Question: Who Still Uses A Radar/Laser Detector? How Many Times Has It Saved You?

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05/17/2014 at 12:31 • Filed to: None

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Kinja'd!!! ShelbyRacer78-Fusion Modifier > soto
05/17/2014 at 12:34

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I have one, it hasn't saved me yet. Thats mostly because I know my limits here in CT.


Kinja'd!!! Brian Silvestro > soto
05/17/2014 at 12:36

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I use one. Helps a lot. worth the money.


Kinja'd!!! GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo > soto
05/17/2014 at 12:44

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My coworker uses one and a lazer jammer and swears by them. Expensive yes but better than losing your car.


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > soto
05/17/2014 at 12:48

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We used to own one. It saved us numerous times on road trips where we didn't know the favorite hiding spots of the local law enforcement. Ours was a V1, like pictured, and it worked like a dream. Unfortunately, our car got broken into a few years ago, and the V1 was one of the few things they stole.


Kinja'd!!! BKRM3 > soto
05/17/2014 at 12:52

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Passport 9500ix on the highway. Works like a charm.


Kinja'd!!! Vee Ate Injun > soto
05/17/2014 at 13:18

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i could have used one a few weeks ago when i got the dreaded " going fast " tax. i'm going to be watching this thread for radar detector recommendations.

Question : what's the legal status these days on radar detectors?
(i'm in California)


Kinja'd!!! Big Bubba Ray > soto
05/17/2014 at 14:04

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I use my Passport daily. It's saved me numerous times from speed traps and shit like that. It's great on road trips cause you can fly to your destination. Get one.


Kinja'd!!! Logansteno: Bought a VW? > soto
05/17/2014 at 14:16

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My dad has one in his truck, saved him multiple times (big blue truck + speeding = officers ticketing dream)

I don't know what brand it is, but he had a V1 in his old Silverado before the people who stole the truck stole that too.


Kinja'd!!! liquid_popcorn > soto
05/17/2014 at 14:42

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I would have a V1, but here in VA they are illegal. And the cops have magic that tells them when you're using these or laser jammers. Huge tickets if they catch you. :(


Kinja'd!!! Clown Shoe Pilot > soto
05/17/2014 at 16:28

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I have a V1 in the Clown Shoe. It's saved me enough times to have paid for itself.


Kinja'd!!! Underacheiver > soto
05/17/2014 at 17:15

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I've been using a passport for about 8 years (still works). i don't really drive like a madman anymore but it definitely saved my ass more than once. I once passed a CHP officer in the rain at double the speed limit(QUATTRO!). He didnt have radar on, but needless to say i got pulled over. He saw the passport on my dash and let me go (he probably didnt know how fast i was going... he was just pissed that he had to get out of his car in the rain).

I now have it mounted up by the rear-view mirror, tapped into the car's fuse box. Yes, they work. but it is only a tool. you still have to be smart and know that not all cops use radar or keep radar on all the time.


Kinja'd!!! 2tonic > soto
05/17/2014 at 17:29

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I have a V1 that's around 20 years old, running it's original firmware. I has saved me numerous times and also alerted me that I've been busted. That's the nature of using a radar detector - if it goes off you may already be busted. But any warning it gives you that keeps you from getting a ticket makes it worth owning.

I don't use it in my daily driver/work vehicle Odyssey; it lives in my play car.


Kinja'd!!! soto > soto
05/17/2014 at 17:35

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I live in MA, an troopers in MA are great at keeping that shit off until they want to turn it on. makes detectors almost useless.


Kinja'd!!! Slow4o > soto
05/17/2014 at 19:54

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Had a V1 since I graduated high school in 08. Probably paid itself off in the first year with all the trips I would make between Baton Rouge and Houston. It is still running strong. Only time I got a ticket is when I got lasered, but there was nothing I could've done about that except for a laser jammer, which is illegal in Texas.


Kinja'd!!! CPT Speedbump > GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo
05/18/2014 at 17:17

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aren't jammers iillegal in every state?