FireFighterHill

the only bad thing about Lasers is by the time your radar detectors detects them its to late they are on you. Good thing is though that Laser scrambler type devices are legal. Lasers are under the juristriction of the Food and Drug administration not FDOT.

NOLAGT

Its like an ongoing battle with the V1 and 8500 it seems. Those are the 2 I always see talked about. Personaly I cant stand the look of the V1...if it looked better I might get one because of the direction arrows. Other wise my 8500 on my dash board is doing just nicely and works just as good as the V1 probably.

They do that helecopter crap here also to judge the speed on long overpasses. Along with any good radar detecter you still need to use your eyes and common sence like slow down when going over a bridge and you dont know whats on the other side.

Mtang78

In Illinois they are giving tickets using Photo Radar systems. A picture is taken and the ticket and picture (I think) are sent to the car's owner. Is there a radar detector to combat the Photo Radar system?

NOLAGT

Is that for speeding...I have seen that done for red light's and stuff like that. I would think even if they are useing that for speeind they must have some sort of radar hitting the car.

Cheese302

actuallly the practice of doing that was deemed unconstitutional, and that ticket should not stand up in court. Because think about it, are you responsible for someone speeding while driving your car that isnt you. I know most of us RARELY let others drive our cars, but hypothetically speaking if you are not driving it isnt your ticket.

Mtang78

I agree. I couldn't figure out how that could possibly be legal. But they are doing it. I haven't got a ticket from it but I know someone who borrowed a friends car, and got a ticket from that system. The ticket was sent to the owner of the car, and the owner notified the person who had borrowed the car. What I don't understand is a ticket goes against a license and not against a vehicle, so how could they know who is driving the car to give them the ticket?? Anyway, I've never had the radar detector go off or the VG detector go off in the areas where they have the photo radar system. So I wonder what they are using and if there is anything out there that can detect that system being used?

Screamer

+ 1 !!!

I've saved a bunch of money on my car insurance, without switching to Geico.

G.T

i'm pretty happy with my V1, hardwired through the dome map light and mounted via suction cups below the mirrors.

Martimus

Unconstitutional at the Federal level? Or the state level? I'm thinking state as photo radar on freeways is legal and in use here in Arid-zona.

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/11/1114.asp

Xanadu

Escort Passport 8500 X50 hardwired, love it. Saved me numerous times from those pesky cops. Plenty of heads up time notice which is helpful when you need to slow down form doing 120.

McDGT

No detector is perfect but I've had my V1 for 6 or 7 years... of course we all need to use some common sense but still no tickets and I haven't even upgraded to the POP version yet.

The only time I got lasered in this Stang (and V1) we talked horsepower... "slow-it-down/have a nice day."

Hatchman

This is the best radar detector I've ever used. Though I'm sure the V1 is fine, this one is... AWESOME!

I also have mine wired to the dome light. So I never have to turn it on or off, and no wires to run down the pillar. And since the dome light turns off automatically, so does the radar detector, and comes on when I unlock the door, or somebody opens the door if it is unlocked. I've had people think they were setting off an alarm when they opened the door and the detector was going through it's power up sequence.

McDGT

Yep, glad to know there are at least two in the running for best detector. I do like the fact the V1 is considered upgradable... not sure about the Passport 8500.

Sounds like some neat hardwiring Hatchman!