Best radar detector
So go at it and give me an education. Please, before I lose my license!
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atomic80 said:
Laser diffuser, not radar diffuser. It's not legal to jam radar but it's legal to jam laser guns because it's just light. It works basically sending a light signal back to the laser gun used jamming it.
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atomic80 said:
You bet your a** it does! Works VERY well I'd say. Our state patrol uses laser guns almost exclusively here in WA and my laser diffuser has saved me every time they've used it on me.
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atomic80 said:
$2500 for me here in WA through Benchmark Motoring. You might be able to find an installer in your area. I think that the unit itself is about $1500.
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Nickoz said:
I believe radars detectors are illegal here and that the highway patrol in my part of the world may use the Spectre radar detector detector. I've heard that the only unit which can't be detected is the Bel STi. Any opinions on this unit or on the sensitivity of police equipment like Spectre?
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atomic80 said:
V1 without a doubt. I have both an Escort SRX for my laser diffusing needs and a V1 for my radar detection needs. Best of both worlds.
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atomic80 said:
V1 without a doubt. I have both an Escort SRX for my laser diffusing needs and a V1 for my radar detection needs. Best of both worlds.
Please may I ask: Where exactly did you mount the sensors/emitters for the "shifter?" (or "diffuser?" terminology is confusing or I'm uninformed).
Also: when you effectively Jam the Cops' laser don't they get really p*ssed and come after you anyway?
Or do they just shrug their shoulders, let you go like it's no big deal, and try to nail the next hapless guy?
Sep 6, 2007 4:55:02 AM
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WBH said:
Don't know of an urban region anywhere in world where traffic flows as consistently briskly (and safely) as on SF Peninsula, esp 280....CHP speed enforcement is rather reasonable IMO....
Sep 6, 2007 5:20:28 AM
Sep 6, 2007 5:32:09 AM
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SoCal Alan said:Quote:
WBH said:
Don't know of an urban region anywhere in world where traffic flows as consistently briskly (and safely) as on SF Peninsula, esp 280....CHP speed enforcement is rather reasonable IMO....
Sounds like the opposite of the San Joaquin Hills Toll Road (73) here in Orange County. Nice, long, and straight up and down the hills, kinda like 280. But, you're almost guaranteed to get pulled over by the CHP if go 80 on the long downhills. On the parallel 405, if you 80, you get passed by the CHP.
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Ksurg said:
I live in Silicon Valley and admittedly speed. All-in-all speeding as opposed to reckless driving is tolerated. However, this is changing.
Most of my high speed drives occur at early AM hours on the way to the hospital. Many of the CHP and SJPD know me so within reason I get some leniency.
Beyond emergency trips to the hospital I am just as likely to get ticketed as anyone else. I don't feel I'm ready to plunk down $3K on ticket prevention yet. Perhaps I'll just get a V1. Besides, if I do get a ticket there will always be the option of driving slower, at least on the highway!
Sep 6, 2007 7:01:30 AM
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WBH said:Quote:
SoCal Alan said:Quote:
WBH said:
Don't know of an urban region anywhere in world where traffic flows as consistently briskly (and safely) as on SF Peninsula, esp 280....CHP speed enforcement is rather reasonable IMO....
Sounds like the opposite of the San Joaquin Hills Toll Road (73) here in Orange County. Nice, long, and straight up and down the hills, kinda like 280. But, you're almost guaranteed to get pulled over by the CHP if go 80 on the long downhills. On the parallel 405, if you 80, you get passed by the CHP.
Interesting diffces btwn fwys....though have had many limo drivers drive me from Montage to Nwpt/Irvine/points North via 73, casually cruising amidst traffic flow at a 280-like 80-90MPH....
Sep 6, 2007 8:14:24 AM
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SoCal Alan said:Quote:
WBH said:
Don't know of an urban region anywhere in world where traffic flows as consistently briskly (and safely) as on SF Peninsula, esp 280....CHP speed enforcement is rather reasonable IMO....
Sounds like the opposite of the San Joaquin Hills Toll Road (73) here in Orange County. Nice, long, and straight up and down the hills, kinda like 280. But, you're almost guaranteed to get pulled over by the CHP if go 80 on the long downhills. On the parallel 405, if you 80, you get passed by the CHP.
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Ksurg said:
I live in Silicon Valley and admittedly speed. All-in-all speeding as opposed to reckless driving is tolerated. However, this is changing.
Most of my high speed drives occur at early AM hours on the way to the hospital. Many of the CHP and SJPD know me so within reason I get some leniency.
Beyond emergency trips to the hospital I am just as likely to get ticketed as anyone else. I don't feel I'm ready to plunk down $3K on ticket prevention yet. Perhaps I'll just get a V1. Besides, if I do get a ticket there will always be the option of driving slower, at least on the highway!
you need 2 things:
a V1 and this: http://www.cmanet.org/bookstore/product.cfm?catid=10&productid=181
this combo works well
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WBH said:
Real risks (aside from inept fellow drivers driving cars/SUVs w/no brakes or handling) are that: in any collision, esp involving injuries, where extraordinary speeds are involved, the guy driving a new $150K+ car will face scrutiny by prosecutors/civil litigators/media to determine poss criminal charges/civil litigation.....
Even in affluent urban corridors, class warfare implics prob exist in any collision involving high-end cars....becomes even trickier in Podunk/less affluent regions.....
BTW, our German pals will know specifics, but my vague understanding is that, even on legendary, derestricted ABs, if collision occurs and excess speed is deemed to be cause, the errant driver may face various charges (incl criminal if injuries/death involved)....if true, I suspect the Munich/Frankfurt industrialist/financier blitzing on derestricted AB in 599/65 largely faces same criminal charge risks in event of collision w/injury/death as guy in CA, esp in context of any culture that has class/consump jealousies.....
Suspect if one is driving fast enough in traffic on well-known routes to feel "need" for radar detectors, etc, a pre-emptive CHP ticket/warning may actually save one from much more severe poss risks of poor risk/reward judgment....
Sep 6, 2007 3:39:24 PM