What are your thoughts on radar / laser detectors?

[ReconGator]

As a former Law Enforcement Officer, you run into a major problem. The other vehicles have to be running Radar Detectors as well. Here is why.

If you are traveling down the road at 85 MPH. Speed limit is 70 MPH. You and another car are both keeping up with each other and my Radar goes off at 85 MPH. Even if yours jammed the signal, I was able to testify that you were going just as fast if not faster than the other car and thus, speeding.

Say if you are going 90 and the limit is 70 and another car is going 80. Your Radar Detector can only jam so many times a second, legally. Even if I don't pick you up, I can make the argument and have done so successfully that you are speeding based on you going faster than a car that is speeding.

As a prior LEO, I didn't write too many tickets, however, I definitely wrote tickets to people with Radar Detectors as the appearance was they were trying to get over. Just some info.

 

[F4Gary]

As a former Law Enforcement Officer, you run into a major problem. The other vehicles have to be running Radar Detectors as well. Here is why.

If you are traveling down the road at 85 MPH. Speed limit is 70 MPH. You and another car are both keeping up with each other and my Radar goes off at 85 MPH. Even if yours jammed the signal, I was able to testify that you were going just as fast if not faster than the other car and thus, speeding.

Say if you are going 90 and the limit is 70 and another car is going 80. Your Radar Detector can only jam so many times a second, legally. Even if I don't pick you up, I can make the argument and have done so successfully that you are speeding based on you going faster than a car that is speeding.

As a prior LEO, I didn't write too many tickets, however, I definitely wrote tickets to people with Radar Detectors as the appearance was they were trying to get over. Just some info.

Stupid gater. Radar detectors don't jam radar. And just because someone has a radar detector doesn't mean they are always going 20mph over the limit.
If there are a lot of cars on the highway, then my detector will sniff out your radar long before you see me or my radar return.
If I'm the only one around, I don't go much over the limit and won't get stopped.

 

[ReconGator]

Ok. Some detectors also have Jammers with them. You can legally jam radars but only so many times.

It was example dummy.

The point is, if you are speeding and others are speeding too, you can be caught using their speed with both Radar and Laser.

If you are tagged by a Laser, the Officer has the reading by the time the alert goes off and you are tagged already.

If the roads are empty, there is no reason to run Radar then and more than likely run into Laser which wont be detected until you have been tagged.

 

[SoddyNole]

Stupid gater. Radar detectors don't jam radar. And just because someone has a radar detector doesn't mean they are always going 20mph over the limit.
If there are a lot of cars on the highway, then my detector will sniff out your radar long before you see me or my radar return.
If I'm the only one around, I don't go much over the limit and won't get stopped.

Shakin the bush boss...

 

[PoopandBoogers]

10 miles at 75 = 8 minutes.
10 miles at 85 = 7 minutes.

30 miles at 75 = 24 minutes.
30 miles at 85 = 21 minutes.

100 miles at 75 = 1 hr 20 minutes.
100 miles at 85 = 1 hr 10 minutes.

500 miles at 75 = 6 hr 40 minutes.
500 miles at 85 = 5 hr 52 minutes.[/QUOTE]


300+ is where it gets interesting.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

Shakin the bush boss...

 

[F4Gary]

Ok. Some detectors also have Jammers with them. You can legally jam radars but only so many times.

It was example dummy.

The point is, if you are speeding and others are speeding too, you can be caught using their speed with both Radar and Laser.

If you are tagged by a Laser, the Officer has the reading by the time the alert goes off and you are tagged already.

If the roads are empty, there is no reason to run Radar then and more than likely run into Laser which wont be detected until you have been tagged.

Wrong again. It is a federal offense to jam radar as that would be transmitting without a license.
I can only think of one radar jammer, and it's expensive. All the radar detectors we talk about or just that, detectors.
Laser jammers work and are legal. (No, I don't have one. Just my outdated Valentine One.)
For a revenue collector, you don't know much about electronic countermeasures.
https://www.stealthveil.com/guides/radar-jammers

 

[surfnole]

Thing about waze I don't like is the inability to zoom out on the screen to see what lies ahead. Everytime I would zoom out to look ahead or down the road to see an alternate route or what a traffic holdup is, it shrinks back to my immediate area. Also the cartoonish icons that clutter the map, looks like im playing a pokemon video game. I much prefer a satellite view and see what is actually out in front and surrounding me. Satellite view has proven invaluable to me. Wish they would finally fully integrate into google maps, instead of slowly adding waze options.

Yes. I don't like the way that WAZE can't easily show you, or allow you to drill down, on their whole route. It won't alert you to a major accident 70 miles ahead of time in order for you to exit the interstate. And the estimated time in traffic is BS If you see a major roadblock, best to find an alternate route than rely on Waze/Google estimate time in traffic.

I do like Waze, but sometimes I need to you Waze and Google Maps at the same time to try and navigate around a problem.

Waze is also not familiar with some alternate routes on my commute home.

 

[funksouljon]

Who wants a mustache ride?

 

[ReliableOstrich]

Stupid gater.

For a revenue collector, you don't know much about electronic countermeasures.

This thread is picking up!

Never understood why police departments spend so much time patrolling and camping out in the woods for speeders - looking to ring up a guy going 8 miles over on a totally open road. Focus on dangerous drivers and real crimes. Stop wasting money on radar/laser guns, man hours parked in a median in the middle of no where, and courts tied up with minor traffic citations.

When did "Protect and Serve" become "Hide and Fine"? Seems lazy.

 

[Debo78]

I have the 360. Best for the non geek imo. It has saved my ass many times

 

[Phyrst1]

I had one of these. They scramble and detect radar and laser. Tested it with a GSP unit and jibberish showed on his unit.

https://rockymountainradar.com/

 

[F4Gary]

I had one of these. They scramble and detect radar and laser. Tested it with a GSP unit and jibberish showed on his unit.

https://rockymountainradar.com/

They aren't well liked on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Rocky-Mountain-Radar-Judge-Detector/product-reviews/B06WCZ3NVZ

If I wasn't a Valentine One guy, I'd probably get a Uniden R3 or R1.

 

[FreeFlyNole]

This thread is picking up!

Never understood why police departments spend so much time patrolling and camping out in the woods for speeders - looking to ring up a guy going 8 miles over on a totally open road. Focus on dangerous drivers and real crimes. Stop wasting money on radar/laser guns, man hours parked in a median in the middle of no where, and courts tied up with minor traffic citations.

When did "Protect and Serve" become "Hide and Fine"? Seems lazy.

Gots ta make da money fo' da city.

 

[seminoledq]

Wrong again. It is a federal offense to jam radar as that would be transmitting without a license.
I can only think of one radar jammer, and it's expensive. All the radar detectors we talk about or just that, detectors.
Laser jammers work and are legal. (No, I don't have one. Just my outdated Valentine One.)
For a revenue collector, you don't know much about electronic countermeasures.
https://www.stealthveil.com/guides/radar-jammers

Federal offense even if you use raspberry?

 

[F4Gary]

Federal offense even if you use raspberry?

Is that like a Blackberry?

 

[funksouljon]

Federal offense even if you use raspberry?