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[MahometMatt]

Hey Everyone:

I live in Central Illinois. I am awaiting arrival of my Escort 9500ix, expected tomorrow. I also received my first order of Veil today, but must now wait for a stretch of non-rainy days to apply it.

I am not a maniac behind the wheel, but I am a spirited driver, and I drive a high number of miles for work. Even though I am not a ticket magnet, I seem to get ticketed every year or two, and I finally decided that the cost of a really nice radar detector is clearly less expensive than a ticket, plus attorney, plus court costs to keep it off my record to keep insurance rates in check. I drive a BMW 3 series--quickly. :-)

Interestingly, I have never been pulled over from being tagged via lidar, even though state police here use lidar (in addition to radar). Every time I have been pulled over has been from radar. In my area of the country, there are not many hiding spots for police cruisers on the interstates, so being attentive and alert is usually enough to avoid most fixed position speed traps. Most of my tickets and warnings have been from radar in a moving cruiser headed in the opposite direction. So while I know radar detectors are not infallible, my experience strongly suggests that a quality radar detector would have saved me from every ticket I have ever received.

Matt

[North Alabama]

.......I am awaiting arrival of my Escort 9500ix.......received my first order of Veil today.........I finally decided that the cost of a really nice radar detector is clearly less expensive than a ticket......my experience strongly suggests that a quality radar detector would have saved me from every ticket I have ever received........

Matt

Welcome! First, why the Escort? Do you not need better distance? You know that Veil will crack your headlight lens (like scratches) and does not work in most cases esp with a slow Escort! Veil might help with a Valentine over 1300 feet away, no close ups and if your auto has no reflective chrome and no front tag! A 9500ix has flaws as with Escort units, look at the I/O test on "guys of lidar" (search) detector test on the web. With I/O (instant on radar), nobody is safe, not even me with an unfiltered Valentine One RD with 19 years paying ticket free...