Radar and Laser Detectors

[kingkong]

I am looking into getting a radar/laser detector. I am looking at the valentine1. Is it worth the money and can I truly feel safe with it or are there still chances that it wont detect sometimes?



Thanks
Steven

[Kyle]

There is always a chance it wont work. I have a Valentine One, I feel pretty safe, but it doesn't mean I drive like a dumbass now. I just use it so I have a heads up.

[live~sideway]

There is always a chance it wont work. I have a Valentine One, I feel pretty safe, but it doesn't mean I drive like a dumbass now. I just use it so I have a heads up.

exactly if your doing a buck twenty you wont have time to slow down in time dont forget this. i have the new passport i think the 8500 i works and is cheaper than the valentine. i also hear its to sensitive. the passport works great its only problem is some hills. but its not to sensitive and doesnt constantly go off. if its a common route youll figure out what doors and lights set it off.

[hondachik]

wow...apparently I need an upgrade from my Cobra Radar Detector

[Kyle]

exactly if your doing a buck twenty you wont have time to slow down in time dont forget this. i have the new passport i think the 8500 i works and is cheaper than the valentine. i also hear its to sensitive. the passport works great its only problem is some hills. but its not to sensitive and doesnt constantly go off. if its a common route youll figure out what doors and lights set it off.

Son your radar detector can't tocuh mine. Lol. I had the option of the passport, I just know that the V1 would be extremely easy to sell if I didn't like it. Its really hyped up, but it works well, looks good, etc.

[BlkCD5]

I've heard pretty good things about the valentine1. If you have the cash, get a diffuser as well.

[DrivenMind]

Negative. Most cops use laser now a days, and having a laser detector is as about as effective in avoiding tickets, as using a bullet proof vest that doesn't stop bullets, but only tells you when you've been shot. But we are in Ga, so I'm sure in some county down south, where the Sheriff regularly ****s his dog, they still use radar.

A laser is only detected after it's been shot, unless you happen to pick up the officer lasering someone else. This means that unless you spot the cop first, and slow down, you don't know your ****ed, until the officers already taken the first steps to proceed with ****ing you.

What we should all be interested in is laser/radar jammers.

[Kyle]

Negative. Most cops use laser now a days, and having a laser detector is as about as effective in avoiding tickets, as using a bullet proof vest that doesn't stop bullets, but only tells you when you've been shot. But we are in Ga, so I'm sure in some county down south, where the Sheriff regularly ****s his dog, they still use radar.

Lol. Probably my county, Putnam. The name says it all.

But yeah laser detectors are essentially useless, if you can get a radar detector with pop detection, but it's not essential by any means. It's nice to have though.

[kingkong]

Tell me more about laser jammers
I have heard about them but never really researched them.
Do they actually work and how do they work?

[DrivenMind]

Tell me more about laser jammers
I have heard about them but never really researched them.
Do they actually work and how do they work?

They take the signal the cop shoots at your car, and send the officer back a h4xored one, telling him that he got pwned.

In actuality I believe that they send the cop back an "error" reading, or give a blatantly incorrect speed.

[kingkong]

I just read about the jammers and some people are saying that the Laser Atlanta laser speed guns can break through the laser jammers.
Is this true?

[ATK_Designs]

I have the Laser jammers and they work

It's exactly like DrivenMind said.

Radar Detector - Effective
Laser Dectector - Useless
Laser Jammer - Effective

I have the Blinder Xtreme-20 series.

[DrivenMind]

I have the Laser jammers and they work

It's exactly like DrivenMind said.

Radar Detector - Effective
Laser Dectector - Useless
Laser Jammer - Effective

I have the Blinder Xtreme-20 series.

How/Where did you get this, and how much did it cost?

[07civicsi4dr]

on test drive the tv show they showed radar detectors and laser jammers and it said the jammers bounce the lazer back to the lazer unit and it doesnt give a speed makin your car virtually invisible to the lazer it doesnt show a speed on the unit

[chituntang]

Your pick is my pick. Anyways, the best way to not get caught is not speeding...
The only bad thing about those jammer is when you get pull over and the cops find it, you are in trouble...

[Frög]

more info on jammers!! where? how much? what kind of trouble if caught with it?

[keevo54]

more info on jammers!! where? how much? what kind of trouble if caught with it?

They are legal but pretty costly. Blinder is a decent choice and they run about $500.

[Kyle]

Wow. Learn to read. I said laser jammers were legal. Radar jammers are illegal because they interfere with frequencies airplanes use, but props for finding an irrelevant article

You never said laser jammers are legal. You said...

more info on jammers!! where? how much? what kind of trouble if caught with it?

They are legal but pretty costly. Blinder is a decent choice and they run about $500.

So I assume you are talking about jammers in general, both radar and laser. If you had said "laser jammers are legal" I would not have posted that article. So specify next time.

[Kyle]

more info on jammers!! where? how much? what kind of trouble if caught with it?

I didn't know there were laser jammers out but what radar jammers do is when radar is being sent it sends a bunch of random signals of speed back so that the cops radar gun eventually says their is an error. And don't get that phazer thing advertised by rocky mountain radar, its garbage as are all their products.

