rrsperry

I guess it depends on where you live. On the I-95 corridor, if you're doing the speed limit, you're going to get run over by an 18 wheeler doing 80 mph, or shot, or involved with some sort of road rage incident. The police won't even look at you until you are doing at least 10 over the speed limit. (I really think they set the alerts on the equipment not to go off until 15-20 over.)..

Ok that said... It's pretty rare that you can maintain any real speed with the amount of traffic. Yes West Texas or out West, is different, but on the East coast there are just too many rats in the maze.

On laser... Your best defense is your eyes. They have to be sitting still, and it's got to be straight, with enough room for the officer and car to be off the road. You can also see the brake lights from cars up ahead when they try to avoid a ticket... And again if you aren't going SIGNIFICANTLY faster than the limit, they aren't interested in you. (there are plenty of brain dead idiots that are completely oblivious, driving at very high velocities that are very easy for them to catch)

No I don't try to drive 100 mph on the highway. I am probably driving faster than 80% of other cars when I can. I use a V1 and Waze to help (HELP) me avoid revenue collection by strict enforcement. Is the V1 the best? I don't know. All premium detectors are probably very good, I like the V1. I've had one since they came out and have gotten the updates when they come out. (it's probably on the 5th or 6th generation now...)

There are places that you just don't speed. Skyline Dr, the Blue Ridge parkway...Near Camp David...National Parks... lol... The federal park police are usually bored and have nothing better to do...

The best advice? If you are alone, at night on the road, don't speed. You are the only target. (even then, if you keep it under 10 over, you're probably not going to be noticed.)

Elk

Especially during the last three months.

At least in my area, people are driving much faster and more aggressively. The police have issued a remarkable number of tickets recently for over 120 MPH.

I assume this is a country-wide phenomenon.

JK 23112

Regarding speed limits, much of the problem is that the "powers that be" abandoned the tried and true '85th Percentile' method of setting the posted speed limit. Basically, a traffic survey that is done from time to time can measure the speed electronically (generally with those things that look like an Igloo cooler chained to a utility pole + two rubber strips across the lanes of travel) of thousands upon thousands of vehicles on any particular stretch of road.

The most rational way to do this is to calculate the speed which 85 percent of the vehicles are driving AT OR BELOW - which means that 15 percent of traffic will be traveling ABOVE that speed. Over decades, this has proven to be very reliable to establish a safe & rational posted limit AND enable the smoothest & most efficient traffic flow. On most stretches of highway in the USA, our posted speed limits are down between the 20th and 40th percentile. This means that 60 to 80 percent of cars are 'speeding' and can be subject to being ticketed.

Car and Driver or Motor Trend did a very in-depth article about his years ago and the blinding simplicity of it escapes most traffic engineers and politicians. The National Motorists Association ( http://www.motorists.org ) should have information about it on their web page. We are so far behind the Germans when it comes to proper driving etiquette and lane discipline (but that is another issue for another day).

saleen556

Lots of nice options available. I’ve been a big fan of Uniden the last few years after running Escorts for 20+ years. I’ve got both an R3 and R7. For the value the R3 is honestly tough to beat. If one must have arrows then the R7 is great but well over $100 more. If you can wait and want to spend more money Theia will be out later this year and is going to raise the bar on detectors again from what I’ve heard. However it’s pricing will be in the $750-1k range.

Elk

It will be interesting it see if Theia even begins to live up to the tremendous hype.

saleen556

Yep if it does it will be amazing though. I’ve been following it closely and will definitely be buying on the preorder list as soon as available.

arbitrator

I have used a V1 for several years and really like it. Depending on where you are, especially in town, radar waves bounce ALL OVER THE PLACE. I have gotten alarms long before I got close to the radar gun. Laser is a different story.

dleibman

How about as said, do the speed limit. I know, no fun doing that, oh well. Have at it. lol 😀

Kvou812

I have the R7 and love it. I got it back in March for $466 all in which was a great price

dbirdhouse1

...one of the big funders, supporters and suppliers of Radar guns to police departments is Geico, yup Geico. They supply the new tech to police, you get pulled over, LEO gets compensated and you're reported to your insurance company and they (Geico) get paid raising rates. I'm not a speeder,but I do have a 360 (heavy little device) and this truly irritates me.....

bbrown450

he says drinking down the road in his $50k plus sports car..

saleen556

Nobody needs a radar detector for racing. It’s for those that like to go 10-15 over in the middle of nowhere where it’s safe. One can easily cut an hour of the trip by doing this. If you drive your Corvette at 55 or 65 in the right late for hours at a time having semis pass you I feel bad for your car😄. Now I don’t believe anyone would actually do this.

NortonCO

SingleTrackMinded

I've been happy with my Uniden R3, I'd likely get the R7 if I were to be in the market now.

Elk

Drinking down the road? Whatever this means.

Separately, a $50,000 car in my end of the world generates no interest whatsoever, especially traveling the speed limit.

EvanZR1

I've been running the Uniden R3 since it came out, and it's been great. Most recent before that were Escort Passport iX (sucked because of way too many falses from BSM (blind sport monitoring) systems on other cars. Switched to the Radenso and it eliminated a lot of these, but still wasn't perfect. The R3 however has much better range and has eliminated even more falses. It's not completely false free, but very good and the range is incredible. Has saved my *** multiple times, and I don't care what LEOs say, a good radar detector will give you enough warning to avoid a ticket in many situations. Combined with paying attention and Waze, and you're pretty well covered. The only time I've gotten a ticket in the last decade for speeding, was the one time I forgot to plug my detector in (switching between cars to my weekend/fun car) and was an exact situation that I know would have picked him up (because it did a few weeks later).

Beachcomber Joe

Radar detectors have helped to keep me ticket free for many years. A combination of a Uniden R7, WAZE, and situational awareness is my current defense against uniformed road tax collectors.

DALE#3

If you purchased a C7 and follow speed limits religiously?
You may need HELP

richie15

Passport 9500ix. Great piece

EvanZR1

If you've got K band turned off, otherwise it's going to false on every car with BSM.