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#200127 - 03/02/09 10:58 PM Re: good radar detector
Nuke Offline
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Originally posted by ChrisGT:
oh btw just to let you know a cop knows when you have a scrambler. I mean when he has his laser on you and his reading is scrambled you just pretty much screwed yourself instead of just getting a speeding fine. I mean royally screwed yourself.

lmfao why did you delete your post?
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Originally posted by Nuke:
[b] HercMan, I'm not trying to come off as a jerk but you don't know what you are talking about. If you would have read the very first post in this thread it mentions this website:

http://www.1stradardetectors.com/radar-detector-laws.php

Radar detectors on base are illegal to USE, but you CAN OWN them. So if you get pulled over you simply unplug it or turn it off and say you only activate it off post (Since it is the law [Wink] )

I know the website is not .gov or anything, meaning it could be in accurate, but I followed up on the Texas (Where I currently live and Idaho (Where my real home is) and the military laws and all are real time accurate so I assume this website knows what they are talking about.
??? [/b]
Ya, I completely mis read what he said, and felt like a jackass so I tried to edit what i said quickly.
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#200128 - 03/02/09 10:58 PM Re: good radar detector
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Either way the cop will know if you have one rather quickly.

I figured :p
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#200129 - 03/02/09 11:05 PM Re: good radar detector
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So a scrambler is illegal but I can use a lazer jammer meaning when he tries to clock my car it will just show 0000 on his radar right? That is what I am mainly looking for.
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#200130 - 03/02/09 11:11 PM Re: good radar detector
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nope, thats just another type of scrambler
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#200131 - 03/02/09 11:16 PM Re: good radar detector
Nuke Offline
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So I will still get arrested for this? What exactly is a laser Jammer and how is it legal if it is a scrambler?
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#200132 - 03/02/09 11:17 PM Re: good radar detector
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A "Jammer" jams his signal a "Scrambler" scrambles his signal which in turn messes with his reading.

Either way he can't tell how fast you are going.
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#200133 - 03/02/09 11:21 PM Re: good radar detector
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Ok, so I am a GO for a Laser Jammer, but a NO GO for a scrambler but they both do the same thing correct?
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#200134 - 03/02/09 11:25 PM Re: good radar detector
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Lots of people get away with jammers.

Dude just get a Valentine one and start with that.

See how well it helps you.
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#200135 - 03/02/09 11:28 PM Re: good radar detector
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Ok, well let me paint a picture for you guys to see if I need the Valentine or just a L-CHEEP-O.

I can watch my speed on post so I get no more on post tickets, but what about the highway.

Say I'm going 100 on the highway and a cop is scanning cars ahead of me. Will I get the warning to slow down to 70 soon enough from it bouncing off of the cars in front of me or will it be too late?
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#200136 - 03/02/09 11:39 PM Re: good radar detector
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With the V1 yes. It has arrows saying in which direction the laser is coming from.
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#200137 - 03/03/09 12:42 AM Re: good radar detector
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I strongly recommend the Escort Passport 9500. I've owned the 8500 before and they were great, and recently got the 9500... even better. I've done side-by-side with the V1. The only thing I liked more about the V1 was the directional indication.
The Passport 9500 has GPS features that will automatically learn false alarms and ignore them. Truely is awesome.

I know radar detectors can't protect you 100%. Using the passport detectors for the past 6-7 years and speeding like hell, yet still paying attention and being careful, I haven't gotten a single speeding ticket (and I drive daily through speed traps and notorious ticket cities)
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#200138 - 03/03/09 01:39 AM Re: good radar detector
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i dont mean to bust your nuts or anything but how about just NOT go 100 mph in a 70?

i live on a military base as well the highest speed limit we have is 40. we have a points system how have u not gotten ur base tags taken?

to tell you the truth if u go 100 in a 70 you will only knock off like 2 or 3 min at most on ur trip depending on the distance.

take it or leave it im just sayin y would you spend $1200 on a jammer and $500 more on a detector when u could spend $0 and just not speed.

im just talkin from one military member to another, take it to the track if u have a speed problem.
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#200139 - 03/03/09 07:36 AM Re: good radar detector
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If your running at 100 in a 70 cop won't need radar or lazer to pick you out of a crowd. You'll be the jerk flying past everyone.
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#200140 - 03/03/09 10:16 AM Re: good radar detector
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I thought 70 mph is pretty fast enough but 100 mph is way dumb. :rolleyes:
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#200141 - 03/03/09 05:20 PM Re: good radar detector
Nuke Offline
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Loc: Ft. Hood, Texas
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Originally posted by MAC GTP:
i dont mean to bust your nuts or anything but how about just NOT go 100 mph in a 70?

i live on a military base as well the highest speed limit we have is 40. we have a points system how have u not gotten ur base tags taken?

to tell you the truth if u go 100 in a 70 you will only knock off like 2 or 3 min at most on ur trip depending on the distance.

take it or leave it im just sayin y would you spend $1200 on a jammer and $500 more on a detector when u could spend $0 and just not speed.

im just talkin from one military member to another, take it to the track if u have a speed problem.
First off, I have no idea about any point system on my post. I got my post stickers before I ever got any tickets, and even if I had tickets, as long as my license isn't suspended on post and all my tickets were paid off, it wouldn't matter how many tickets I got to get my on post stickers.

I guess I like going fast for the adrenalin rush. In Iraq I get shot at. I see the enemy muzzle flashes; I hear the rounds crackle above my head. I feel my legs run faster as I hear bullets hit walls behind me. I live the rush in Iraq so I guess I sort of seek for it when I am back home. My best friend who is also Infantry is the same like me. I don't know how you guys say 100 is a lot when him and I don't even consider anything more than 130 a lot. But it is probably because all of us have seen different things and experienced different things in life.

I mean, I know some guys that ride street bikes that go like 125 down the highway and I call them crazy, but the one's I talked to say they don't think that is fast at all. But I guess it is because him and I see things differently lol.

I guess that is the only explanation I have to wanting to go fast all the time. And just to clear things up, after I got my 2nd ticket on post, I never sped on post again. I was going 31 in a 25 and they raped me for it. It was retarded, but that is MPs I guess. The other tickets were on the highway.

@zuulmusic, is it cheaper than the V1? Do you really think I should get that in stead? It sounds better I would think without faulty signals. Is it worth it?
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