whats the deal on radar detecors?
#1
whats the deal on radar detecors?
i want one becuase if i get a speeding ticket my parents will shoot me. How helpfull are these? how do they acutally work.
i saw this one on walmarts website
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=1943066
its cheap but will it do the job compared to one for like 100, or 200 bucks?
any insight is apreciated.
i saw this one on walmarts website
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=1943066
its cheap but will it do the job compared to one for like 100, or 200 bucks?
any insight is apreciated.
#8
Escort here too... Been using it for a year and a half with no tickets. I don't drive crazy but I do speed when I go on longer trips. Very useful on highway and not so much in cities. I'd recomend spending $$$ on it. The way I see it, if you spend $300 and it saves you just one ticket, it has paid for itself.
#12
Originally Posted by cjden20thAE
whats the deal ive had the 8500 for a few days now...nothing but false x alerts..granted i havent passed a speed trap yet but shouldnt it be going off when i see cops have other cars already pulled over???
#13
heck no...i got mine just before driving back up to school. i have a 4 hour drive up FL's turnpike and i drove it at night (so i can watch movies easier ) and there was a cop just sitting on the side of the road with no lights facing the direction of traffic. i was with a pack fo cars going about 12 over the limit then once we go past him he pulls into traffic, i thought for sure i was a dead man. anyway the radar did not go off, so do not use it as a false sense of security at all!
#19
I did a post a few weeks ago about radar and laser, and the differences between the two. Laser is not on constantly, and is used a portable hand held device, vice radar, which is hard wired to the patrol vehicle, and usually always on. Most patrolman who are set up in a speed trap, will opt to use laser, for the simple fact that it wont trigger a radar detector until it is too late. Do yourself a favor and stay within the speed limit, and you wont have any problems.
#20
Originally Posted by grave_digger500
i never got caught for speeding, my gurl just got a ticket and shes complaining that i never get caught, i have a 6th sense, just use that and you'll be okay
exactly what i mean, i could see a cop in a place i would never look, i guess cuz im fron neeww yorrk. ok let me stop now
#21
Originally Posted by grave_digger500
i never got caught for speeding, my gurl just got a ticket and shes complaining that i never get caught, i have a 6th sense, just use that and you'll be okay
#27
Originally Posted by kpr10is
Didnt realize it was the solo.....never been a fan of wireless ones but if you have to go wireless thats not bad I suppose.
#29
Originally Posted by exit10
i want one becuase if i get a speeding ticket my parents will shoot me. How helpfull are these? how do they acutally work.
i saw this one on walmarts website
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=1943066
its cheap but will it do the job compared to one for like 100, or 200 bucks?
any insight is apreciated.
i saw this one on walmarts website
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=1943066
its cheap but will it do the job compared to one for like 100, or 200 bucks?
any insight is apreciated.
#30
i got the escort solo and it works great for me, i do mostly city driving and it tracks down cops from about a good 4-5 blocks away! no complaints on the escort! my cousin has a cobra detector and his is awesome- it picks up the cop's radar from about 7-8 blocks away in city driving- both work very well on the highway! passport is another great radar detector you may want to consider as well! good luck
#31
Good grief. How many times is this question gonna be asked?
There are several LOOOOONNNNNGGGGG threads here already discussing everything about RD's. Research a little.
This thread is proof positive some of you need to read those threads sure enough. Urban legends and heresay is everywhere. Some of you have got to be kidding, right?
There are several LOOOOONNNNNGGGGG threads here already discussing everything about RD's. Research a little.
This thread is proof positive some of you need to read those threads sure enough. Urban legends and heresay is everywhere. Some of you have got to be kidding, right?
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