Expo related: VA and radar detectors
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My advice: just dont use it. Keep it unplugged. You have to keep in mind that Virginia uses radar detector detectors. Many redar detectors can get around the VG-2 Radar detector detector, but there is a new one they use called Spectre-II which they cannot get around. Spectre-II is able to detect virtually all radar detectors. Just use your head-- as long as its turned on, they can still get your for the detector even if you arent speeding.
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Originally Posted by 40calpal
heh i got a ticket in January of '03 going 93 in a 55 and got busted. The cop just gave me a ticket and told me to slow down. and asked me y i was going so fast. He probably could have arrested me but the worst part was i couldn't take defensive driving and had to pay the ticket which went on my record as over 25 over the limit and increased my insurance i think 30% for the next 3 years.
Would anyone know how to lower this by anychance? anything i could do to drop my rate a little?
Would anyone know how to lower this by anychance? anything i could do to drop my rate a little?
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From: Houston, TX
Originally Posted by mythias
My advice: just dont use it. Keep it unplugged. You have to keep in mind that Virginia uses radar detector detectors. Many redar detectors can get around the VG-2 Radar detector detector, but there is a new one they use called Spectre-II which they cannot get around. Spectre-II is able to detect virtually all radar detectors. Just use your head-- as long as its turned on, they can still get your for the detector even if you arent speeding.
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From: fort wayne
Well, I should have said it also depends on the cop and his mood at that moment in time. if he see's you speeding in 30 degree rainy weather, he's probably going to be more pissed off and might just give you a bigger ticket because of it.
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Originally Posted by revolution8k
Well, I should have said it also depends on the cop and his mood at that moment in time. if he see's you speeding in 30 degree rainy weather, he's probably going to be more pissed off and might just give you a bigger ticket because of it.
Granted, cops don't like detectors, and you might be more likely to get out of a ticket if they don't see one - but even if they see one, they're not going to "give you a bigger ticket because of it".
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Originally Posted by revolution8k
Radar detectors are illegal in VA and Washington DC. Every other state they're legal....
Originally Posted by Opie
Not true, they are illegal in quite a few states and all of Canada I believe also.
At one time, they were illegal in Connecticut, but that law was repealed in the mid to late nineties.