V1 is right for me for many reasons and below is a real incident the helped reaffirm why I made the right call. PA doesn't allow locals to use anything other than VASCAR or the equivalent so radar is really only hwy [read state trooper] material. Incidentally, I have yet to come across Laser in PA (see tons of it in OH) but I'm not complaining
Anyhow, this incident happened to yours truly last week...
On the interstate near my home, there's an exit w/ a very tight descending radius turn - cautioned at 10MPH. To 'assist' vehicles, halfway down the ramp is an electronic speed sign which flashes your speed and a bright light if you're above the 20 MPH posted ramp limit. As it's right next to the hwy, it always trigger the Ka band on my V1 anytime I'm w/in 1mi or so of the sign (depending on which vehicle I'm in etc.).
Yesterday afternoon I was headed home on this hwy when as usual, my V1 chirps in ~ 1mi from the exit. It had been a long day of driving and at this point I was just ready to be home and moving at a good pace. I glance down to my remote display and see 3 on the bogey counter. Hmmm...... Now, being from PA, they put radar on almost every single constr sign in the state. There is constr up the road about 4 miles and I thought they probably moved a sign or two down as they're working this way. Anyhow, V1 never says 3 here so it was out of the norm. I heeded caution and backed it down to 55MPH. As I rounded the bend I was on top of the exit. V1 display still says 3 bogeys and flashes arrows to the side (from the exit sign) and forward. Interesting. Ahead, approx 3/4 mi, at the crest of a hill I see a newly placed orange constr sign. That's 2. But there is still one more... Coming over top of the hill, you guessed it, one of PA's finest is semi-hidden on the right clocking traffic. As soon as I passed him, all arrows went to the rear and I continued home.
Not sure what I would've done if I didn't 'know' there were 3 bogeys as my detector always goes off in that spot but for me, that's why V1 works.
