Radar Jammers

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cragus

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Hey folks,

I ran across this site today. For some of us Mark VIII pilots this might be a useful tool. Has anybody had any experience with these puppies?

http://www.radarjammers.com/

Basically they are a police radar jammer. Supposedly legal.
 
RE: Radar Jammers

Hmm! Good idea with all the damn Windsor County deputies around here. They raise taxes so they can hire more cops to sit and do nothing but hide in driveways between cars eating donuts and waiting for someone to go 5 mph over the limit. I see they have a banner for my explorer site... :D
 
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Bah humbug. A total waste IMHO.

I drive an minimum of 30,000 miles each year in a company pickup and do not worry about speeding tickets. My truck is equipped with a radar detector, CB radio, BearCat scanner and good eyes.

If I am in a hurry I do not just blindly plow through traffic at 90 mph relying on the radar detector. I drive listening and watching. The CB chatter will inform me of the location of potential bears along the highway even at long ranges. The scanner will alert me of police, highway patrol and even DOT radio traffic at medium range. Short range is handled by by the radar detector and visual scanning of traffic. This is where most make a critical mistake. Radar detectors are basically line of sight apparatus. You may pickup some reflections around curves or over knolls, but your reaction time is severly limited. If you barrel around a turn 25 mph over the limit and are hit with radar, chances are the law will have your speed far before you can react and bring the vehicle speed down. The same can happen driving in traffic down the interstate oblivious to your surroundings and oncoming traffic.

I am familiar with most of the areas I travel and it doesn't take long to know well patrolled areas and speed traps. Nor does it take long to know the motus operandi of the local or state police. For example, PA will use stationary radar and prefer handheld units. This also means they will hide and shoot their radar up close giving you no warning. WV state police prefer rolling radar and almost never play hide and seek. Summersville, WV local police park in plain sight in the median and dare you to go 1 mph over the limit. Diligence is the key. The combination of long range, medium range and short range defenses along with visual vigilence and road savvy is your best bet against speeding tickets.
 
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That is good common sense ticket avoidance, and for you it would probably be a waste because you seem to have all the angles covered. For somebody with no devices whatsoever though (me), I think one of their combo devices would be helpful assuming it works as advertised.

The cops here sit under bridges in the shadow on their bikes, kind of hard to see till the last minute. But it is usually busy on the highways so they are clocking the people in front of you fairly consistently.
 
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I usually just cruise at the speed limit until a decoy comes along, then i keep up at a distance. When i see brake lights, i slow down. On the way back from Carlisle this technique worked very well, as i got a blocker that was going 100+ mph down the turnpike. At first there was a train of about 3-4 cars following him, but he was only doing 80-90. When he hit some clear spots and bumped the speed up, i was the only one following.

As far as radar jammers go, don't waste your money. Active jammers are illegal under federal law, and passive jammers don't work. They have to detect the radar then react, and oftentimes, by the time it's detected, it's too late.
 
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On the open highway I sometimes do the slingshot technique. Somebody behind you in the left lane is riding your butt, so you kind of let them stew for a while, then get over and they launch right by, probably going faster than they would if they weren't so pissed. Then I basically use the blocker technique you describe.

The problem here is driving on the highways in the city (DFW). Everything is so stop and go, once everybody gets going you can flow at 70 or 80 pretty regularly, but a lot of the speed limits are 60. I got stuck in the left lane as my exit was coming up and everyone was doing at least 70. Some people were lined up behind me and cars to my right also. I elected to speed up to get around the cars on my right and let the people behind me breathe. So I got up to 80 and right as I was getting over to the right I got nailed by a cop in a shadow. Everybody was speeding at that moment, I just happened to be stuck out in front at an inopportune time.

When you are busy hauling ass through Dallas traffic you can't always check every shadow. So I think a detector would have helped me definitely.
 
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I commute 100 miles a day and I use a Vallentine 1 detector .It has a very low false alarm rate and good range,(2 miles with "high power" and a good 10 second range when detecting "low power" around corners).I recomend one of these radar detctors over any of the others I have used but they are expensive ($400 bucks)but with insurance rates what they are its worth it.They are sold only in magazines,Car and Driver,Motor Trend,etc.
 
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