are they illegal in GA?
radar detectors
are they illegal in GA?
Either they are or they aren't. There's a 50/50 shot, I'd take those odds...
they suck.
my dad has some...expensive ass one..and he's gotten two tickets.
im about to buy a valentine v1... anyone have any experience with those?
my radar detector is 4th gear
Look into a k40 (Radar/Laser protector).. my buddy has one on his Acura, I've seen him get out of at least 8 tickets myself.. basically its mounted on a tag frame that you put on your front bumper, and it sends a forcefield out (Like mega man type) to the po po so when they try and get you the pig comes up short.. it comes with a mountable detector so you know when they are shooting at you.. its funny, I've seen cops look at their gun and shake it, then shoot again, like thats gonna work LIRL
oh yea...
http://www.k40.com/home_main.html
I been thinkin about gettin the built in K40 radar/laser jammer. But people say the V1's are the better detectors all around, so I dunno.Originally Posted by thinkfast
V1's arent going to do shit once a cop shoots you with laser. The whole point with laser jammers is to prevent the cops from getting your speed allowing you enough time to slow down.
Most police departments around here, including GSP all use laser now. Radar detectors are almost getting useless.
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Once you live with the arrows, you will not be able to live w/o them.
AIM: RuinerTT
2005 Nissan Pathfinder LE
It depends....
http://www.valentine1.com/laserhowto/
The pencil-thin beam of the laser gun expands with distance. The actual beam is only several feet wide at 500 feet, but "aiming wobble" introduced by the human holding the bulky gun make the detectable beam at least three times larger. Even without the wobble, it covers most of the roadway after a mile. This means it is actually much easier to find a fragment of the beam at greater distances from the laser trap. At short ranges, the beam may be so concentrated that a detector mounted away from the aim point on the vehicle may not be able to pick up enough stray energy to activate an alarm.
AIM: RuinerTT
2005 Nissan Pathfinder LE
I had a friend that had one of those jammers and luckily it got him out of a huuuuuuuuuuuge speeding ticket. Don't they like say either 000 or 999 or something like that? He said that most of the times the cops look at him and shake their heads haha
FUCK GRAN TURISMO EAST!! NEVER TAKE YOUR CAR THERE, ESPECIALLY NOT FOR AN ALIGNMENT!! TERRIBLE BUSINESS!!
haha yea my boy says the same shit!
if a cop shoots you with a radar gun, pull an oj simpson and hit the freeway....
shit just wondering im sure cops know what to look for when they see you pass by at 200mph and their laser gun says "invalid username/password" and shit....
Wouldnt that be reason enough to chase you down and search for your jammer.... Oh yeah if they catch you with such a jammer, what are the consequences.. .sounds serious to me.
you will get a ticket for illegal use of jammer, but they can't give you a speeding ticket... and who says you don't install it after court (if you ever took it off to begin with??)
You guys have been reading too many radar detector romance novels......
Radar detectors don't guarantee anything. If they do, walk away really quick cause that's your first sign of a crappy one.
It is designed to tell you when SOMEONE ELSE is getting clocked, not YOU. If it's only purpose were to tell you when YOU are being clocked, then it'd be as useful as a kick in the nuts.
A quality unit will tell you when car(s) AHEAD of you are being clocked, thereby giving YOU time to slow down before the speed gun is turned onto you. As DP said, once it's turned onto you, the RD will do nothing but tell you "YOU'RE being clocked idiot".....by then it's too late if you haven't slowed down.
In the old days, when only X band and K band were used, it was easy for any RD to work. Those guns had very big limitations, such as having to be on all the time (therefore you could pick them up from miles away like a freaking beacon), had to be permanently mounted (therefore, the cop car had to be out on the side of the road because it needs line of sight to work), etc. Later years, the guns got smaller, more portable, and more accurate. With the advent of "instant-on", it made it more difficult to detect because it was only on when the "trigger" was pulled to clock somebody and then it would go silent. They kept changing frequencies (Ka, wideband, superwideband) and the detectors had to be able to detect those as well.
Then came Laser/Lidar. It is a combination of the ole "instant-on" and yet a new frequency. It's harder to detect because of what's already been mentioned, the width of the actual signal is very narrow...i.e. detectors usually can't detect it as well as the other frequencies.
There are only 2 chances vs Laser/Lidar today:
1. Use an RD that has the widest "field of view" possible so you can try and see the Laser as it's being shot at your neighbors car.
2. Use a SHIFTER which totally does not let the gun pick up your speed.
Folks, there is NO SUCH THING AS A "RADAR JAMMER" that is legal to use in the entire U.S.A. Real Radar Jammers are regulated by the FCC just like a radio station or anything else because it emits a radar signal OUT. The military is the only one that uses that kind of technology. It is ultra bulky and ultra expensive to boot. Radar detector companies advertise (FALSELY) that they have "Jammers", but in reality if they have anything at all that remotely works it's a Laser SHIFTER and NOT a "jammer" (for the reasons above).
With all that said, there is really only one true way to protect yourself against Laser that works: Shifter. One company that makes the best shifter out right now is Passport. It's shifter setup is a piggy back type that works with their top of the line 8500 unit. It uses externally mounted antennas in the front and the back of the car that "shift" the laser's returning signal and confuses the gun into a false reading. In a nutshell, that's how it works. You still have the 8500 doing it's thing for regular signals, but the shifter does it's thing against Laser/Lidar on top of that. It is the ultimate protection, again right now, but it's also the most expensive on the market by far. It costs around $1500-2000 after it's all said and done because you have to buy the 8500 + laser shifter + professional install.
I'm sure Valentine will eventually come out with something similar to compete. Until then, the V1 is the best for RD's and the 8500 + Laser shifter is the best if you have the dough for it.
It's really a little more involved than this, but yall get the pic now.
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Cliff notes:
-No such thing as a "jammer" on the street.
-RD is supposed to be used right to work.
-Only 1 RD offers the best protection overall, but it will cost you big bucks.
-Any questions?
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