Car&Driver FEB2002: Top Radar Detector Test
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Originally posted by s2ktaxi
I'd rather have a unit that locates exactly where the police cars and radar guns are...
I'd rather have a unit that locates exactly where the police cars and radar guns are...
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From: Atlanta
In Georgia, Laser is used by the State Highway Patrol. How does the V1 or the Escort do with laser? Being that laser is so direct I still don't see how a detector will give you enough time when the police use a method that is not RF based.
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From: Boulder
For me, driving one of my cars or motorcycles without the V1 mounted feels like driving around without my seatbelt buckled...
For half the price, I might consider an escort detector as a "second" unit to avoid some of the swapping I currently do. For $50 less, I'd take the V1 every time!
And regarding the instant on: My experience is traffic cops are generally lazy. Too much work to actually pull the instant-on trigger rather than just sit back and watch the display as the cars go by, so they rarely use instant on. They just sit or cruise around spewing radar all over the place, at least around here. And when they are using instant on, they usually light up some car in front of you, so when you get a high intensity K-band signal that appears quickly and then disappears, guess what is ahead?
For half the price, I might consider an escort detector as a "second" unit to avoid some of the swapping I currently do. For $50 less, I'd take the V1 every time!
And regarding the instant on: My experience is traffic cops are generally lazy. Too much work to actually pull the instant-on trigger rather than just sit back and watch the display as the cars go by, so they rarely use instant on. They just sit or cruise around spewing radar all over the place, at least around here. And when they are using instant on, they usually light up some car in front of you, so when you get a high intensity K-band signal that appears quickly and then disappears, guess what is ahead?
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From: 262 miles N of the Dragon
Originally posted by pfb
And regarding the instant on: My experience is traffic cops are generally lazy. Too much work to actually pull the instant-on trigger rather than just sit back and watch the display as the cars go by, so they rarely use instant on. They just sit or cruise around spewing radar all over the place, at least around here. And when they are using instant on, they usually light up some car in front of you, so when you get a high intensity K-band signal that appears quickly and then disappears, guess what is ahead?
And regarding the instant on: My experience is traffic cops are generally lazy. Too much work to actually pull the instant-on trigger rather than just sit back and watch the display as the cars go by, so they rarely use instant on. They just sit or cruise around spewing radar all over the place, at least around here. And when they are using instant on, they usually light up some car in front of you, so when you get a high intensity K-band signal that appears quickly and then disappears, guess what is ahead?
