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Do I need Laser protection in PA?
Ok so i dont have anything yet. Got nailed for going 88 in a 55 a month ago so now im interested. In PA only state troopers can use radar, and Ill be doing most of my driving on highways such as 95, 276, and 476.
From the information Ive seen on here, none of the PA LEO's are using laser yet. So am i safe without it? Also how does I/O work? Can the V1 protect against this?
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02-01-2010 06:52 PM
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Re: Do I need Laser protection in PA?
Last edited by aa2033; 02-01-2010 at 06:57 PM.
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Radar Fanatic
Re: Do I need Laser protection in PA?
Only Philadelphia PD can use laser from what I've been told. Everywhere else is ENRADD and VASCAR. State Police use radar. Search the terms. Yes, the V1 is good at detecting I/O, but you should always have a rabbit or traffic in sight so the detector can catch the signal before he catches you. I/O is when the cop leaves his Radar in Hold mode, then when sees a vehicle approaching turns the radar on and gets a speed reading.
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Newcomer
Re: Do I need Laser protection in PA?

Originally Posted by
SpeedUp
Only Philadelphia PD can use laser from what I've been told. Everywhere else is ENRADD and VASCAR. Search the terms. Yes, the V1 is good at detecting I/O, but you should always have a rabbit or traffic in sight so the detector can catch the signal before he catches you. I/O is when the cop leaves his Radar in Hold mode, then when sees a vehicle approaching turns the radar on and gets a speed reading.
So the only way for the RD to detect I/O is if the cop hits somebody else first?
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Radar Fanatic
Re: Do I need Laser protection in PA?

Originally Posted by
nobodyukno

Originally Posted by
SpeedUp
Only Philadelphia PD can use laser from what I've been told. Everywhere else is ENRADD and VASCAR. Search the terms. Yes, the V1 is good at detecting I/O, but you should always have a rabbit or traffic in sight so the detector can catch the signal before he catches you. I/O is when the cop leaves his Radar in Hold mode, then when sees a vehicle approaching turns the radar on and gets a speed reading.
So the only way for the RD to detect I/O is if the cop hits somebody else first?
Right. I'm not sure how much I/O in PA, but I doubt there is a lot. You go to Texas or North Carolina that's all the cops use pretty much.
Valentine One
Beltronics V955
Cobra XRS-9330
LI Dual
Pulled Over: 9 Times
Never ticketed for speeding in Maryland
Marylanders...vote for Ehrlich or I'll break your arm.
"Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner."
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Newcomer
Re: Do I need Laser protection in PA?

Originally Posted by
SpeedUp

Originally Posted by
nobodyukno

Originally Posted by
SpeedUp
Only Philadelphia PD can use laser from what I've been told. Everywhere else is ENRADD and VASCAR. Search the terms. Yes, the V1 is good at detecting I/O, but you should always have a rabbit or traffic in sight so the detector can catch the signal before he catches you. I/O is when the cop leaves his Radar in Hold mode, then when sees a vehicle approaching turns the radar on and gets a speed reading.
So the only way for the RD to detect I/O is if the cop hits somebody else first?
Right. I'm not sure how much I/O in PA, but I doubt there is a lot. You go to Texas or North Carolina that's all the cops use pretty much.
Ok thanks a lot for the help.
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Radar Fanatic
Re: Do I need Laser protection in PA?

Originally Posted by
SpeedUp
Only Philadelphia PD can use laser from what I've been told.
False, nobody can use it. There were a couple of officers in Pittsburg that wrote some tickets with laser but they all got thrown out (Pittsburgh Police Issue Hundreds Of Bad Speeding Tickets - Pittsburgh News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh).
There are no laser guns on The List of Approved Speed Timing Devices so no one can use them (PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 09-2387).
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- Wilson Little Wil (unused)
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Detectors
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No laser threat here
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Radar Fanatic
Re: Do I need Laser protection in PA?

Originally Posted by
supercowpowers
Good find, that's awesome. Well there you have it, no laser used in PA. I wonder how anyone gets a speeding ticket in PA. Sounds like you can really hammer down in that state. I've only driven through it 10 times or so and I was going pretty fast. I have yet to run into a state trooper taking radar there, I've seen a few people pulled over though.
Valentine One
Beltronics V955
Cobra XRS-9330
LI Dual
Pulled Over: 9 Times
Never ticketed for speeding in Maryland
Marylanders...vote for Ehrlich or I'll break your arm.
"Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner."
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Radar Fanatic
Re: Do I need Laser protection in PA?

Originally Posted by
SpeedUp

Originally Posted by
supercowpowers
Good find, that's awesome. Well there you have it, no laser used in PA. I wonder how anyone gets a speeding ticket in PA. Sounds like you can really hammer down in that state. I've only driven through it 10 times or so and I was going pretty fast. I have yet to run into a state trooper taking radar there, I've seen a few people pulled over though.
IO + hill = owned.
Unfamiliar territory + VASCAR at night = owned.
I think I would actually welcome laser because it can be "transponded".
CB
- Uniden PRO-510XL
- DM-452 power/echo microphone
- Uniden ESP-5 external speaker
- Wilson 1000 hole mount antenna with Short Load
- Wilson 1000 magnet mount (unused)
- Wilson Little Wil (unused)
- Cobra 25 is waiting for a vehicle with room for it
- Cobra 75 WX ST - tried it, didn't like it, never returned it.
Detectors
- V1 3.872 (daily use)
- Beltronics RX-65 (M4) (on the bench)
- Beltronics V955 (S7) (in the 'fun' car)
Other- Trapster GPS POIs (I only have a dumbphone)
- Eyeballs
No laser threat here
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