Radar detecters are just crutches! Awareness is much more effective than any radar detector made. All they do is make you lazy and annoy you with beeps and flashing lights....BTW, the best story I've ever heard was a guy who worked with me, who was a notorious BSer told me that he got 24 points in one stop. I laughed and told him to show me the tickets. He was drag racing in Detroit. 115 in a 25 (6 points), Drag racing (6 points), ran 4 stop lights during the race (12 points total) and almost broadsided teh cop car, no points but made for a very angry cop. I saw the tickets...he walked to work for the next 6 months and then left because it was winter and he didn't want to walk 2 miles in the snow.