jsangha

I have a question for my friends up north in Canada...

I am planning to travel via the Maxima to Edmonton, Alberta from Chicago, Illinois next week and so I will be travelling through Manitoba, Saskatchewan, & Alberta. I wanted to make sure I had the correct information on the legality of radar detector use in Canada. So far I have learned that radar detectors are illegal in Manitoba, but are legal in Saskatchewan & Alberta.

Can some kind Canadian clarify this for me?

Thanks,
Jay

multiplexor

uhm yeah i'd like to know also... i live in quebec
I am getting curious about getting one, seeing that
alot of you guys have them.

Amazing2

Radar detector operation is legal in only three Canadian provinces:
Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan.

Don't get caught with one in the other provinces (incl. Manitoba & Quebec ). It's going to cost you a lot of $$$.

Simon

wicked1044

some poor guys here recently had his V1 taken from him in canada.. so much for the cloaking feature..

jsangha

So when I get into Manitoba from North Dakota on my way to Edmonton, will I have to hide my radar detector until I get to Saskatchewan?

What happens if they find it in the trunk of my car, in case they search my car at the border?

Thanks for your advise.

Mike S.

Well don't quote me, but here at the Buffalo/Ft. Erie border they make you kill your radar detector if you bring it over. How you may ask? The put it under your tire and make you drive over it

However, the QEW(Queen Elizabeth Way) from the us border to Toronto lets you "cruise" at a brisk 85-90mph, while being passed by other crazy canadians(most of them maxima.org drivers) and even cops. I was going ~85 the last time and i was passed like i was standing still.

So...there really is no need in Ontario

jsangha

I noticed that the last time I drove to Toronto. People drive a whole lot faster in Canada than they do in USA. I did over 85 mph from Windsor to Toronto and people were passing me up. Hopefully people in Western Canada drive just as fast.

ejj

iTrader: (5)

I've gone across the border several times into Ontario and forgotten take my radar detector off of the windshield. Customs, border patrol, and even cops haven't said anything. I think in the Niagra Falls area they are a little forgiving than further north.