someone uses Anti-Police Radar Detector??

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is legal in your country  Anti-Police Radar Detector??

 

In Romania is legal   i have 1 this  one  (I received a gift 2 weeks ago  and and  already i paid the fine )  lol  

[Devildog4355]

there legal here in my state, i use to use one until the cops got smart and got equipment that allows those things not to be picked up. so its pretty useless. 

[Damage_inc-]

legal in most states in us of a.works great especialy if you travel the same path and learn when its not a false alert

Edited May 14, 2014 by Damage_inc-

[little_old_man]

They're pretty useless here in California. The cops here use the new laser guns. I pass cops all the time sitting outside of their cars pointing them at vehicles a mile or more up the road. They can bouce a laser beam off a specific car in a large group of cars and point it at any part of your vehicle to know how fast you're going long before you realize they are there. Unless their tiny laser beam happens to hit your detector there just isn't any way it could work to warn you.  

[JAYsus_NL]

Illegal here, but.... I use an app on my iPhone.... If u see a traffic control, just put it up and if enough people do it, it will safe you lots of money!!!

[eidolonFIRE]

illegal here in virginia.

btw, interesting bit of info... did you know there are radar detector detector detectors?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_detector_detector

 

@@little_old_man :  Actually, there are ways of detecting LIDAR. They are just less effective. They work either off detecting an increase in ambient light on the wavelength the LIDAR is using, or they detect the TINY high frequency em field being inadvertently emitted from the device's clock. 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar_detector

[Sammy]

Didnt think they were legal in many places in the US. They are even trying to stop the practice of people reporting locations of cops at speed traps to various services that keep real-time data on such things. Or simply flashing your lights to warn oncoming traffic that there is a cop ahead.

[little_old_man]

illegal here in virginia.

btw, interesting bit of info... did you know there are radar detector detector detectors?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_detector_detector

 

@@little_old_man :  Actually, there are ways of detecting LIDAR. They are just less effective. They work either off detecting an increase in ambient light on the wavelength the LIDAR is using, or they detect the TINY high frequency em field being inadvertently emitted from the device's clock. 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar_detector

 

Actually eidolon, LiDAR detectors aren't just less effective they're completely useless regardless of what Wiki says about them. When a cop with LiDAR is sighting you in through the scope, the unit isn't emitting anything a detector can pick up on. He is basically looking through a gun scope and chooses the vehicle he wants to clock which takes less than a second. Once he pulls the trigger (the point at which your detector warns you) he has your speed and distance on his screen in a fraction of a second. By the time your detector warns you, there really isn't anything you can do because he already has your speed. It's kind of like hearing a gun shot and then trying to get out of the way before the bullet hits you. It's a natural reaction but there's no possible way to avoid it. When a LiDAR detector goes off in an attempt to warn you, rather than an alarm it should just have a voice say "pull over, you're fucked".  

Edited May 14, 2014 by little_old_man

[BUDMAN]

If it goes off ....your busted !!

[Devildog4355]

Didnt think they were legal in many places in the US. They are even trying to stop the practice of people reporting locations of cops at speed traps to various services that keep real-time data on such things. Or simply flashing your lights to warn oncoming traffic that there is a cop ahead.

 

for awhile there were some counties giving tickets to people who flash there lights to warn other drivers of cops ahead. it later went to an appeals court and deemed unconstitutional through freedom of speech that it would be the same thing as walking up to saying to someone "hey there is a cop ahead" which is protected.

[eidolonFIRE]

Actually eidolon, LiDAR detectors aren't just less effective they're completely useless regardless of what Wiki says about them. When a cop with LiDAR is sighting you in through the scope, the unit isn't emitting anything a detector can pick up on. He is basically looking through a gun scope and chooses the vehicle he wants to clock which takes less than a second. Once he pulls the trigger (the point at which your detector warns you) he has your speed and distance on his screen in a fraction of a second. By the time your detector warns you, there really isn't anything you can do because he already has your speed. It's kind of like hearing a gun shot and then trying to get out of the way before the bullet hits you. It's a natural reaction but there's no possible way to avoid it. When a LiDAR detector goes off in an attempt to warn you, rather than an alarm it should just have a voice say "pull over, you're fucked".  

 

 

Oh, I don't disagree. Those things are pretty awesome. I'm just saying LIDAR detectors do exist. I can't attest to how effective they actually are though.

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expensive but worth it

 

[ENG4INE]

Legal here in Kentucky. I run radar as a part of my job. There is a transmit button on my unit. I hide in the dark and see the approaching vehicles lights and then hit transmit. Instantly I have your speed and now your radar detector sounds warning you. Its to late, I already have your speed. Now if the person running the radar unit is lazy and leaves it constantly transmitting then you may possibly be warned in time. I don't have one of the fancy laser radar units either. Good ole fashioned K/Ka band. Whenever I write someone a citation that is running a radar detector I am sure to write RADAR DETECTOR in large print at the bottom in order to show the person I stopped had intent to speed. Hope this helps you. lol

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Legal here in Kentucky. I run radar as a part of my job. There is a transmit button on my unit. I hide in the dark and see the approaching vehicles lights and then hit transmit. Instantly I have your speed and now your radar detector sounds warning you. Its to late, I already have your speed. Now if the person running the radar unit is lazy and leaves it constantly transmitting then you may possibly be warned in time. I don't have one of the fancy laser radar units either. Good ole fashioned K/Ka band. Whenever I write someone a citation that is running a radar detector I am sure to write RADAR DETECTOR in large print at the bottom in order to show the person I stopped had intent to speed. Hope this helps you. lol

You're a cop??hmmmmmm...: )))

[Hunter1948]

You can't use them anywhere it Canada.

[Dark Asylumn]

in the US they are illegal in all states in commercial vehicles. as others have stated the use of them in private vehicles varies state to state

[little_old_man]

You can't use them anywhere it Canada.

 

That's because there is no need for them up there. When a cop pulls somebody over in Canada, they apologize for speeding, the cop apologizes for pulling them over, and then they both just go on their way.   

Edited May 15, 2014 by little_old_man

[Wild Fire]

You can't use them anywhere it Canada.

 

Radar dectectors are legal in Alberta.  I think they may be also legal in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

[Hunter1948]

Radar dectectors are legal in Alberta.  I think they may be also legal in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

Sorry news to me But in Ontario we can't go over the speed  limit with our dog sleds anyway.

[Gatorgirl]

Legal here in Kentucky. I run radar as a part of my job. There is a transmit button on my unit. I hide in the dark and see the approaching vehicles lights and then hit transmit. Instantly I have your speed and now your radar detector sounds warning you. Its to late, I already have your speed. Now if the person running the radar unit is lazy and leaves it constantly transmitting then you may possibly be warned in time. I don't have one of the fancy laser radar units either. Good ole fashioned K/Ka band. Whenever I write someone a citation that is running a radar detector I am sure to write RADAR DETECTOR in large print at the bottom in order to show the person I stopped had intent to speed. Hope this helps you. lol

I have to say that I find your statement that the person you stopped had intent to speed just because they have a radar detector invalid.  I see people with them all the time that are going UNDER the speed limit and might I say they are always in front of me when I'm trying to speed!!!!! LOL

[KingStinger!]

You can't use them anywhere it Canada.

Yup you sure can. Perfectly legal here in Alberta. Ive had one for years. The theory here is if the cops have the right to speed trap us then we have the right to try and escape the trap.. Saved me loads of cash as i have a heavy foot lol

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