xwing

Yep. I love it when there's a rabbit available. Usually about the only time I go triple digits for more than a quick pass. I still might get caught. e.g. maybe the officer will miss the other car and tag me, but again I've lowered my risk.

PatternDayTrader

The problem with rabbits is there's never one when you need it. Eventually, I just decided to be the rabbit.

Seriously; my screen name on waze is actually Rabbit_Man and those that travel on I70, I69, I57, I55 and I40 are all invited to try and keep up.

Seldoon

I live in Prince William County in VA and got to be friends with a policewoman and she came by one day in part to visit and also to show me her laser gun. I didn't even know they had any laser guns. She was shooting cars coming down my main residential street. She laughed and said I get them about 5 blocks away and they don't even see me until they get closer and then I wave them over even though once they spot me they slow. I thought about what she was doing and realized, on the residential street, the proper reaction would be as soon as my laser detector went off I should immediately turn onto a side street. She was on foot (laser shots have to be from a stationary position) and so would not likely give chase.

One day soon after that I had a lady tailgating me. I was tempted to blast off and leave her in the dust but did the smart thing and slowed the car. Fortunate that I did so as we rounded a turn and my laser detector went off. I looked around and spotted a cop on a hill ahead, shooting his laser at the traffic. The lady never saw him. I would not have seen him either had my detector not gone off.

A good laser jammer is nice but you have to be careful how you use it. When the jammer goes off you need to slow the car and either have a jammer with an auto-shutoff or shut it down manually so that the police can finally get a speed reading on you after you are doing the proper speed. Otherwise he might suspect you have a laser jammer and pull you over.

PatternDayTrader

For me this all happens in less then three seconds. Of course, I've been doing this awhile ....

CP

One issue I have found with long range detectors is that the detector alarm goes off and then lowers the volume of the alert. I don't think my Max 360 puts out another high volume alert as I get closer. I have tended to ignore the low buzzing in long stretches of road and almost got a ticket because of it.

Tex Vette

If you use the Escort Live app it shows how far the radar is from you, front, back, side and counts down. The blue light going off also tells you there is active radar in the immediate area. I have not come close to getting a ticket since buying the 360. I will probably get a ticket this afternoon after writing I haven’t.

3 Z06ZR1

Same here I have two 1 in each Corvette. They save me everytime I go somewhere.

MikeERWNC

Watch the end:

PatternDayTrader

Lol ... Love it.

orca1946

R3 will be on my list of things to purchase on the new 2019 Vette.

joemessman

You won't regret it. Some of the other brands and models mentioned in this forum post are good to, but in my experience the R3 picks up the Ka band a little farther out. Every inch counts.
I'm a gadget nut and have been through a lot of different detectors.

ImpliedConsent

^^This! Laser detectors are just "Gotchya" notifications. R3 + Waze (FRS/GMRS radios optional) is my vote as well for radar enforced locations (like mine). More and more agencies are moving strictly to LIDAR to avoid passive radar speed enforcement, which could be subjective. LIDAR and it's data + dash cam and its data = prosecution...and that is what a good department's goal should be: clear cut visual and technical evidence to support the state's prosecution of the law.

Ozzstar

The end of the video was classic. I'll apply his statement to my Admiral Blue GS and hope it works. :-)

MikeERWNC

I am noticing more K band here. I had a hard hit of K band today as I was passing a mini-van. Of course it was in the left lane. At the last minute I thought what if the K band is not the mini van blind side warning and I slowed. The third car coming at me was a sheriff with K band radar.

PatternDayTrader

I don't shut K band off. I do shut off X band, but one out of every fifty or so K band alerts is not a false.

owc6

Most RDs come with auto-mute as a default (which lowers, but not eliminates volume), and it can be turned off in the settings.

Also most RDs will, if you mute it, have a sliding priority of alerts, which will , if you get an X, and mute, it will sound; if you get a K (mute), and then Ka(mute), then Laser will sound.

MJC611

A friend of mine recently bought a rangefinder for golf and the instructions said it would detect red objects and shiny objects at the greatest distance. Don't know if there is any similarity between rangefinders and radar detectors, but it caught my attention because I have a red Z06 with a fresh coat of Zaino

Baltimoron

I haven’t had a radar detector in years, but definitely find waze effective when driving in at least moderately traveled roads. I regularly drive 15-20 over the speed limit on the highway when traffic allows. The only time I’ve been pulled over in years was at o dark 30 booking it home from a late work night.

shootervince

PatternDayTrader

I'm not familiar with the details of the 360 , but I posted my R3 settings earlier in this thread post # 7
I'm sure they would work about the same with the 360.