I had a Passport 8500, It is junk next to my V-1.

I love V-1!

 

I am planning on getting a radar detector myself, was probably gonna go with the V-1. just heard its overall better than the 8500

 

I use the "L" setting in NY. The only X-band used here is from motion detectors, etc. Everything else is K or Ka plus laser. If the cops don't use X-band, you can significantly reduce the X-band falsing easily.

I've personally observed X-band use in Ohio and Pennsylvania...

 

County sherrifs and even the state highway patrol I've caught using X-band. State police also uses laser.

As for city cops, they run always on k-band.

It's just the X you can never be too sure about around here. Stupid Ohio.

 

i personally have no clue what settings i would run on mine. i'll probably just ask around here when i get it, have you guys recommend what setting to run


chad

 

This article was highly flawed. It made little mention of the legal requirement to visually estimate the speed of a vehicle before using radar or laser. That's why cops hiding and using instant on are violating the law themselves. Such tickets can be beaten in court. Worse yet, this error led the reporter to make claims about the new technologies that contradict existing case law and science. No camera can replace the legal requirement that a human visually estimate the speed of a vehicle, nor the right to confront your accuser in court.

 

The tickets you get from cameras are civil penalities, not criminal charges. No state law is being enforced, therefore there is no requirement for anyone to estimate your speed. The city or county does not even have to prove that you were the one driving the car. The only good thing is that no points are added on your license.

 

Cutuesday, you don't know what your are talking about and are doing a real dis-service to the membership.

I've read the statutes for every State and the District of columbia. In some states speeding citations are civil, in others they are quasi-criminal or even misdemeanors.

Photo radar is not legal in the U.S. at this time, do in large part to the case law on the matter. Look at the Wisconsin case Hanson on moving radar if you want to get started on this case law.

There is an absolute requirement that speed be estimated before using radar. If you'd ever been in a speed enforcement case or seen a trial you'd know that. The case law on this is applied in all States. Below is a quote from a training manual used by the police that's published by NHTSA:

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by 2004S2000
Cutuesday, you don't know what your are talking about and are doing a real dis-service to the membership.

I've read the statutes for every State and the District of columbia.

 

2004S2000, I am not going to get into a urination competition with you in this forum. That being said I am not going to eat my words either. I have a great deal of experience with everything you accused me of knowing nothing about. I did not say that speeding citations are civil. I said that citations issued as the result of a camera (whether it be speeding or running a stoplight) are civil. They cannot be criminal charges not only because of the estimation requirement but because the camera can't prove who was operating the vehicle. In a civil penalty it does not matter who was operating the vehicle, the registered owner is responsible for the fine, just like a parking ticket left on the windshield. I beleive if you had read my post more carefully before flying off the handle you would have realized this.