Current Events > Any of you here have a radar detector in your car?

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Yeah to pick up like cops' radar....etc.....isnt this like totally legal in every state? Though I believe they are selling much less than yrs ago

They are popular with the limo tint having crowd who recklessly swerve on the highways.

Nope.

I like to think that people with radar detectors are the ones who believe public roads / highways / interstates are their personal racetracks.

No

My dad uses one though

Ratchetrockon posted...

No

My dad uses one though

This. Think I have one in my car still, but I never use it.

GranTurismo posted...

Yeah to pick up like cops' radar....etc.....isnt this like totally legal in every state? Though I believe they are selling much less than yrs ago

Illegal in VA.

Ratchetrockon posted...

No

My dad uses one though

he says it works good, why does he use it?

no

Incurso91 posted...

Nope.

I like to think that people with radar detectors are the ones who believe public roads / highways / interstates are their personal racetracks.

really you think this is true for most people who own them? so like most mustang corvette owners have one, idk

Nah, I just flash my badge and they're like "Nvm, you're cool, dawg" >_>

NeonOPPAl posted...

Nah, I just flash my badge and they're like "Nvm, you're cool, dawg" >_>

really? you ever had this not work, like you were going 30 over?

I don't go that fast lol. I've only been pulled over for going like 20 over. They can give me a ticket if they want: that's just me asking them to do me a favor >_> They can still say "Nah get fucked" and I can't do shit about it, but 90% of the time they wouldn't do that

NeonOPPAl posted...

I don't go that fast lol. I've only been pulled over for going like 20 over. They can give me a ticket if they want: that's just me asking them to do me a favor >_> They can still say "Nah get fucked" and I can't do shit about it, but 90% of the time they wouldn't do that

so they have never refused once, but it hasn't happened a lot? Are you a cop yourself?

I'm not a cop, but I work in 911. I've done it probably like 6 times total and it's always worked lol

NeonOPPAl posted...

I'm not a cop, but I work in 911. I've done it probably like 6 times total and it's always worked lol

oh you show them your little paramedic badge ? i heard like your brother is a cop you might get a little badge to show. Or that they never give tickets to judges. Have seen some yt videos with huge cop and paramedic disagreements , on a big scene.....

No wtf am I, spy hunter?

NeonOPPAl posted...

I'm not a cop, but I work in 911. I've done it probably like 6 times total and it's always worked lol

oh so it saved you, 6 additional tickets? you've never gotten a ticket?

GranTurismo posted...

oh you show them your little paramedic badge ? i heard like your brother is a cop you might get a little badge to show. Or that they never give tickets to judges. Have seen some yt videos with huge cop and paramedic disagreements , on a big scene.....

It varies by municipality. Some get along, some don't. I work in one where we gel with the cops thankfully

Smallville posted...

oh so it saved you, 6 additional tickets? you've never gotten a ticket?

Hellz yeah! Uncle Ben is wrong: power is meant to be used and abused

NeonOPPAl posted...

It varies by municipality. Some get along, some don't. I work in one where we gel with the cops thankfully

Hellz yeah! Uncle Ben is wrong: power is meant to be used and abused

uncle ben "with great power comes great responsibility " you think easily most people don't believe that, nor practice it?

No, they're illegal where I live. Funnily enough though, most cars these days have built in navigation which comes equipped with a warning signal.

There's also an app you can download on your phone that does the exact same thing as a radar detector, witht he added bonus it also informs about traffic jams and accidents and stuff

haarlem1982 posted...

No, they're illegal where I live. Funnily enough though, most cars these days have built in navigation which comes equipped with a warning signal.

There's also an app you can download on your phone that does the exact same thing as a radar detector, witht he added bonus it also informs about traffic jams and accidents and stuff

oh? never heard at all about the app. So most cell phones have that tech built in that can use it? didn't even think it did. What state is this though? i thought it was usually legal.

UT1999 posted...

oh? never heard at all about the app. So most cell phones have that tech built in that can use it? didn't even think it did. What state is this though? i thought it was usually legal.

Google maps will sometimes warn you if cops are tagging, and then there's Waze but it's reliant on people reporting.

UT1999 posted...

oh? never heard at all about the app. So most cell phones have that tech built in that can use it? didn't even think it did. What state is this though? i thought it was usually legal.

the Netherlands, The app is called flitsmeister, no idea if it's something international or just Dutch

voldothegr8 posted...

