Radar Detectors Are Now Worthless

[hms32]

I just bought a radar detector becouse the local township just trained some of the residents to use radar guns. You will not get a ticket but instead a letter from the town every time you are busted and the 3rd time they send a notice to the state. That way if you do get pulled over by the law you will not get off with a warning. They are really cracking down on loud exhaust, tint ect and a fine for that is around $190. Maybe I should put my cats back on???

 

[VibrantRedGT]

Valentine 1 is the best. As technology changes Mr. Valentine will reflash the unit. It has over 20 settings. It's saved me thousands as I drive 80 miles per day.

 

[red82gt]

Bel GX65 for me.
I replaced my Bel 970 vector that got wrecked in my garage fire. The Bel 970 kept me ticket free for 9 years, hopefully the GX65 will keep it up. It has a GPS function and an update-able data base that has the red light cameras, speed cameras, and the most common speed traps in North America.
The Speed trap database is a great defense against the laser gun.

Still the best method is a well trained set of eyes, I can spot a crown vic, impala, charger, or reflective vest from miles away.

The next best piece of advice is wait for someone to drive faster than you, then trail them about a half mile or so.

 

[darien87]

Is it possible to wire radar detectors into the car's electrical system, so that it will automatically turn on when you start the car?

 

[metroplex]

Jam the lasers.

 

[spectre30075]

I just bought a radar detector becouse the local township just trained some of the residents to use radar guns. You will not get a ticket but instead a letter from the town every time you are busted and the 3rd time they send a notice to the state. That way if you do get pulled over by the law you will not get off with a warning. They are really cracking down on loud exhaust, tint ect and a fine for that is around $190. Maybe I should put my cats back on???

That is insane...where do you live? This had better not be a trend...sounds like a good way for some radar gun bearing residents to get beat up or shot...

 

[hms32]

That is insane...where do you live? This had better not be a trend...sounds like a good way for some radar gun bearing residents to get beat up or shot...

The small township I live in has no police of its own, only the county sheriff. It has really grown over the last few years and due to numerous people complaining about speeding that was the idea to solve it. I live just outside of Appleton WI. I just like to mess with them when I catch some one shooting. I'll jump on the brakes drop it down a couple of gears and get on it just back to the speed limit. My car is very loud!! Ford Racing headers, off road X and Magnaflow Magnapacs.

 

[cusp]

I am getting a growing number of false alarms on the Ka band of recent. So I have placed my Escort in frequency counter mode. Over the last year, I have noted that there has never been a false alarm above 35.5Ghz. And all the false s have been below that frequency. 33-34Ghz seems to be where most of the false s are happening. I wish I could also lock out frequency ranges. If I get an alert on for example 35.760Ghz, its a LEO. What is interesting to note is If there is another alert on 35.530, its also an LEO but a different one. Makes me think they are channel selectable which totally makes sense to me.

I was out last weekend and noticed that my recollection of the frequencies for the Ka band was off by a Ghz. The LEO's were above 34.5 Ghz not 35.5 as I has mentioned.

 

[spectre30075]

The small township I live in has no police of its own, only the county sheriff. It has really grown over the last few years and due to numerous people complaining about speeding that was the idea to solve it. I live just outside of Appleton WI. I just like to mess with them when I catch some one shooting. I'll jump on the brakes drop it down a couple of gears and get on it just back to the speed limit. My car is very loud!! Ford Racing headers, off road X and Magnaflow Magnapacs.

LOL! i love it. I'd be doing the same thing.

 

[VibrantRedGT]

Is it possible to wire radar detectors into the car's electrical system, so that it will automatically turn on when you start the car?

The Valentine detector comes with the regular squiggly plug in cigarette lighter power cord and the hard wiring kit standard. See my pictures a little above your post. Mine is hard wired into the fuse box. Turn the key and it powers on. If I want to move the Valentine to another vehicle I disconnect and use the cigarette lighter cord. So to your question, yes, Valentine's give you both power cords. Mr. Valentine is the genius behind the Escort / Passport detector we all love back in the day.

 

[393strokervert]

Hmm...

Just got my dad the new Valentine 1 for Father's Day . It's insanely good at picking up radar... The bogey counter is a must... It's nice to have front, back, and side arrows...

And I've heard nothing but good reviews from it! I'll update sometime on how he likes it.

+1 Valentine One V1=== Awesome speeding but I still do it anyway...

 

['68StangGT]

I would say 9 outta 10 times, if you get pulled over for speeding over the posted limit AND have a Radar Detector present .....

... you're getting a ticket instead of just a possible warning

 

[darien87]

I would say 9 outta 10 times, if you get pulled over for speeding over the posted limit AND have a Radar Detector present .....

... you're getting a ticket instead of just a possible warning

Well, I've NEVER been pulled over for speeding and just received a warning. Probably because I don't have tits. I think I'll take my chances with a radar detector.

 

[GOLDENPONY]

Well, I've NEVER been pulled over for speeding and just received a warning. Probably because I don't have tits. I think I'll take my chances with a radar detector.

Big +1

 

[GT/CS07]

There are lots of ways to fight it, but you really need more information on what type of radar, etc. he was using. The police are legally required to give you this and other information (model, calibration info and dates, etc.) upon request (even after the fact) and your ticket will be thrown out if they cannot provide it since you are unable to reasonably defend yourself.

One of the interesting things will be the type of radar used. If it is the older style, the radar will not be accurate enough to differentiate your car from the semi, and would return a reading from the largest object in its bandwidth. Many newer non-laser styles of guns will still get severely distorted results from large objects including trucks, road signs, and trees.

Another interesting thing would be to see if in the officer's notes he says the radar gun read 98 or what. If it says it read 98, you should get it thrown out since he was moving and would mean you'd be travelling around 75 mph. If you were theoretically going 98 and he was travelling 75 mph, it is possible the reading would have had to exceed the maximum reading for the gun!

I spent 3 months working traffic before changing careers. Now I don't know what rules are now but 4yrs ago we were not required to give you anything other than my name and badge number if requested. As far as the radar information that was a myth at least in Ohio.

 

[GOLDENPONY]

I just got an e-mail from Escort announcing their newest detector, the Escort Redline. They claim the Redline to be the longest range detector - period. The price is $499.95. Go to their web site and check it out.