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Originally Posted by Forrest
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Radar and Laser detectors are pointless IMHO. The only way I could imagine, and have seen, one be beneficent to the user, is if the police pings you, and you slow down, and they keep pinging you as you drive by, they noticed you slowed down, and MIGHT not pull you over. (Like the 'Lazy Cop' Pheonix described earlier.) Detectors 'Detect' the impulse wave sent from the police unit to your car. Then it Blinks like mad when it says "I'm hit! I'm hit!". By the time your brain and its neuralproccesors actaully realize the light is blinking, if you notice it the nano-second it goes off, unless the Police officer is over 1 and 7/8ths of a mile away....He knows your speed, before you know you're hit. With the ones down here in Florida, They ping it once, grab your speed, go to pull you over. If they see your nose dip like there a chain attached to your front bumper and light post. They'll look for your radar detector as well. Radar Detectors and similar devices do not detect Police Officers or Highway Patrol. They detect the waves sent by them, at your car, and law enforcement WILL recieve the information no matter what your radar detector says.
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This may be true if your the only car on the road, but in heavier traffic and a greater distance... they can't lock onto a single vehicle and know what vehicle it is for sure...
But you have a right to your opinion as we all are.
I know for a fact mine has saved me from several speeding tickets. More than enough to pay for the detector.