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re: Buying a radar detector for a truck
Posted on 9/26/18 at 4:55 pm to lsudave1
Posted on 9/26/18 at 4:55 pm to lsudave1
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So that he can learn from his mistakes. “We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.”
Sounds like a great argument for telling him no to the radar detector and allowing him to pay a speeding fine. If he ends up in a tree because he can speed without consequence your point doesn't really hold.
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Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:13 pm to TennesseeFan25
I have a Uniden LRD950. If you do a little research, you'll find it rated as high as the Valentine and Escort, but it can be found cheaper. It was still in the $400 range a couple years ago and has been replaced with a newer model, but I found it at one point for $168 and bit the bullet. Has been pretty darned good and money well spent.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:17 pm to lsudave1
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truck
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Mitsubishi Triton
Ehh
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:19 pm to lsudave1
Escort 9500I- I have owned it for years. It has saved me countless tickets. I love the GPS feature, if it detects a false signal, electric door at the airport for instance, I can store it and it will ignore it next time I pass there. One problem with it is the new rear cams in some cars set it off if you're close behind them.
This post was edited on 9/26/18 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:22 pm to lsudave1
I've had Valentine and Escort 9500ix in the past, friends have had the newer Escort Max 360 and whatnot, but the Uniden R3 is easily the best radar detector on the market right now.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:22 pm to lsudave1
I've never had one. I don't speed. Never understood these things. I also don't want some ugly wired contraption in my car. Stupid all the way around IMHO ILY GFY
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:26 pm to Jax Teller
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I've never had one. I don't speed. Never understood these things. I also don't want some ugly wired contraption in my car. Stupid all the way around IMHO ILY GFY
Are you that guy in the left lane blocking us speeding people from getting where we need to be?
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:29 pm to lsudave1
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, I have done the research myself reading and annotating several scholarly articles about the best types,
Don’t forget to include a references page with your work.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:32 pm to Ekinetah
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Are you that guy in the left lane blocking us speeding people from getting where we need to be?
Nope. I can follow directions. I understand the rules of the road. Maybe you need to calm down. Or wake up 10 minutes earlier. You'll get there Dale. Promise.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:35 pm to Jax Teller
Uniden R3
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:39 pm to keakar
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i had a few and found all they did was make me speed more with false sense of security.
often store motion sensing doors can set them off, plus in most cases by the time it goes off you are within visual sight line of the radar gun so its 50/50 he gets you or the car next to you.
bottom line is, save your money, they dont work as good as people think they do at giving you time to slow down.
but if you want to waste money on a "gadget toy" that gives you a false sense of security have fun, but you will still get a ticket with them unless they get the guy right in front or behind you, in which case the radar detector isnt the reason you escaped getting one
Is your only experience with radar detectors cheap 80s radar detectors?
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:40 pm to lsudave1
Lot's of bad info in this thread. The people who say just download Waze must not travel off the beaten path very often. Waze is crowdsourced so once you get on a road out in the middle of Landmass, you're not getting accurate information. Waze ain't gonna do shite for you.
If you really want the best then research on rdforum.org and go to YouTube and watch Vortex Radar's videos. I have a Valentine 1 and it's saved my arse many times. I can pick cops up from miles away. I would also recommend the Passport 360. It has the arrows like the Valentine but it also has GPS lockouts. I think the Escort Redline has the longest range but it's also the most expensive.
If you get a detector, hardwire it so you don't have the cord hanging down. Also, learn to use a rabbit and don't be the dumbass weaving in an out. Get out of the left lane! Also be aware the planes on the Basin don't use radar so look up when you are close to either end of the bridge. Be aware of Laser and Instant On Radar, they'll get you.
If you really want the best then research on rdforum.org and go to YouTube and watch Vortex Radar's videos. I have a Valentine 1 and it's saved my arse many times. I can pick cops up from miles away. I would also recommend the Passport 360. It has the arrows like the Valentine but it also has GPS lockouts. I think the Escort Redline has the longest range but it's also the most expensive.
If you get a detector, hardwire it so you don't have the cord hanging down. Also, learn to use a rabbit and don't be the dumbass weaving in an out. Get out of the left lane! Also be aware the planes on the Basin don't use radar so look up when you are close to either end of the bridge. Be aware of Laser and Instant On Radar, they'll get you.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:45 pm to Jax Teller
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Nope. I can follow directions.
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Jax Teller
Go to the Help board and request a name change. You're a fraud.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:48 pm to deltaland
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Ehh
It’s a piece of shite that identifies as a truck
Acceptable nowadays
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:56 pm to Jax Teller
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Nope. I can follow directions. I understand the rules of the road. Maybe you need to calm down. Or wake up 10 minutes earlier. You'll get there Dale. Promise.
You sound like a fun guy.
More like a sheep.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 6:11 pm to lsudave1
Around 5 years ago I spent around $500 on an Escort Passport 9500ix. Best money I’ve ever spent. If they use laser, you pretty much won’t know it until they got you, but in 5 years and a lot of travel in La., Texas, and the entire southeast, I’ve literally only been lasered around 4 or 5 times. It’s just not widely used. The overwhelming majority just use radar, and you’ll pick it up a half mile away regardless of which direction it’s in. And cops pretty much just drive around with their radar on all the time for some reason.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 6:13 pm to The Boat
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Do cops still use radar?
You’d be shocked at how many still just use radar. Almost all of them still do.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 6:20 pm to keakar
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often store motion sensing doors can set them off, plus in most cases by the time it goes off you are within visual sight line of the radar gun so its 50/50 he gets you or the car next to you. bottom line is, save your money, they dont work as good as people think they do at giving you time to slow down
All of this is complete BS. A good radar detector will show you whether it is X, K, Ka band, or laser.
Motion sensing doors use X band, so you know to ignore it. Or you can set your detector to ignore it. Only a few old podunk rural towns still use X band. It’s extremely rare.
Likewise, if you pass the same signal in the same location multiple times, a good detector will store that location and ignore it in the future.
And a good detector picks up radar around 1/2 mile away. Your detector will alert you looooong before you can even find the cop car.
This post was edited on 9/26/18 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 9/26/18 at 6:29 pm to lsudave1
escort redline
Posted on 9/26/18 at 6:37 pm to lsudave1
Radar detector? What is this, 1997?
Tell him to download Waze.
Tell him to download Waze.
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