Radar detector

[TeejayBee]

was 164 but like my girlfriend said if i woulda just gunned it he never woulda caught me he took for ever to pull me over because he couldnt find me because i went between two trucks but the truck behind me turned off

[BeatBox]

i got pulled over going 9 over last monday, got a warning

[UnderLoK]

I've always just run Bel's and while they are far from "top of the line" I haven't had a ticket since I started using them when I was 20 (35 now). Most cops just leave their radar on, but if you don't pay attention a laser will get you sooner or later. I haven't been pulled over for speeding in 15 years.

Edited July 31, 2011 by UnderLoK

[BeatBox]

met up with robert for a demoa few hrs ago

on his way home....i just got the pic too lol

BTW i think HE HAS a radar detector, i sold mine...was useless usually got pulled over for stupid sht anyways

Edited July 31, 2011 by BeatBox

[Mtnbikecrazy55]

Yeah, I just got my first speeding ticket last month, was going 16 over, cause I thought it was a 55 zone but it was only a 35. Fuck me, lol

[Bakerman]

Any cops that write a ticket for under 10 over are assholes that are just pushin for numbers. Granted, some situations like construction and school zones are different, but on a normal roadway, thats just bullshit.

[canderton01]

If you are wanting a serious radar detector that will actually work, I'd get at least either an Escort Passport 8500 X50 which will run you a little over $300, or a Valentine 1 which is about $400. One of my best friends used to run a Passport 9500ix which is one of their top of the line detectors(its a step above the 8500 X50) with GPS capabilities built in and it was really nice and was especially good against falsing in cities. The only thing he didn't like about it was the ramp-up wasn't that great once it detected a threat. So he sold it and got a V1 and has run that for over a year now. It falses more than the Escort but nothing beats it in raw detection. We've tested it and to this day it's the only windshield mounted detector that can actually provide slight protection against laser. But if you're really worried about laser.. a jammer is pretty much the only way to go.

EDIT: And please stay away from the shitty Cobra detectors that you see at places like Best Buy and Radioshack. No lie a lot of those will EMIT more radar than they detect.

Edited July 31, 2011 by canderton01

[Azagtoth502]

Radar Roy's site is good to read up on.

http://www.radardetector.org/

[Mr. Darkjustice]

i only get pulled over for being black

[Mediarocker]

Driving around Alabama with my Cobra I have a RIDICULOUS amounts of false positives. It's super annoying. The only reason why I put up with it is I'd rather get a false than not be warned. My Cobra's range has started to suffer through the years and usually when I get an alert... it takes some quick thinking to react.

So I too am in the market for a new one and have gotten to test out some RDs that my friends use.

I'd recommend a Beltronics RX65, it's about 300 bucks but one of the best at what it does. It also supports POP radar detection (the kinda gun that they can pull the trigger on and it's INSTANTLY on and when they release the trigger it's INSTANTLY off. (which is how they try to defeat radar detectors. (The idea behind it is that if they can turn it on and off, that those with radar detectors won't get adequate warning- if any. Chances would be if your RD is going off that you've already been gunned, but often times your detector doesn't even go off.) This unit is completely VG-2 hidden (radar detector detector- Say that five times fast.) which is one of the reasons behind it's price. It has DSP so false positives are minimized drastically.

But if you need to save more, the Vector 955 is around 160 smacks and is damn reliable. It too has POP detection and all the other nifty features of the RX65, but is not as sensitive, and more liable to give false positives (however I've noticed Beltronic units don't give as many and have a HUGE range in comparison to my Cobra)

Midranged is the Vector 995, Same features, more range than the 955 but it comes with KU band like the RX65 (not in use here in the states as far as I know.) and POP Detection. And with Digital signal processing it eliminates the majority of false positives. (when driving with this and the RX65, I never had a false positive where my little cobra was always going off.)

If you live in an area were radar detectors are *ahem*... not allowed.....check out the STi Driver. Complete radar detector detector immunity.

Personally though, to keep the look of my interior clean I'm thinking I might just drop a bank on a Escort 9500ci and put it the ashtray of my Mazda. It'll be off the dash and I can make a nice clean install. Whilst not calling attention to thieves. In addition to putting it in the dash where they can't get to it.

Hope this helps out a little!

Oh and just be aware that Driving with a Radar Detector on a Federal Installation is a Felony (if I remember correctly- regardless its something you don't wanna mess with). So that means turn it off and stow it when you're going on Army, Navy, Air Force, whatever bases. They are also illegal in D.C.. Some states govern their use as "legal" but if you get pulled over for speeding they will ticket you for having a detector as well. It sort of falls under the "Radio Scanner" laws that make it a crime to use Radio Scanners in committing crimes. Check your local state statutes.