What radar detector do you use?
12-08-2007, 01:59 PM
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to my understanding by the time your radar detector is recieving a signal the cop has already received your speed therefore making it useless...correct me if i'm wrong but that makes sense to me. i look at it like the way if you can see the driver of an 18 wheeler in his side mirrors than he can see you kinda deal.
But, (especially here in northern Oklahoma were everthing is so flat) if a cop is up the road a distance shooting traffic, than you can get that heads up to slow down.
Like I said, they are not perfect and will not guarantee you no more tickets, but mine has saved my *** a few times.
I've only gotten two speeding ticket since I had mine. One was because I muted it on a long highway trip and forgot to unmute it
. Next thing I know, I get busted for 76 in a 70 (must have been a slow night for him 
) The other time was for doing 85 in a 45 on a road all by myself. It was not hard for the cop to determine who was speeding.
12-08-2007, 03:16 PM
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Not necessarily. Depends on other traffic around, how far you are from the cop, how fast you were going, and the cop himself. Laser beams can get pretty wide too. Not wide enough to give you an alert from a long distance, but wide enough to be fool-proof for the cop.
That said, laser jammers are around for a reason, and if you're concerned about it....
Though if you're going 120 in a 55, even if you jam his radar/laser gun, chances are he's just going to make up some speed and claim he got a reading.
That said, laser jammers are around for a reason, and if you're concerned about it....
Though if you're going 120 in a 55, even if you jam his radar/laser gun, chances are he's just going to make up some speed and claim he got a reading.
but yes, if you're that concerned about laser, get an expensive *** jammer...
12-08-2007, 07:30 PM
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a laser beam is so narrow that by the time your detector has picked it up, its too late. most people mount there detectors in the middle of the windshield or higher to be most effective against radar...while a cop using laser is targeting the nose of the vehicle. So by the time your high mounted detector picked up the laser beam, its passed over the front of the car and windshield....
08-06-2008, 02:08 PM
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This one's been dead for some time but radar detectors are stupid. Cops have radar on the front, rear, and sides of their car. The detecter senses radar on you well after the cop knows how fast you're going. If it starts beeping at you, it's too late. WASTE OF MONEY.
08-06-2008, 03:01 PM
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This one's been dead for some time but radar detectors are stupid. Cops have radar on the front, rear, and sides of their car. The detecter senses radar on you well after the cop knows how fast you're going. If it starts beeping at you, it's too late. WASTE OF MONEY.
btw the v1 has arrows that tell you which direction the radar (cop is at) also i think you are confusing radar with laser.
with laser it is harder to detect and yes if you are hit with laser thats usually when ur radar detects it and if you are speeding and hit with laser well then its 2 late.
08-06-2008, 10:28 PM
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you are wrong.
btw the v1 has arrows that tell you which direction the radar (cop is at) also i think you are confusing radar with laser.
with laser it is harder to detect and yes if you are hit with laser thats usually when ur radar detects it and if you are speeding and hit with laser well then its 2 late.
btw the v1 has arrows that tell you which direction the radar (cop is at) also i think you are confusing radar with laser.
with laser it is harder to detect and yes if you are hit with laser thats usually when ur radar detects it and if you are speeding and hit with laser well then its 2 late.
They also have laser blinders!
08-06-2008, 11:10 PM
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I'm thinking of moving up to a Escort, but I'm still thinking. The Valentine arrows hold no attraction for me personally.
08-09-2008, 09:49 AM
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Purchased an 07'GT and within a week had a ticket. It gets lots of attention, the wrong attention most of the time. I don't even drive at night with the center fogs activated anymore. They're like a cop magnet. A week after purchasing the car I'm driving along at 40 mph in a 35 when what do you know, a cop pulls me out of a bunch of cars driving the same speed (wonder why?) and pulls me over. Ticketed me for 40 in a 35.
I drove directly to the nearest Best Buy and purchased the most expensive detector they carried, Escort 9500i. I've had a V1 in the past and the thing drove me crazy with falses. The 9500i never falses. If it picks up K/KA/laser you better believe there are cops in the area. I've had it over a year now and have only had one other ticket, he f'in paced me
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.I drove directly to the nearest Best Buy and purchased the most expensive detector they carried, Escort 9500i. I've had a V1 in the past and the thing drove me crazy with falses. The 9500i never falses. If it picks up K/KA/laser you better believe there are cops in the area. I've had it over a year now and have only had one other ticket, he f'in paced me
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08-09-2008, 11:23 PM
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i have the passport 8500 x50 it is only on it does well with towny cops but i have had problems with it picking up state troopers i had a time i got a ticket with going 25 over and it didnt even go off when i flew by the state trooper
08-10-2008, 12:41 AM
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i have the lowest of low cobras and it does the job quite well. i got it for $5. i don't expect it to detect everything but it's saved me from quite a few little tickets.
