Laser Detection

[SD987]

I get that LED taillight issue quite a bit on mine, and laser hasn't really become prevalent yet in SoCal. I have mine mounted low in the Box and I think the way the hood slopes is conducive to getting these falsies, as I don't have the same problem so much in the Merc or BMW (high-mount in this one.)

I think as the unit ages it's also more prone to this, as I get more falsies in my three-year old unit then I seem to remember when new.

[KRZTACO]

My cell phone sets off the laser alert sometimes too, something to consider.

KRZ

[JackG]

On a trip down I-20 eastbound out of Atlanta a few weeks ago, I was leading a group of cars, all running 80+. I had cleared a slower car and was back in the right lane, with the tailing cars still in the left and about to start their move back over, and the laser alert went off. I was in the Box.

He was on an overpass ahead, and had a couple of cruisers working the trap with him. He clocked them, they stopped and wrote them. They must have all been busy because I was doing at least 84, as were the rest, and none of us got stopped.

Then again, it's not unusual to see cars doing 90mph on those long stretches of I-20. Maybe they were looking for bigger fish, huh?

[Jeph]

To you people that have radars going of from cell phones and Lincoln Navigators (or other LED vehicles): What kind of detectors do y'all have?

[KRZTACO]

Originally Posted by Jeph

To you people that have radars going of from cell phones and Lincoln Navigators (or other LED vehicles): What kind of detectors do y'all have?

This is my radar detector from their business line (supposed to be a higher quality than consumer line)

http://www.beltronicspro.com/rx65.html

KRZ

[tqtran]

Most LEOs follow this:
If the speed limit is over 55mph, then you get +6mph until you can be cited.

If its not a school zone, high pedestrian traffic area, etc you'll usually find the LEO's giving you +15mph.

Jeph : Since you are in Texas, you are aware that a lot of roads in Texas do change speed limits at night, without notice right?

[luxury1]

Definitely do not count on the laser detection saving you. The reason we get such great radar detection is because the radar is so sloppy and it bounces off of lots of other things whenever it is activated (including cars, pavement, tree's, signs, etc. A laser is very refined, it is a very tight beam so by the time you hear it then you are most likely already being clocked. Think of it like a flash light vs a laser pointer.

I have a built in K40 in my Mercedes and have been VERY pleased with the results but I have not been clocked with a laser yet (knock on wood). It has what they call is a laser diffuser which is supposed to act like a laser jammer but I have no idea if it works... Radar jammers are illegal in most (if not all) states.