Radar Detector Poll

[1996 328ti]

You shouldn't be running red lights!
Especially where I live.

[Kraln]

It's not for me, it's so I can anticipate idiots slamming on their brakes - this has happened a few times to me, and it's nice to get a little heads up on when they're going to do it.

The unit I have also detects speed cameras and lidar... Of course, with those, it's more of a 'You've been caught' than a 'You should try not to get caught'.

I mainly use the compass on the thing

[dead4ever]

detector + a little common sense = fewer tickets and cheaper insurance, I wouldn't drive without mine.

[Kraln]

Tonight was a perfect example of why I have my radar detector on at all times. I'm driving down 355 (it's a fairly busy road, 3 lanes in either direction in a very commercial area). It's somewhat late, and I'm driving behind this lexus with blacked out windows.

Coming up to a (green) light, first, the X-Band detector goes off. This tells me that either I'm sitting next to a 7-11, there's a red-light camera on the light, or that there's a cop somewhere on his radio. About a second later, the LIDAR detector goes off. This means that I'm being actively painted. I'm driving the speed limit, so I don't really care. The light turns yellow, and the car in front of me guns it to make the light. I stop, and a county cop pulls onto the road and flicks his lights on.

Score 1 for the radar detector.

[USMC318ti]

My $200 Cobra missed a Laser on the way down to SC this weekend and
cost me a $191 ticket!!

[Kraln]

You really can't blame the detector for missing lidar. The cone is so small if they paint your license plate your windshield doesn't see any of it.

[tol4o]

I am sorry Steven I didn't see that this topic has already been started.
About the radar detector, I use Whistler 1730 which is all band and catches everything. I am very happy with it

[ChItalian1027]

got mine a year ago drive wit it most of the time when in the burbs of chicago when down town however that is when it always on. see i drive wit my ipod on so i can't really use my radar i would have to go to radio shack to get a dual cigarette lighter thing for them both so i think i'm goin to do that this week so i can run both

o i have a cobra my mom bought it when she took my sis to UMASS her frosh year i'm deff. takin it when i go to SIU nxt year don't want IL cops bustin my chops for speeding.

i maintain speed around here cuz the fuzz in the burbs have nothing really to do so they stop high schoolers that are drunk/high and just down right cant drive

glad my mom got the radar has saved me blenty of times

[brodee]

Used a cheap whistler for years and thought it was great until I forked out the money and bought a V1. Wish I would have got it a long time ago, best thing I ever bought, has saved me soooo much in tickets.