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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 09:36 PM
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Default Re: radar detector detectors.

Originally Posted by XCELR8
You'd think the user name SMOKEYBEAR, the patrol car for an avatar and his post would be a dead give-a-way...
LOLZ........pwned

The Spectre and Vg-2 radar detector detectors(RDD)have adjustable gain knobs, which allow the cop to get an idea of which car is using a radar detector. In heavy traffic, the effectiveness of an RDD is limited since it is difficult for the cop to single out which car is using a radar detector.

VSP are the only department who use spectre's in numbers, and afaik there only about 50 or so statewide with most being used along popular truck routes like rt. 17, 81 and 95.


Currently, the Bell STi is the only detector that is invisible to the the spectre but it will set you back about $450. Valentine 1's up until the 2005+ do fairly well against the spectre and can only be detected within a few hundred feet.

Using a radar detector in VA is like every other vehicle mod, don't do it or you gotta pay to play..