Google maps will sometimes warn you if cops are tagging, and then there's Waze but it's reliant on people reporting.

voldothegr8 posted...

Google maps will sometimes warn you if cops are tagging, and then there's Waze but it's reliant on people reporting.

have any of you used radar detector, it works extremely well?

My put one in my mother's car back in the 90s. It was pretty neat.

I would buy one but they are illegal in my state.

furb posted...

My put one in my mother's car back in the 90s. It was pretty neat.

I would buy one but they are illegal in my state.

What state is this though?

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Is that really true? Cops have a radar detector, detector?

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how much was separate ticket, pts for the detector? iirc if not illegal they give you extra fines if detector discovered. Googled it and it seems most know by you suddenly braking if they manually use radar. Why else would you brake at that exact same time?

I used to have one for a few years when I first started driving, but overtime I kinda stopped caring.

I've never gotten a speeding ticket for actually speeding. The only speed related ticket I've ever gotten was for an accident on ice when I first started driving.

I was basically told that the ticket was mandatory for accidents unless I want to spend the time and money in court proving that there was nothing I could have done to not get in an accident/wasn't speeding somehow. Even if there was no cop to witness either and they don't actually investigate that shit over a ticket.

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They forced driving classes or lose license?

itachi15243 posted...

I used to have one for a few years when I first started driving, but overtime I kinda stopped caring.

I've never gotten a speeding ticket for actually speeding. The only speed related ticket I've ever gotten was for an accident on ice when I first started driving.

I was basically told that the ticket was mandatory for accidents unless I want to spend the time and money in court proving that there was nothing I could have done to not get in an accident/wasn't speeding somehow. Even if there was no cop to witness either and they don't actually investigate that shit over a ticket.

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What, did you hit another car?

UT1999 posted...

oh? never heard at all about the app. So most cell phones have that tech built in that can use it? didn't even think it did. What state is this though? i thought it was usually legal.

I use Apple Maps through CarOlay, and it tells me when there is a speed check ahead.

mustachedmystic posted...

I use Apple Maps through CarOlay, and it tells me when there is a speed check ahead.

My GPS has that but isn't always accurate. Think it relies on people reporting a speed trap. Idk how to do it myself but I know I've been asked if a speed trap was still present.

My dashcam will alert to red light cameras, but I don't think it reacts to radar

wackyteen posted...

My dashcam will alert to red light cameras, but I don't think it reacts to radar

your state has them? do you support them?

Smallville posted...

your state has them? do you support them?

I've noticed them in Missouri and Colorado.

They're not everywhere, only specific (dangerous/large) intersections. In those cases, I'm ambivalent at best to their presence. It doesn't seem to be a money milking scheme, literally just a way to (re)enforce safety at an intersection that historically has had bad accidents or a (bad) accident would cause a pretty massive delay for traffic.

Generally though I'm against speed and redlight cameras specifically because they are/were used primarily as a revenue-generating source.

We could really use red light cameras in St. Louis. On N. Broadway, people are constantly speeding, driving in the bike lane, running red lights, and doing all three at once. A poor teenage girl lost both legs because of some jackass in an Audi couldnt be bothered to slow down for a red light.

wackyteen posted...

I've noticed them in Missouri and Colorado.

They're not everywhere, only specific (dangerous/large) intersections. In those cases, I'm ambivalent at best to their presence. It doesn't seem to be a money milking scheme, literally just a way to (re)enforce safety at an intersection that historically has had bad accidents or a (bad) accident would cause a pretty massive delay for traffic.

Generally though I'm against speed and redlight cameras specifically because they are/were used primarily as a revenue-generating source.

My problem is it could be someone else driving your car

mustachedmystic posted...

We could really use red light cameras in St. Louis. On N. Broadway, people are constantly speeding, driving in the bike lane, running red lights, and doing all three at once. A poor teenage girl lost both legs because of some jackass in an Audi couldnt be bothered to slow down for a red light.

Did they catch him,,,?

Sufferedphoenix posted...

My problem is it could be someone else driving your car

That's a crux of why some places no longer use them.

No. Then again, im not a criminal up to no good trying to dodge the cops.

GranTurismo posted...

Did they catch him,,,?

Yeah. She recently testified at the trial.

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the class was many hours and a hassle, and super expensive too? you were like 16 or 17 yrs old though?

GranTurismo posted...

he says it works good, why does he use it?

He just likes to drive fast

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yeah people super pissed they had to be there. How expensive were the classes? you said the cop was adamant you had a radar detector?