08-11-2008, 09:31 AM
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I have a V1 I bought about two years ago. I don't really speed much, but when I want to I want to know sum'n is helping me! 
I live in a very rural area of NE MI and the Po-Po's up here turn thier radars on and off as cars approach them traveling down the highway. So the V1 is awesome for this, due to the fact that it will lite up then shut down quickly, letting me know that there is one in front of or coming at me that is hitting the cars in front of me as he nears me. Some po-po's up here also run with two (one front and one rear) so I like knowing how many he/she may have in the car so after I pass him/her I know if I am still getting hit from the rear radar. As for the Laser, I understand it is a narrow path, and if your the first one to get hit (Laser or not)....ur toast regardless. However, I used to travel from MI to KS and in So IL the State Boys will sit on a bridge overpass and pick you off coming up the e-way. My V1 would go off, with that earpeircing laser tone it has, lol (guessing it was me they were hitting) then it would go off one or two more times. So, either the "boys" did not beleive I was not speeding and hit me again, or it was picking them up hitting other cars close to/around me. Either way for me, I just like knowing where they are! 
I live in a very rural area of NE MI and the Po-Po's up here turn thier radars on and off as cars approach them traveling down the highway. So the V1 is awesome for this, due to the fact that it will lite up then shut down quickly, letting me know that there is one in front of or coming at me that is hitting the cars in front of me as he nears me. Some po-po's up here also run with two (one front and one rear) so I like knowing how many he/she may have in the car so after I pass him/her I know if I am still getting hit from the rear radar. As for the Laser, I understand it is a narrow path, and if your the first one to get hit (Laser or not)....ur toast regardless. However, I used to travel from MI to KS and in So IL the State Boys will sit on a bridge overpass and pick you off coming up the e-way. My V1 would go off, with that earpeircing laser tone it has, lol (guessing it was me they were hitting) then it would go off one or two more times. So, either the "boys" did not beleive I was not speeding and hit me again, or it was picking them up hitting other cars close to/around me. Either way for me, I just like knowing where they are!
08-11-2008, 11:16 AM
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This one's been dead for some time but radar detectors are stupid. Cops have radar on the front, rear, and sides of their car. The detecter senses radar on you well after the cop knows how fast you're going. If it starts beeping at you, it's too late. WASTE OF MONEY.
08-11-2008, 04:11 PM
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lol how can it be too late if the cop is a mile down the road and theres traffic. no way he could get your speed and no 1 elses. as long as you have either escort 9500i or v1 you will be good. obviously there are instances were its too late but with my 9500i i get them from so far away its impossible for them to have got me.
08-11-2008, 05:05 PM
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lol how can it be too late if the cop is a mile down the road and theres traffic. no way he could get your speed and no 1 elses. as long as you have either escort 9500i or v1 you will be good. obviously there are instances were its too late but with my 9500i i get them from so far away its impossible for them to have got me.
08-11-2008, 11:43 PM
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in my escort booklet it says to mount where the radar can see through the back window well so mines in the middle of the windshield. i bought the easy mute button so i dont have to reach up to mute it when i have to. and its supposed to be flat not angled up or down like i see some people have theirs
08-12-2008, 12:00 AM
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i have the 9500I. waiting on the 9500Ix to be released. the X will do red light cameras to warn, will also tell you about Speed cameras.
i have the 8500 x50 in my girls car.
I am also a Passport dealer if you intrested in special pricing.
i have the 8500 x50 in my girls car.
I am also a Passport dealer if you intrested in special pricing.
08-12-2008, 05:54 AM
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Most people have no idea how radar works, and don't pay enough attention to make sure they mount their detector properly, and then they wonder why their $400 radar detector isn't working right.
Nothing is going to be 100% perfect, but I work with radar, and radar theory everyday - hell the piece of equipment i work on is basically a huge radar detector, so i think it's funny to read those posts.
What kind of pricing can you do for a 9500I or the Ix when it comes?
Nothing is going to be 100% perfect, but I work with radar, and radar theory everyday - hell the piece of equipment i work on is basically a huge radar detector, so i think it's funny to read those posts.
What kind of pricing can you do for a 9500I or the Ix when it comes?
