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I almost got nailed with laser a few weeks ago and my brand new V1 didn't warn me a bit... it only went off when I was being hit far too late to slow down! Almost made me want to send it back because I was inside that 30 day MBG window, but knowing laser can't be detected unless they're shooting at you helps ease my pain a bit.
It was a two-car sting operation set up with one stationary cop in an unmarked vehicle with the window rolled down and him aiming it at me like it was a real gun. He also blasted me with it when I was far too close to do anything except pull over and then bend over! The other Texas DPS officer was in a marked unit attempting to nail me a second time with his Ka band just in case the cop with the laser didn't get an over the limit reading... the V1 did notify me of multiple threats on Laser and Ka and that saved my butt a second time. They were close to one another, but so close as to see them both instantly in one glance over the hill.
Had it not been for the construction truck on the other side of the road with his yellow lights blazing when I was a a quarter of a mile back from that rise (which caused me to stand on my brakes unnecessarily) I'd have been arrested for doing 92 in a 65 (26+ mph over the limit earns you a reckless driving charge, not a speeding ticket).
I encountered three laser-based speed traps on my vacation. Just got plain lucky I wasn't ticketed on all three occasions. Frankly, the laser guns are by far the best way to catch speeders today as the detectors just can't do anything more than light up and make a racket that states, You just got busted."
I think I will now invest in a laser deflector, diffuser or jammer of some sort.
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