They are legal but pretty costly. Blinder is a decent choice and they run about $500.

You are incorrect.

Here is part of an article to confirm.

If you are contemplating the purchase of an active radar jammer for your vehicle, you should know that they are illegal and have been banned by the federal government since December of 1977. The FCC has banned the use and the sale of these devices and the consequences for repeatedly and willfully using them can be steep. Per the FCC, you could be fined as much as $11,000 per violation (with a maximum amount of $75,000) and you could be sent to jail.

[keevo54]

Here is part of an article to confirm.

If you are contemplating the purchase of an active radar jammer for your vehicle, you should know that they are illegal and have been banned by the federal government since December of 1977. The FCC has banned the use and the sale of these devices and the consequences for repeatedly and willfully using them can be steep. Per the FCC, you could be fined as much as $11,000 per violation (with a maximum amount of $75,000) and you could be sent to jail.

Wow. Learn to read. I said laser jammers were legal. Radar jammers are illegal because they interfere with frequencies airplanes use, but props for finding an irrelevant article

[07civicsi4dr]

i didnt think the laser jammers were illegal on the show i saw they had a guy that was an ex cop and he recommended using them but in the state that show was filmed they may not have been illegal

[khaxnguyen]

maybe it depends on state.. but i still beleive anything that interferes with the cop's shiit is illegal. they are sometimes diickheads.

[DrivenMind]

Pretty sure they're very illegal in the south east.

[ATK_Designs]

Active Radar Jammer = Illegal
Laser Jammer = Legal in GA

I had mine installed for about 500 I think. If you want the info, hit me up on PM or AIM.

They guaranteed or they'd pay your ticket in the first year.

[I <3 my EF]

South Ga ftw...

[canadianrcis]

i heard there are covering you spray on your lights to mask them from the laser, since they were saying cops target the lights for the laser, so it blocks it some how.

[Kyle]

i heard there are covering you spray on your lights to mask them from the laser, since they were saying cops target the lights for the laser, so it blocks it some how.

I don't think so. Cops usually aim at the middle of the car, and I don't know how a spray could block a radio wave.

[DrivenMind]

I don't think so. Cops usually aim at the middle of the car, and I don't know how a spray could black a radio wave.

It doesn't.

A common misconception is that cops always aim at your headlights when hitting you with radar or laser. In fact the entire surface of your car reflects the waves back to the gun. In order to have a car that was undetectable to radar you would have to substantially slim down it's "cross section", (I think that's the term)

Supposedly having flat paint helps to absorb radar, but unfortunately your average windshield is like a giant laser/radar mirror, so it sort of negates the effects of a non-reflective paint job.

I would assume however, that at night cops do aim at your head lights as it's probably the most visible portion of the car.

[keevo54]

I don't think so. Cops usually aim at the middle of the car, and I don't know how a spray could block a radio wave.

Nope, cops usually aim at the headlight or front lisence plate with their laser guns

[AnthonyF]

my father and I might become a dealear for Xtreme Blinder Laser Jammer. I will let you guys know if we do or do not.

[07civicsi4dr]

if anyones interested right now on the discovery channel they are showin mythbusters and talkin about radar jammers and laser jammers and how and if they work

[AnthonyF]

^laser jammers DO work.

[khaxnguyen]

http://www.radarbusters.com/laser-ja...e.cfm#navbar=a

watch the vid.

[live~sideway]

http://www.radarbusters.com/laser-ja...e.cfm#navbar=a

watch the vid.

but remeber laser jammers are illegal so if you go past a cop that is shooting and his **** gets blocked hes probably going to pull you over anyway and search your car for it.

[keevo54]

but remeber laser jammers are illegal so if you go past a cop that is shooting and his **** gets blocked hes probably going to pull you over anyway and search your car for it.

Laser jammers are 100% legal

[SpoonMan]

okay so i am looking at getting one of these...but everyone is flip flopin around here...are LASER JAMMER legal or illegal....

and my biggest question has anyone used the laser jammer and got pulled over with it, where the cop know you used it....what did he do?

[Frög]

V1 is the best. /discussion..

And for the last fvcking time!!!!!!!!!!

radar jammer illegal
laser jammer legal

good god ppl are dumb..




oh and btw i just bought me a laser jammer blinder extreme m25

i just need to save me some cash for a valentine 1..

[lilmanx01]

^why not an escort?

the only thing I see thats nice on the v1 is its arrows... which I think are pointless cause if your radar goes off your slamming on the brakes no matter which way the cop is.. I mean I would like to know if he is infront of me or behind me cause that seems more probable. BUT if he is sitting to the left of you, or right of you... your already f*cked cause he already got you.



Ooh and where did you get your Blinder from? why the m25 and not the m45? Im currently doing research on shifters as Im posting...

[madking411]

this is an interesting thread.....bump.....

[road1will]

Ive had both the valentine 1 and the passport 8500 x50. I prefer the 8500.

Also, YES laser jammers are legal.

And yes, police do generally target headlamps/turnsignals/license plates.