect. By the time your LASER detector is screaming on your dash, the officer already has your ticket about halfway written.
Besides, more people die every year in speed related crashes than most anything else. Why frak up your beautiful car and kill yourself?
Save your money, buy your car something nice.
1/5/14, 07:34 PM
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Evidently LEOs here are lazy for the most part because they leave their radar on and detectable 99% of the time. And I don't speed excessively or even all the time I merely use it to monitor when I'm being monitored so that I don't go 1 mph over the limit when it's gone off
And I'm also very well aware of laser and the pointlessness of having a laser detector to tell you you're already caught.
And I'm also very well aware of laser and the pointlessness of having a laser detector to tell you you're already caught.