Well here is my question, say if i were to buy a rader unit like say one for about 150ish well i live in ct where radar is legal to buy but illegal to use and i have one question...

Say if i were to buy a radar detector n install it and everything...and there was a cop coming towards me will he be detected or not is my question. but keep in mind that both cars are driving normally....and the cop doesn't have his radar gun out or anything he is just driving...

 

no you will not detect him. why do you think its called a RADAR detector.. and not a cop detector

 

ohh well is there any radar detector that will detect cops that are near by??? (the ones that are just driveing)

 

if you find one LMK cause i really need one CT cops suck

 

I forget who makes it, but it works by detecting the signal the cops use for their radios. But its like 350ish

 

I belive it called Beartracker, espically the patrol in freeway, it detect the singnal in the cops cars were it always is on.
proplem is it require big antanea.

or you can get the valentine1 which is about $400, I heard is the best there, and I rembrer tested in some kind electronic show in TV last year and worked great compare to other one in the market.

 

That Smiley is so Awesome!!!


Everytime I see it......

 

Its called the sixth sense.

Its helped me out a few times.

Being able to spot crown vic PI headlights helps too.

 

Radar detector use is now legal in CT. It was overturned a couple of years ago. VA and Washington DC are the only two places in the US where it's illegal. It's easy, if a cop is running radar you will detect him no matter which direction he is coming from. If he's not using radar, common sense tells us you won't hear anything from your radar detector. Your not going to be happy with a $150 detector though. Your best bet is to get in on a group deal for around $240 through the org for the Escort X50.

 

Escort X50 is sick, it hardly work, just around 1/4 of the mile detect the cop, and usually it is too late, I just ordered the V1, it has 1/2 range and can show the direction if there is more than one cops around you, fron or back, give me few days and I will try to post the result of it

 

If the cops in your area run POP Instant-on, your screwed with or without the detector. Only protection you would possibly have against POP is if the cop hit someone in front of you and the detector picked up the reflected signal.

My advice... Just stay honest and ride without one. If you are stopped and you have the 'fuzz buster' hangin from the windshield, YOU ARE GETTING A TICKET. No questions asked. However, if you didn't have one, you could just be honest and say that you really weren't paying attention to your speed, and he/she might reduce it dramatically or not even issue one altogether.

Just my .02,
drew

 

Agreed and to add to that...a radar detector typically gives the false sense of security to in fact speed more than you would normally.

--Don

 

That's because people, as seen in this thread, don't know how to use one.

If people learned HOW a RD works rather than guess, you'd have a lot less problems with people thinking it's some kind of force field around your car or that it detects "police cars" rather than police radar signal. Kinda silly assumptions when you remember that you're talking about an electronic object that is the size of a wallet and costs between $50-$400.

 

my bro had V1 and a Beartracker in his 3000GT-VR4(twin), never got ticket for three years, he do around 120-165 on his car.

wish got the beartracker before he sold his car.