Radar Detectors

[PolterGeist]

Passport slides in here.  Please read previous posts for install instructions.  Go luck and safe riding.

Amazing write up, Thank you for the amazing amount of detail.

[timsatx]

What I hate are what I believe is backup sensors in a lot of new cars. Driving down the highway these cars will have my radar detector going off from Houston to San Antonio.

[spinned]

Agreed... And in my area they use laser.  So you will likely be tagged when you hear the alert.  But the detector is pretty effective in rural areas.

[PolterGeist]

What I hate are what I believe is backup sensors in a lot of new cars. Driving down the highway these cars will have my radar detector going off from Houston to San Antonio.

It's my understanding that the rear sensors on cars only activate when in reverse, but the blind spot indicators, front crash indicators and the adaptive cruise controls are a whole other story... The great thing about the 9500ix is that it can learn and or be taught to ignore specific signals. All of the ones put out by the previously mentioned are within the K band and most of them are the same band on all cars and not the same as the police use in their units. Once the 9500ix has learned them, you will stop getting the false alerts and can drive without a ton of issues... The more you drive, the more it learns and the smarter and more accurate it gets...

[PolterGeist]

Agreed... And in my area they use laser.  So you will likely be tagged when you hear the alert.  But the detector is pretty effective in rural areas.

Yeah a direct hit from laser is almost always a certain citation. There are only two ways to get away from laser, as I posted earlier one is to hope that the laser is used on another vehicle ahead of you first and gives off enough residual signal to provide safe warning to you and time to slow. The other is to fight the laser with a system designed to defeat it (fight fire with fire), this is why my end goal is to install the 9500ci on my bike. This has been done successfully on motorcycles in the past. You get two sensors installed in the front and one in the rear of the bike, if they shoot a direct shot at the bike it gets picked up by the sensors and directed away from the source. This effectively shuts down the LEO's until and forces a reboot, this provides time for you to slow down to a or near the posted speed and deactivate the 9500ci so that the following shot will send back the single... Very tricky and well proven systems on cars that since the sensors are closer together is even more effective on motorcycles... Not cheap, but neither are tickets and insurance rates... JMHO

[VirginiaJim]

Not riding as fast works as well.  Doesn't cost anything and you may even go further on a tank of gas.

[gPink]

Not riding as fast works as well.  Doesn't cost anything and you may even go further on a tank of gas.

 

[gPink]

 
PASSPORT 9500CI WITH LASER SHIFTERPRO
$1999.95

[PolterGeist]

PASSPORT 9500CI WITH LASER SHIFTERPRO
$1999.95

 

The 9500ci can be had for $1,500, but it is still another $1k or so to have installed professionally...     But as I said, if you ride or drive a lot of miles it can pay for itself in no time...  Long term investment, I know people that have been running them for years with out issue and constant updates are available...

[PolterGeist]

Not riding as fast works as well.  Doesn't cost anything and you may even go further on a tank of gas.

You can ride "slow" and still get citations.. My only ticket of record in the last 15 years is for 30 in a 25 and on a road that had zero speed limit signs. Little did I know that the city ordnance states that the speed limit is 25 unless otherwise posted an in such it is a great place for a speed trap. One revenue making piece of road for sure... It was one of the few times that I was not in possession of my 9500ix and even if I had it I doubt that I would have been doing 25 though I tend to drop the pedal whenever I get it, so maybeon a road that was unmarked as who would have thought... Needles to say, I don't go down that road without my cruise control on and my finger prominently out the window since they know my car now (one of a kind paint job).... I won't even ride my bike down that road as it idles faster then that... 

[timsatx]

It's my understanding that the rear sensors on cars only activate when in reverse, but the blind spot indicators, front crash indicators and the adaptive cruise controls are a whole other story... The great thing about the 9500ix is that it can learn and or be taught to ignore specific signals. All of the ones put out by the previously mentioned are within the K band and most of them are the same band on all cars and not the same as the police use in their units. Once the 9500ix has learned them, you will stop getting the false alerts and can drive without a ton of issues... The more you drive, the more it learns and the smarter and more accurate it gets...

The lane change assistant Audi side assist aids the driver when changing lane. With its radar sensors in the rear bumper, the system monitors traffic in the driver's blind spot. When a vehicle approaches from behind, the LED warning signal lights up.

[wally_games]

Yeah a direct hit from laser is almost always a certain citation. There are only two ways to get away from laser, as I posted earlier one is to hope that the laser is used on another vehicle ahead of you first and gives off enough residual signal to provide safe warning to you and time to slow. The other is to fight the laser with a system designed to defeat it (fight fire with fire), this is why my end goal is to install the 9500ci on my bike. This has been done successfully on motorcycles in the past. You get two sensors installed in the front and one in the rear of the bike, if they shoot a direct shot at the bike it gets picked up by the sensors and directed away from the source. This effectively shuts down the LEO's until and forces a reboot, this provides time for you to slow down to a or near the posted speed and deactivate the 9500ci so that the following shot will send back the single... Very tricky and well proven systems on cars that since the sensors are closer together is even more effective on motorcycles... Not cheap, but neither are tickets and insurance rates... JMHO

The last time that I checked, laser defeating devices were illegal in Texas. Not just to use one, but to even have one mounted (if they catch you). There was a specific year after which it was illegal to install one. It's been a while since I looked, so I might need a little fact checking done to be sure that's still correct.

I think there may be an old thread on the site about it.

[timsatx]

http://www.guysoflidar.com/usa-laser-jammer-laws.html

[timsatx]

In my study of the Laser jammers, what you are supposed to do is first be aware. After that, when you detect a laser hit you are supposed to immediately slow down and then turn off the jammer. Don't slam on the brakes as that is too obvious.

[Rhino]

Very rare I see LIDAR come up on my Escort. I've always assumed that if I am speeding and I get tagged by laser I am caught.

[timsatx]

The only time I ever see it is when I drive by our airport, then it goes crazy.

[Conair]

guess Ill try to be good, mounted detector on brake cover,takes my attention away from the road to much. Ill i do is find myself watching it all the time cause I cant hear it. Guess Ill forget it dont have extra money for all the fancy detectors and ear plug options.

[gPink]

I ran a hard line from my V1 to a five dollar Radioshack speaker I mounted in my helmet.

[Cold Streak]

Escorts can use a cheap mono ear jack (or stereo).  That is the easiest way to go.  You can add an ear jack option to some of the others which don't come that way. 

[Rhino]

guess Ill try to be good, mounted detector on brake cover,takes my attention away from the road to much. Ill i do is find myself watching it all the time cause I cant hear it. Guess Ill forget it dont have extra money for all the fancy detectors and ear plug options.

This works well for me: http://www.marcparnes.com/Visual_Alert.htm
I mount it on top of the instrument cluster and it reflects off the windshield like a heads up display. I can see it in bright sun light. I already paid a lot of money for my Escort Passport 9500x, to make it useful, another $64 seems well worth it.