Hell....they just took mine!!!

(I'll bet it looks awful nice in that cops POV!!! :evil: )

The Question of this Thread was about Drivers using Radar Detectors-Not About Radios.

About Detectors don't

Long live the passport 8500......lol......

Re: Rardar Detector
 

can't have one in a cmv so i just use my bearcat8 it will tell me if a cop is within 3 miles,

when i was stoped in NV. last week the cop just looked at it sitting on the dash and didn't say a word. and no i didn't have it on at the time

this is what i read. some weigh stations have new technology that will detect a radar detector in a vehicle. even if the radar dedector is off. it senses & recognizes unique components inside the detector. so even if its in a box & no power to it d.o.t. can still get a reading on who has one. not all d.o.t.'s are equipped with this tech.

Sounds like a truckdriver story to me.

If a radar detector is off but still plugged in , then yes it still can be detected in some circumstances. But if a radar detector is off, and unplugged, as in no power going to the unit at all, then i cannot see how it can be detected (unless your truck is getting X-rayed, in which case they actually see the thing). The componentry in a radar detector isnt very different from the componentry of most modern car stereos. It is in fact, a radio receiver, just as your AM/FM is a radio receiver, only the radar detector is tuned to different frequencies.

Hell no-Long Live the Old One Eye Fuzzbuster :P

We had a driver popped while running a radar detector the other day.. while speeding ..OOPS! So much for their effectiveness. To me they are nothing but another toy that makes noise and has flashing lights on it.. add some chrome and the draw is just too much for some super truckers to withstand.. :wink: