I don't beleve in radar detectors. It's like adding snake oil to a tired engine.

 

the detector is just a tool, and like any tool you need to understand its limitations

 

I miss that! I drove 80-85 everyday, here in WA (Moved here last Summer for a job after 50+ years in SoCal) they drive 60 and it is frustrating as hell!


Radar Detector, love mine. Mount it high next to the mirror and even with Laser if there are cars in front of you, you have a chance of picking up some back scatter laser light that will warn you...but you really need to know where they use Laser.

 

Speed limits in school zones before and after school are not just a revenue tool. They protect our children.

The rest of the speed limits are just there to protect the clinically stupid from themselves.

 

To the OP. Maybe they weren't clocking, did you get pulled over? My V1 has paid for itself about 7 times over. Mine always goes off when there is a RADAR present.

 

My passport 9500ix with an escort live subscription was about the best investment I've ever made. I've gotten out of countless tickets in only the 9 months I've had it - both city and highway.

Radar detectors that don't block out false signals based on gps location are useless and profoundly annoying.

Plus with the escort live you get information from other users with a full map of police locations, and what type of alert it is. Escort live is pretty new, so just wait until more people join. This is an extremely powerful tool, and the more users, the better it will work.

You also have to use the detector for longer than a couple weeks to get used to how to interpret the signals.

With a good enough detector, you will still detect the radar signal even if they use instant on, because they are going to be using it on the traffic ahead of you as well. You will also notice a lot of times they aren't shooting radar. A lot of them just sit there to slow down traffic.

 

Ha Ha. Maybe it was the same idiot in a Smart car that almost ran me off the road the other day on Rt 80 by Netcong in my pickup. Those things are like road-roaches ready to get stomped on.

I run a V1, but not with the intent to speed. It reminds me to check how fast I'm going. It also has picked up radar and laser before I got to the trap. So, I'd say it is worth it - as long as you know how to use it and you know what the limitations are.

 

No....not the end of the story. You're fooling yourself if that's what you believe. What do you base your statements on......hard facts, state reports, or just emotion? Speed limits for roadways are set based on two criteria. First criteria is the yearly S.W.I.T.R.S report. SWITERS is the "State Wide Integrated Traffic Reporting System". SWITRS collects, tracks, analyzes, and reports, on a yearly basis, to each individual city in the state, the total number of serious injury, fatal, and high cost property damage collisions. SWITRS tracks the "Primary Collision Factor" (What caused the collision), vehicle speeds, time of day, day of the week, weather conditions, etc. for every collision. Obviously, speed limits are set at a lower number for roadways which report high serious collision totals. Secondly, speed limits are set by traffic surveys. A city traffic engineer will physically monitor a set number of vehicles traveling a particular stretch of roadway at a specified time of day. The speed limit for that roadway is then set based on the 85 percentile. For example....if 100 cars are surveyed on that roadway, the speed limit will be set at a speed that 85% of the vehicles are traveling under, and only 15% of the vehicle are traveling over. Theoretically, only 15% of the vehicle on that roadway are in violation. Speed surveys are valid for only two years, and need to be redone periodically