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Originally posted by Teenage Contour:
Disclaimer: this is a suicide wish if it is deer-jump-in-front-of-car season.
I hear that. I always go at or sometimes below the speed limit when it's that time of year on dark country roads.
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Only time radar doesn't show your speed is if they hit you from the side (like they're on a side street perpendicular to you)...
It'll come back as zero since you are not moving toward or away from them.
I'd imagine laser is the same way. And I read in Euro Tuner a while back that the laser jammer only works if they point the laser where the jammer is on the car.
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Originally posted by Big Daddy Kane:
And I read in Euro Tuner a while back that the laser jammer only works if they point the laser where the jammer is on the car.
you trust what you read in the ricetastic mag?
laser jammers (the good ones at least) put a "bubble" around your car that jams any signal in that area. depending on the quality of the jammer, the bubble can be quite large (on of the guys in our local club had a very nice system that would protect his car and up to 5 feet in any direction).
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Originally posted by Pimpalicious316:
you trust what you read in the ricetastic mag?
I dunno... just what I read...
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
I have experience in being pulled over and ticketed (as well as losing control of a vehicle,,, how do you know how to control a vehicle at its limits if you never exceed those limits).
Finding the limit of a car on public roads, he's a bright one folks!
Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
But read that thread, I was ticketed for THEM going 85. So hell, it doesn't even matter if I speed or not, I get pulled over.
I have read the thread and until you quit making poor decisions and putting yourself in such positions, you'll continue to be "victimized."
Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
And yes, on public roads you're responsible for other people. So always go 55mph. Maintain atleast 3 seconds between you and other vehicles. Don't talk to passengers. Don't talk on a cell phone. Don't listen to radio. Don't adjust a/c. Be a saint like BMR. 
LOL at you mocking the person who isn't losing his license!!!! Bwahahahaha!
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Look, I never said I'm not stupid. But again, what that has to do with this other than you wanting to be a big shot, I don't know.
How many poor decisions do I make that put myself in such positions? Please let me know. Obviously you know more about me and what I do, than I do. But if you're talking about me driving with friends to a nearby city. Well darn, guess I'll stop going anywhere.
Who said I'm losing my license?
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How much is a good laser jammer anywho?
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Originally posted by GregDawg:
How much is a good laser jammer anywho?
The Z3 by Escort links with the X50. I think it goes for about $300.
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Speed Measurement Laboratories Inc. rated the blinder m20x @ 97% effective after 120 passes. I dunno how independent SML actually is, it may just be a setup for marketing. http://www.usblinder.comfull report: http://www.blinder.dk/sml.htmPrice: $300-$600 The consensus seems to be VEIL (Anti reflection coating) with blinder gives you almost complete protection. http://www.laserveil.com/ Price: about $100-$150 this forum should give you hours of reading. http://www.radardetector.net/
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OK, guys..I'm a cop certified in both RADAR and LIDAR (laser)detection. Big Jim is the only person that has said anything remotely correct about this topic. Oh, except all of you who said "slow the F down". Without getting technical,radar can be run both moving and stationary. Some cruisers have an antenna both in the front and the rear (cone shaped thing in windshield)meaning the officer can detect the speed of vehicles approaching and passing his cruiser. The radar unit can be put in "stationary" mode. This means when an officer sees a vehicle and estimates the speed of the vehicle is in excess of the limit,he can activate the antenna and measure the speed. And since the radar travels at the speed of sound,when you hear your detector go beep,your speed is locked and the $300 piece of equipment is telling you ,what you would have known in a minute anyway..pulled over. The laser is an instant on/instant off device. It is hand held and used by a stationary officer. These are usually the troopers in the median. The laser is vehicle specific and is aimed at your vehicle. The bigger the target the better,but you don't have to hit the plate. Basically ,slow down and save your $$
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