Originally Posted by gsxr750

Radar and laser dectors are really just junk electronic gagets. Currently none of them really work.
I'm sorry you bought a Cobra, now lets move on...
Radar detectors 25-30 yrs ago did help drivers and give them time to slow down, but with the advent of pulsed radar, K band and now laser & radar hand held instant on units. The cops will nail you every time.
Only if they I/O you, and most cops are way too lazy unless they set up a neighborhood speed trap or something. On the highway, most of them can be spotted from miles in advance as they I/O other cars ahead of you. Your Cobra or whatever probably didn't catch this.
Best way to avoid the tickets is to not speed to much over the speed limit, most cops will tolerate 5 mph over the limit, but start at 7-14mph over the cop will usually ticket you.
I worked for a small town in Texas once. I saw NUMEROUS 2-3mph over tickets being paid.
You have to rememeber that cops are really salesmen for the court system, the only reason for issueing speeding tickets is to generate revenue.
Okay, we can agree.
Recently there was a very informative example of how the cops around las vegas and california border set up speed traps on the SPEED CHANNEL. The cops described themselves as setting up like NAZI UBOATS in wolfpacks. One cop will clock the speeders and they will have 4-6 chash cars to go after them. In Nevada I see the cops setting up this trap all the time and often , they will have a cop stationed on a bridge overlooking the highway and having the case cars on the on ramps, where the on coming drivers never really see them till its to late.
This is a pretty old tactic, but again, something other than a POS will pick up the I/O blips unless they are using LIDAR. Now LIDAR, that requires jamming.
Other tactic cops use is the stalking method, where they come up from behind you, slowly tailing you waiting for you to do someting wrong or speed up and turn on they radar or laser units for older models, that is why its always good to keep checking whats in your rear view mirror. Keeping an eye out for a MOVER or someone closing really fast on you from a far distance.Again, unless you are the only car on the road, you will pick up radar splash miles in advance.