OK anyone else notice all the new speed traps on Hwy 26 don't set off laser/radar detectors? Mine doesn't make a peep! I'm wondering if it's a new device they are using that either emits such a low laser/radar energy to be undetectable by normal detectors, or are they using a different technology entirely? With 2 speed traps to & from work, it would help if I had some warning...

 

valentine-1 is suposedly the best laser detector, which one are you using?

 

That thing is old school and I can't remember which one I'm using. I just know it used to work well and now it doesn't with these new speed traps, even when the cop is aiming directly at me...

The last time I was pulled over the cop was like "so your radar detector didn't work?" I told him no and he just started laughing...like he knew it wouldn't...

 

The police are always going to have to come up with something new to get speeders. It takes a little bit for the aftermarket to answer in kind. If you have an older model, it may just be that it is antiquated, and you just need a new one.

 

Check out this site: http://www.radarbusters.com/

It might have info on what you're dealing with.

 

26 is too risky to speed, especially when you commute it everyday to work like me

 

Sounds like instant on radar where the cop only turns on his radar when he sees you in his sights. By that time its too late and no radar detector will help you. So, only speed when you see other cars in front of you speeding.

 

mine still work great

 

hey how about going the speed limit until you find a "rabit" you know what I mean.

 

theres a shop here called k-40 makers of the valentine i believe and they install ....radar jamers not rader detectors or stull like that...actuall jamers used on fighter jets ...its all installed on the back part of ur front and rear license plate....too bad i dont have a front license plate...i heard it from my gas station manager...he says hes been a client for like 8 yrs and every car he gets he instals the jamers on to it...i havent gotten around to actually driving to the shop but its been verified that its true.....anybody from elgin?

 

the cops here use airplanes to clock people.

 

haha...ur funny but naw for real i ment to say...a jammer that will jam the radar gun used such as when ur being taged for speeding....i dont want to get it incase it also meses with other radars around....such as those used for the submarines haha...they would hate me at the sub-way

 

Active radar jammers go way beyond highly illegal. Below is a quote from www.k40.com

We get questions all the time from people who want to know if we manufacture radar jammers. The answer to that question is a strong NO. Interfering, or attempting to interfere with a police radar gun is a felony and punishable by fines and/or imprisonment. Simply stated, you can’t do it. Check out www.FCC.gov or www.FCC.org for more information on this subject.

And before you purchase a passive radar jammer that claims to be FCC legal, do the research. In tests conducted by almost every major news agency, including the Associated Press, NBC, ABC, CBS, as well as others, no passive radar jammer has ever been proven to jam police radar in any capacity. They don’t work.

Laser jammers, like our Laser Defuser, are legal, however, because unlike radar, laser is governed by the Food and Drug Administration and not the FCC. Currently there are no federal laws banning the use of laser jamming devices.

 

no really. you live in elgin right? i live in arlington hts.. on 53 and 355 they use airplanes to clock people. no foolin.

 

yeah ur pulling my leg....arlington's finest gots airplanes now to clock people?...anyway yeah the k-40 shop will disable the guns(used to clock people for speeding)...it will basicaly reset the gun...giving u to chance to fly by and if u do get pulled over for it ...ask to the see gun....and the cop will let u go.....or still give u the ticket but k-40 will pay for the ticket