Anyone using speed radar/laser detectors? [MERGED]

[roberto_minosa]

How far is the distance of the radar/laser speed checker before the detector sensed it? Could it give a warning 1km before reaching radar/laser range?

[ghosthunter]

How far is the distance of the radar/laser speed checker before the detector sensed it? Could it give a warning 1km before reaching radar/laser range?

http://www.007radardetectors.com/val...r_features.htm

Detection up to 11+ miles.

[roberto_minosa]

http://www.007radardetectors.com/val...r_features.htm

Detection up to 11+ miles.

Thanks...

So far, is it failsafe? SCTEX is such an ass on the uber-slow 100km/h jalopy speed limit and I wanna give erpats one when I accidentally find $500.

[ghosthunter]

Thanks...

So far, is it failsafe? SCTEX is such an ass on the uber-slow 100km/h jalopy speed limit and I wanna give erpats one when I accidentally find $500.

Well, let's put it this way, it's a detector. How the driver reacts to the warnings is beyond it's design. There are also precautions on how you drive to make best use of it's features like dropping your speed (to a more sane 150kph or whatever you want to call sane) when approaching a blind rise in the road until the detector has time to "check" ahead before proceeding "normally".

[Galactus]

Easy, bro. What I posted is a mere statement of fact. Nothing more to it.

[roberto_minosa]

^Ah, I see. Well, at least that's more convenient than sticking to the dangerously low speed limit. Thanks...

Most politicians don't stick to the speed limit (or follow the rules for that matter), so they probably wouldn't mind people using a detector...if they do know what it is.

[ghosthunter]

^Ah, I see. Well, at least that's more convenient than sticking to the dangerously low speed limit. Thanks...

Most politicians don't stick to the speed limit (or follow the rules for that matter), so they probably wouldn't mind people using a detector...if they do know what it is.

If you plan to buy a V1, check other sites that offer it at a price better than at the site I posted. Some sites that ship to addresses within continental USA can offer it slightly cheaper that from the site I bought it from (since that site ships internationally).

[roberto_minosa]

I see...I've read about the V1 since 1999 on C&D, but it's only recently that I've understood the benefits (I was about 10 years old back then). Now I want one...huhuhu. With enough cash, maybe I would buy one when I go back to the States and get it shipped to my erpats.

EDIT:

I saw Cobra laser/radar detectors on Amazon that sell for as low as $40! It's just a 9-band. Will those work here?