Radar detectors - what do you use?

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I've been using an Escort Redline the past two years and have never got any ticket since I had one.
I use it with Waze to track police and to make sure I know where they are.
Anyone of you use one?

[Retz]

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never heard of the escort red sir. some of tsikoters here i know are using valentine one.

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Hi Retz, I live in VA - one of the very few states that forbids using radar detectors. Valentine One can be detected by a RDD (radar detector detector) and Escort Redline is one of the 3 undetectable RDs in the market: https://www.escortradar.com/redline/

[ghosthunter]

I've been using an Escort Redline the past two years and have never got any ticket since I had one.
I use it with Waze to track police and to make sure I know where they are.
Anyone of you use one?

I use a Valentine One.

Given in the Philippines, there is no RDD in use nor any laws against the use of radar detectors, it is enough. Also to increase my protection against LIDAR, I also have installed laser jammers on my ride. So far it has proven effective against what the local MMDA lidar system.

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I didn't know MMDA uses lidar back there.
Cops here use lidar here too but they are lazy so half of the time, they use radar - which is very easy to detect.
How much is a speeding ticket back there? Can you still bribe them? I remember back in college, I just give them P100. I got pulled over one time for expired tags, expired driver's license, custom painted tags and I believe I was driving during my coding day - cop asked P1,200 which I was forced to pay since they took my DL.

[OTEP]

Sir GH san ka bumili ng V1 and how much po? Thank you.

[ghosthunter]

Sir GH san ka bumili ng V1 and how much po? Thank you.

I bought it online. US$400 (without shipping/taxes) when I got it years ago.
Just saying there are better detectors today than V1, it is just that when I bought mine, V1 was one of the better ones then.

[ghosthunter]

I didn't know MMDA uses lidar back there.
Cops here use lidar here too but they are lazy so half of the time, they use radar - which is very easy to detect.
How much is a speeding ticket back there? Can you still bribe them? I remember back in college, I just give them P100. I got pulled over one time for expired tags, expired driver's license, custom painted tags and I believe I was driving during my coding day - cop asked P1,200 which I was forced to pay since they took my DL.

The MMDA fine is P2,000 if they catch you speeding with their fancy lidar gun.

As of what I know, the MMDA only has lidar guns in use along Macapagal and Commonwealth Ave.
NLEX and SCTEX use radar guns, sometimes in a "pop" style.
SLEX is using lidar on a certain section but not often.
Coastal road (to Cavite) was playing with some radar guns over a year ago but no definite news if they are using them.

source: http://www.mmda.gov.ph/penalties.html

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Thanks GH. The fine/penalty is reasonable considering that a lidar gun costs a few thousand dollars.
What brand is your jammer system? I almost bought a set of Laser Interceptor but my wife wouldn't let me get one.
She said, I'm just giving my self another reason to speed more.

[ghosthunter]

Thanks GH. The fine/penalty is reasonable considering that a lidar gun costs a few thousand dollars.
What brand is your jammer system? I almost bought a set of Laser Interceptor but my wife wouldn't let me get one.
She said, I'm just giving my self another reason to speed more.

My laser jammer is a BLINDER.

I purchased it from an online store based in Australia which was fine with me since the lidar guns used by the MMDA are the same ones used by the Australian police.

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I've read good things about them too. Do they work well for you?

[ghosthunter]

I've read good things about them too. Do they work well for you?

So far the BLINDER have worked well. When I had them first installed, I tried testing them at Macapagal Ave where I knew the MMDA used lidar. Although I drove at legal speeds, I had both my V1 and BLINDER operating when I passed by the speed-trap. I also made several passes with my BLINDER turned on and off with the V1 running.

For the times the blinder was off, the V1 lidar alert only went off ONCE per pass. This meant the lidar operator was able to lock-on to my vehicle and measure my speed.

For the times I had the Blinder turned on, the V1 and Blinder sounded their alerts twice or more per pass (60kph is very slow). This means the lidar operator was trying to measure my car after failing to lock-on the first few times or until my car passed his lidar position.

During this entire experiment, the beeping and alarm noises from the V1 and Blinder made me feel as if I was flying a fighter jet with missile lock alarms going off. hahaha! I wished I had missiles to fire back at the "baddies".

[nelany]

How about the Cobra ESD series na detector any comments? Me locally na nag bebenta sa sulit?

[cpsolt]

interesting. saw radar detectors for 10k 5k and 32k (radar and lidar detector) in sulit.

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How about the Cobra ESD series na detector any comments? Me locally na nag bebenta sa sulit?

I used to frequent an RD forum and they have a saying there "Friends don't let their friends buy Cobra".
Cobra not only gets lots of false alarms, it also triggers other RDs to go off (other brands will think there's a speed trap when in fact it is the Cobra that is giving off frequencies in their vicinity).

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interesting. saw radar detectors for 10k 5k and 32k (radar and lidar detector) in sulit.

Don't buy the cheap RDs. You'll get false alerts every few blocks. Plus the range isn't that great.
Get V1, Escort or Beltronics.

[Balikpinoy]

By the time your laser detector alerts you, you're already caught. You need a jammer along with the detector to make it worthwhile.

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By the time your laser detector alerts you, you're already caught. You need a jammer along with the detector to make it worthwhile.

I'm fully aware of that and that's the reason why I've been thinking of getting one.
The big issue is, laser jammers are illegal in the US and I believe the penalty is big when they catch you - not to mention, they'll take your jammer system and a big possibility that they'll charge you for wreckless driving. I've been relying mostly on my RD and Waze. RD fine is only $40 on first offense here in Virginia. Plus, you can easily spot someone who is using a lidar gun (lidars won't work on a moving police car, and it also won't work behind a windshield).

[ghosthunter]

I'm fully aware of that and that's the reason why I've been thinking of getting one.
The big issue is, laser jammers are illegal in the US and I believe the penalty is big when they catch you - not to mention, they'll take your jammer system and a big possibility that they'll charge you for wreckless driving. I've been relying mostly on my RD and Waze. RD fine is only $40 on first offense here in Virginia. Plus, you can easily spot someone who is using a lidar gun (lidars won't work on a moving police car, and it also won't work behind a windshield).

Even if the vehicle is stationary, lidars units cannot be used without a tripod because simply holding it results in small movements of the lidar unit itself. Those small movements will be read by the lidar unit as "speed" on the targeted vehicle. So there will be a difference between real speed and detected speed.

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Cops here usually hide behind a tree or fence or just park their car sideways, with windows down and use the door as props.

Even if the vehicle is stationary, lidars units cannot be used without a tripod because simply holding it results in small movements of the lidar unit itself. Those small movements will be read by the lidar unit as "speed" on the targeted vehicle. So there will be a difference between real speed and detected speed.