Come ON – do radar detectors REALLY work any more?
The Man loves to oppress those with a heavy right foot. The Man, however, doesn’t love being oppressed by superior technology, and thusly he raises the bar in the high speed stakes. With the advent a few years ago of instant-on Ka band radar and the currently obscure but increasingly popular Laser radar, is using a radar detector the equivalent of bringing a knife to a gunfight? Forget choosing WHICH model to buy – should I even CHOOSE a model at all? Before I continue, I can’t take complete credit for the inspiration to write this. Originally I had posted a request on a public Epinions message board concerning radar detector acquisition. A member (an loquacious but credible critter) then posted a reply to the effect of hoping I’m a collector since they’re completely useless in highway combat. He then went on to post his example of how years ago he was caught grossly exceeding the speed limit despite having a working detector. The alert went off too late for him to react and get legal.
