Your right. I give in. I dont understand. You knowingly chose to break the law and got caught. And thats the LEO's fault for giving you a ticket. Just think, with that attitude you could could go into a store, steal what you want and if you get caught, damn, its gotta be their fault. What IDIOTS they'd be... And what fools we all are to have traffic laws - I mean everyone knows we should only have laws that should be enforced on everyone but ourselves...

Ive sped, got caught and paid up. I may even be unlucky enough to have it happen again. But if it does, Ive got nobody to blame but myself.

 

Here is the new product offered by Escort, http://www.escortradar.com/9500ci.htm

The PASSPORT 9500ci is the ultimate custom-installed radar and laser defense system. With blistering all-band radar protection and precise 360 degree laser "shifting" technology, speeding tickets can be a thing of the past. ESCORT continues to lead the industry by incorporating its patented GPS technology that automatically identifies the source and location of all radar signals. Real threats are processed in less than a second, while false signals are learned and eliminated. Now all you have to do is drive! It also comes pre-loaded with thousands of Safety Camera locations, (red light and fixed speed cameras) throughout the U.S. and Canada. and can be updated through ESCORT's web site.

The PASSPORT 9500ci is completely undetectable to all radar detector detectors, keeping you unseen and unnoticed. Crystal-Clear Voice Alerts, Speed Alert™, Safety Warning System and its stealth installation make the PASSPORT 9500ci the ultimate in discreet protection.

The PASSPORT 9500ci comes complete with owner's manual and installation guide, separate miniature controller and text display, front-mounted radar receiver, twin front-mounted laser receivers/shifters, rear license plate mounted laser receiver/shifter, 12-volt interface module, GPS antenna, 12-volt amplified speaker, display bezel, bi-color LED, and all mounting hardware. There is nothing else like it.

Features

Ultimate in custom-installed discreet protection

Precise Laser Shifting Technology* - 360 degree protection

Blistering All-Band Radar Protection

Completely undetectable to all Detector Detector Scanners

New Variable-Speed Radar Performance

New AutoLearn Feature

New GPS-Powered Truelock™ Filter

New Mark Location Features

New Adaptive Signal Processing

New Speed Alert™

New Crystal-Clear Voice Alerts
Database Compatible (Safety Cameras)
User-Selectable Preferences

High-Resolution Brilliant Blue Display

5 Levels of Brightness Control

Mute, AutoMute & SmartMute

Safety Warning System - 60 specific safety messages


Comes Fully Equipped
The PASSPORT 9500ci comes complete with a comprehensive owner's manual and installation guide, separate miniature controller and text display, front-mounted radar receiver, twin front-mounted laser receivers/shifters, rear license plate mounted laser receiver/shifter, 12-volt interface module, GPS antenna, 12-volt amplified speaker, display bezel, bi-color LED, and all mounting hardware.

*Laser shifting feature may be limited or prohibited in some
jurisdictions. Check applicable laws before using.
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It has a bunch of new features that the old one did not have. One of the options I like is the Red Light Camera warning. Not to say that I ever run a red light, but I may do a slow "California Roll" while taking a right on red every now and then The displays are definately smaller, which I like. The car stereo installer quoted me $500 in labor, and I don't think that's too bad. Just another option.

 

Sounds like a sweet unit. $1500 plus is a bit expensive though...

 

especially when the technology changes so fast.

 

Liberty: "freedom from arbitrary or despotic control"

Speed limits are for the most part ARBITRARY. There are engineering
standards for creating speed limits - the 85 percentile rule - but
you can bet your last dollar they're not used in your area. With few
speed limits in rural western Europe, we in the 'land of the free' are
saddled with arbitrary stupidity.

We are fully capable of determining what is a safe speed for
ourselves. But it is determined by a city/county road crew worker,
then elevated to gospel as the limit of what's 'safe.'

If everyone is doing 80 on a highway, then that is what the speed
limit should be.

Speaking of safety, the most dangerous thing I've seen on the road
in the last year was a town cop in Pineville, NC, doing 80 in a 35. I
think he was chasing someone who was doing about 45 in the 35.
The cop's action was obscene. Pineville keeps speed limits at 35 west
of town, and 20 downtown. I haven't seen anyone doing 20 EVER,
but I haven't seen them enforce it, either. Pineville rationally should
raise the speed limit west of town to 40, but that would cut into
their revenue.

Speed is a primary causal factor in less than 10% of accidents, yet
it gets 90% of enforcement. Why? My belief is it's about revenue,
and has double ought nothing to do with safety.

Joseph Wambaugh decades ago spoke of a phenomena amoungst
police officers that when their job was to enforce a specific law
over a long period of time, the law gained a mythical status within
their psyche. I believe that officers involved with speed enforcement
do believe that they are doing it for safety, but the belief is not
connected with reality.

Joe

 

Your entire post was well thought out and well written.

 

They are NOT illegal everywhere. There are 3 models made by escort. One called the Shifter zr4 -$499, one called the passport sr7 for $799 and their top model called the passport srx for $1199.
They are actually very cool. I have seen dash mounted kits for them so they look completely stock, and concealed. But the all come with little "shifter" device that you place in your front and back fenders that actually shift the laser so it can't read you.