Back in the saddle

[bthorn]

Hi my name is Bryan and I live in the middle of downtown/uptown Dallas. Just got my beltronics pro500 for my newly purchased Ford Focus ST that is so fun to drive. Got a ticket coming down the tollway on my second day of ownership of this new car. This is when I realized I needed to get back into the radar detector game. Bought my detector a few day ago. Today I encountered a situation that makes me question does this brand new 400 dollar investment work or has the law come up with some new system to detect speed. Please jump over to the general side of this forum and help me to understand what happened today.

[bthorn]

Can't seem to post a new discussion yet until maybe I'm approved by admin. Basically my brand new Pro500 dropped the ball and didn't alert me like it should have. I posted my full experience under the
Enforcement, Technology & Tactics section of this forum. Please help me to figure out what happened. User name bthorn.

[Buckdarma]

Can't seem to post a new discussion yet until maybe I'm approved by admin. Basically my brand new Pro500 dropped the ball and didn't alert me like it should have. I even turned around went back three more times to see if I could get my unit to alert me. Then I pulled over up the road from them and parked where there radar guns pointed in my direction and continued to pull people over as I sat there for 10minutes. My one first time when I really needed this baby to churp or squeak once it did nothing. Motorcycle cops, 2 at a time side by side picking motorists off, handheld radar guns pointed like pistols out in front of them. Guns where blue and yellow or gold. Could have been a very bad day as its a 30mph zone where I usually cruse through there at 45 plus. I left work a few hours early today which I've never done so it was about 4:40pm. Usually get home around 7pm.

i find this that is pretty interesting indeed. You sure it wasn't laser guns new guy ?

[bthorn]

It could have been laser, but wouldn't I have heard something in my multiple trips back and forth even if it was at point blank range? I know they had me radared at least 3 times directly as I could see the officers eyes at a few points. The guy beside me got popped and one in front of me. These guys where tag teaming both lanes with some kind of radar. Wouldn't the detector catch some kind of signal from the laser if they were using laser? I went out of my way to get shot by these guys. Maybe they were using mind waves this time or something.

If the point is with laser you just don't hear anything period or there's just no warning at all then I'm getting back out of the detector game and will keep my money in my pocket. The city of Dallas seems to have a lot of money so I'm pretty sure there are plenty of laser radar units for the growing police force here. I understand that laser is quick but I wasn't alone on this street were it was busy and the police where shooting cars like it was duck season the opening day. Laser waves were flying this day.