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#81 of 1206 poman by bhepler Apr 08, 1999 (6:37 pm)
Actually, it's the other way around. Since they can aim the laser more precisely, they can pick you out of a crowd. Gone are the good old days of getting 5-12 cars in a big clump and zipping along at 85 mph. The cops knew that they could not tell if it was you or the guy next to you that bounced the signal. With laser, it's YOU and nobody else.
#82 of 1206 poman by poman Apr 09, 1999 (7:00 am)
Hehe then hopefully he picks the guy in front of me so I can slow down!
#83 of 1206 johnQPublic by johnQPublic Apr 13, 1999 (3:15 am)
it's the same either way, Poman...except lasers are always from tripods, because they can't hold them steady enough. The speedlabs.com tape I have was informative on this...the laser beam is only like 3 feet wide at 1000' and the Ka is upwards of 50' wide. The radar works well against solo cars...2 lane roads & such, whereas the laser is good for picking speeders off of interstates - that's where I've seen them primarily being used. Good thing is you can jam laser...I'm still waiting for some other engineer people to go in for a collaboration on a Ka Superwide jammer.
#84 of 1206 ucsdsig by ucsdsig Apr 14, 1999 (4:31 am)
Will the fact that my cars windows are tinted hinder the performance of radar detectors? I placed an order for a V-1 today, but realized that their rear antenna may not be effective since my rear window is tinted (32%). Any comments would be appreciated.
#85 of 1206 johnwillo by johnwillo Apr 14, 1999 (5:47 am)
Tinting will severely degrade the Valentine One's laser detection, but shouldn't bother radar detection.
#86 of 1206 tenbones by tenbones Apr 19, 1999 (11:57 pm)
Just happened to read all the points that people have made about radar dectectors. can honestly say i know very little about them......but when on a road trip with my cousin who went about 90 miles an hour,on average,calculating for slow drivers in 2 lane roads. detectors seem to work. his detector went off and saw not one but 3 chp cars zoom by us going after some poor guys. ..well after that real life demostration. i'm getting one too.
#87 of 1206 coffeebiz by coffeebiz Apr 22, 1999 (3:37 pm)
Hi. I'm thinking of getting a radar detector. I had A Bel (don't know the model #) and it worked pretty well except that it was always going off (even when no cops were in sight). Has anyone heard of the company who makes radar detectors that will pay your speeding tickets for the first year you have their radar? Is that still going on? Bottom line: Which is the best (close to the best) radar/laser detector on the market right now?? Thanks. --Lee
#88 of 1206 Coffeebiz by Rgeller Apr 22, 1999 (6:19 pm)
Please go back to post # 1 and read, read, read. I think you'll find that a consensus has been reached.
#89 of 1206 azneh1 by azneh1 Apr 23, 1999 (4:03 am)
Valantine One baby!!!
#90 of 1206 poman by poman Apr 23, 1999 (4:52 am)
V1 has been proven effective and #1 for the past few years already. It is indeed a good radar detector. It costs more but it's worth it IMHO.

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