BiGMaC said:
CroR1 said:
I had an 8500 11 years ago, and ended up getting a ticket. And then I realized that a 60$ detector works about the same as 600$ detector. If you're not thinking ahead, you'll get caught with either one of the two.
As the radar/laser has already reflected and is registered in the LEOs car/radar gun... It is only in a group where you have a chance... If your running relatively isolated chances are good your busted if the radar/laser was pointed (or aimed). at you.... so frankly I just stopped using one... everyone in AZ drives too fast anyway... you'd think the surface streets had speed limits of 55-65 mph depending on traffic.
There are significant differences between a $60 and a $600 detector, though I will agree for many it is not enough to spend the extra money and is the reason why more $60 units are purchased. A good example is R1crusher getting a ticket going too fast with his x50 and not being able to slow down fast enough, thats a $300 detector, but if he had a redline, which cost even more, he may have been alerted as much as 1000 feet sooner and may have had the time to slow down. If you have a detector that falses contently then you might ignore or not react quickly to a legit threat and get a ticket, so having GPS lockout on the higher end units could be a benefit for some.
As for only having a chance if you are in a group, that is 99% true with laser, if its on you, you're done. This is definitely not the case with radar. Even POP, instant on etc. will be detected by a good detector and long before you get close enough for the officer to focus on your car. A good detector will pickup a microwaves up to 8x further away "and out of line of sight at shorter distances" then the gun can register your speed. The idea being the cop is using it on other cars that are well in front of you and you get an alert allowing you to slow down. Or the officer starts using it too soon "or has it on constantly" and you get an alert and slow down before he can get a read out.
A 5 mile stretch, you are the only car on the road, the officer is patient and turns the radar gun on when you are close enough for him to get a quick reading and without you seeing him, then yes you just got a ticket, this is rarely the case as they setup in areas that they can get a bunch of speeders. You also forget the instances where a cop is driving in the opposite direction with his radar on, you will get an alert and be able to slow down before he gets a read on your speed.
The combination of Waze with a good detector is one hell of a combo. But there is nothing that is 100%. When I was young and dumb I was running 100+ after midnight down I55, there was virtually no traffic. I was coming up on a car ahead of me quite fast and was starting to slow down, it was a cop and he turned on his radar when I got close, he was not interested in giving me a break
Can't get away all the time!
For any users that want to know how to hack on Waze and adjust alert distances let me know. I have mine setup to alert me to cops 1.2 miles out rather than less than a half mile it is set at.
And I was goofin' when I called my X50 cheap, but when compared to the prices of the Redline at the time and now even the Max it is cheap. :lol: