I've had a radar/laser detector installed in every vehicle I've owned for the better part of two decades now. Recently, I decided to sell my (high-end) radar detector and just throw in the towel. While they tend to be very effective in radar defense, they are, and have been, totally useless for defense against laser speed detection since it became a mainstream method. Throughout my time as a driver, most of the radar detector brands have been basically snatched by one of a few parent companies and quality/value has drastically decreased. Another issue is lane-departure and blind-spot systems tend to use the same radar bands and constantly cause false alerting with most brands/units. While some manufacturers have baked in some features to reduce these false alerts, it basically just reduces the effectiveness of overall detection quality.
Laser Jammers are an option and are generally "legal" because they live a double life as parking sensors, but the cost of an effective system with the right amount of heads for the size of the vehicle is very prohibitive to most people.
I don't consider myself a typical speeder, but I like to know what's going on ahead of me, and lets face it... we all speed even if we don't mean to.
Many will likely bring up Waze as an alternative, and they're right. With its own pros and cons, its a hell of a lot cheaper than most quality radar/laser systems these days (especially those with crowd-sourced "Waze-like" features with paid subscriptions).
Considering all of that, what are you using and how is your track record?
Laser Jammers are an option and are generally "legal" because they live a double life as parking sensors, but the cost of an effective system with the right amount of heads for the size of the vehicle is very prohibitive to most people.
I don't consider myself a typical speeder, but I like to know what's going on ahead of me, and lets face it... we all speed even if we don't mean to.
Many will likely bring up Waze as an alternative, and they're right. With its own pros and cons, its a hell of a lot cheaper than most quality radar/laser systems these days (especially those with crowd-sourced "Waze-like" features with paid subscriptions).
Considering all of that, what are you using and how is your track record?