RD Question...

[MoH.vze.com]

My question is, if I buy a RD, will it protect me from a moving police vehicle on the highway? Will the RD warn me about the police vehicle being near by or will I drive by the police vehicle going 80 MPH without any warnings and get a ticket?

[MEM-TEK]

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[LOUISSSSS]

Radar detectors detect radars, not police cars... i'm no RD pro, but i know that much

[Orbital75]

My question is, if I buy a RD, will it protect me from a moving police vehicle on the highway? Will the RD warn me about the police vehicle being near by or will I drive by the police vehicle going 80 MPH without any warnings and get a ticket?

Well, that will be a Yes and No Question because it depends on the situation.

Most Police now days use something called " Instant On ".
With " Instant On " , the officer doesn't turn his Gun on until he sees you.
Meaning that, his gun is in a Standby Mode that is not emitting any signal. As
you come closer he flips his radar gun out of Standby and hits you.
Your detector will alert but he's already acquired your speed.
The trick in defeating this, is to follow behind someone else speeding and
let them get hit 1st. Your detector will then alert and you can slow down
before it's your turn. I'd say follow at a distance of 200 ft or so and you
should be fine.

The other thing is, If you are doing lets say 20 over the Posted
speed Limit, an officer can tell by Visual and pull you over.
Yes, they can do that, they are trained to measure speed just by visual.

I'd say get a detector, you can't go wrong. I've had one for 17 years and
have never gotten a speeding ticket..... You just have to know how to use
them... they are a tool not a invisibility cloak.

Oh one other thing. Make sure you purchase a good detector such
as a Bel, Escort, V1, or Whistler. Cobra's are the worst and I wouldn't
recommend them to anyone.

Hope this helps a little......

[MoH.vze.com]

My question is, if I buy a RD, will it protect me from a moving police vehicle on the highway? Will the RD warn me about the police vehicle being near by or will I drive by the police vehicle going 80 MPH without any warnings and get a ticket?

Well, that will be a Yes and No Question because it depends on the situation.

Most Police now days use something called " Instant On ".
With " Instant On " , the officer doesn't turn his Gun on until he sees you.
Meaning that, his gun is in a Standby Mode that is not emitting any signal. As
you come closer he flips his radar gun out of Standby and hits you.
Your detector will alert but he's already acquired your speed.
The trick in defeating this, is to follow behind someone else speeding and
let them get hit 1st. Your detector will then alert and you can slow down
before it's your turn. I'd say follow at a distance of 200 ft or so and you
should be fine.

The other thing is, If you are doing lets say 20 over the Posted
speed Limit, an officer can tell by Visual and pull you over.
Yes, they can do that, they are trained to measure speed just by visual.

I'd say get a detector, you can't go wrong. I've had one for 17 years and
have never gotten a speeding ticket..... You just have to know how to use
them... they are a tool not a invisibility cloak.

Oh one other thing. Make sure you purchase a good detector such
as a Bel, Escort, V1, or Whistler. Cobra's are the worst and I wouldn't
recommend them to anyone.

Hope this helps a little......

Thanks for the info.

I have about 500$ for a RD but I'm just waiting for a good time to buy one. Do you guys have any inside news on when there will be an ultimate update on a radar detector that I should buy or an ultimate release of a new radar detector with great enhancements in its performances?

[jdong]

500 bucks will comfortably get you any radar detector you can dream of, but I'd personally question if that's worth it. If I had 500 bucks to spend on speed measuring countermeasures, I'd only spend half or so of that on a detector, and the rest on other countermeasures, primarily laser defense. I'd have to throw out more recommendations for Whistler's new XTR-690 and Pro-78 units -- they have been getting superb user experiences in the Whistler forum and will afford more than adequate protection. Plus, their customer service is simply awesome. E-mail inquiries are often responded to on the same or next day by a real live knowledgeable person, not to mention they have a guy who regularly visits and posts on these boards.

[RanEnRui]

I agree with jdong for the most part, although I'd actually suggest the 8500 X50 (red) for the "cheapest" instead of the Whistler. Don't get me wrong, the Whistler performs excellent for its price range, but I think you might be better off getting an X50 since you seem to be really anxious about police. If you're willing to spend a bit more, 9500i, RX-65, V1, and STi Driver are all good detectors as well.

If you live in an area where RDs are illegal (VA/DC, soon to be FL) then you might want to consider the STi Driver for stealth.

With the remaining money, I'd say invest in other countermeasures. [Un]Fortunately, as you will soon see, once you get an RD using the advice from this forum you become aware to all the other great countermeasures and then there goes your wallet! 8) Although in all honesty, tickets do suck and can be a real pain in the ass, so it's worth it in my opinion.

Again, based on where you live determines what countermeasures you should invest in. If you live in an area of heavy laser usage, you might want to invest in the Laser Sheild, Veil coating, and laser jammers.

I live in NC and most threats are either X or K band, no laser hits (or falses) yet -- although I've only had my RD for about a week now. Even though I don't have to worry about laser (thank Science!), but I do have to worry about Instant-On (ugh), it seems they are IO fiends here. I ordered the Laser Shield the other night just because it seems like a pretty cheap and effective countermeasure for the rare event that I go to Raleigh and get laser sniped.

To answer your functionality questions, it depends (ah yes, I bet you hate that answer!). Radar depends on various things when it comes down to detection and signals. First off, you have obstruction/interference from objects as well as "bounces" off objects. You also have to take into effect that all police radar guns are directional, meaning that whatever way the officer points it is where most of the signal strength will go. Getting hit with radar from the front or behind are the easiest to detect, it's getting it from other angles that are a bit harder to detect (although far from impossible, it happens quite often actually). There are videos of the X50 getting nice detection on off-axis as well as 90' degrees (perpendicular). [No bias meant here, other RDs such as the V1 and STi Driver do this fine as well.]

Honestly, once you use your RD for about a month or two you'll start to develop a knack of when you're getting threats vs falses and how serious those threats are.

[MoH.vze.com]

This is so hard to decide

My current budget for building a gaming computer is 1,200$ and 500$ for a RD and 200$ for food.

However, I am thinking about not getting a RD and not eating so I can build a 1,900$ gaming computer ~_~

What to do

[jdong]

Ok, I'm not your mother, but... if you are considering to cut food to build an expensive high-end gaming PC, then you should really sit back and consider your priorities with a more level mind

[MoH.vze.com]

Ok, I'm not your mother, but... if you are considering to cut food to build an expensive high-end gaming PC, then you should really sit back and consider your priorities with a more level mind

Let me be more specific, when I ment "Food" I ment "lunch".
I have "food" at home, but I work 8 hour shifts (40 hours a week) in a Mall and I spend about 10$ on food + drinks each day. I'm thinking about cutting back on that =P. Foods in the mall can get pretty expensive compared to the stuff I have at home.