Originally posted by gschomi:
Senario one:
Two cars driving side by side on the freeway (speeding of course), one has a 8500 the other a V1. K band goes off on both at the same time. The driver with the 8500 hits his brakes and slows down. Driver with the V1 keeps going because directional arrow is pointing to a house on the side of the road. V1 driver laughs at the 8500 driver who is still looking for the cop who is not there as 18 wheelers pass him by.
Yeah, but who's to say that a cop or trooper isn't parked next to the house. Besides, the frequency display on the 8500 can help weed out those false signals, not that I would know why there would be K band coming from a house.
Senario two:
Two same drivers side by side. KA band goes off on both. 8500 driver slows down and so does V1 driver. 8500 driver looks for cop but cant find him anywhere for a few miles and figures his 8500 is on the blink so he speeds back up again. V1 driver notices arrow is pointing to the rear and getting stronger. Soon the V1 driver (still doing the speed limit) notices little piggy hauling azz from behind and blows by him. V1 driver smiles as his direction arrow points forward and the singnal starts to fade. V1 driver speeds back up again. V1 driver sees 8500 driver pulled over a few miles later.
As repeated above, if you know how a radar detector works you will know if the signal is coming from behind or front. Either way, if on your radar detector the signal is growing stronger, you may want to slow down. It is a sign that the cop is getting closer. You don't need direction arrows to tell you that.
Senario three:
V1 driver notices 8500 driver has put his detector on ebay and has bought a V1. V1 driver smiles cause his insurance has not gone up and he did not have to pay any tickets knowing that the extra 100.00 spent has paid for itself many times.
If the owner of the 8500 knows how to use a radar detector, then there would be no need to sell his radar detector on eBay or have any tickets. But, if he can't figure it out (he would probably be one of those that couldn't figure out how to work his VCR), I agree that he should sell it and pay $100 more to get a V1. But for those of us that can figure out how to work a radar detector, $100 is a bit pricey for a feature that experts won't really use.
