i need a radar detector and this is why.
Ladies & Gentlemen, I don't know if this is true or a hoax, but i have > received it several times today and yesterday from frioends in Coto,,,,Ann
>
> > Subject: For you Speeders
>
> For those of us who like to drive fast........
>
> California Highway Patrol will launch a 30-day
> speeding ticket frenzy
> in South Orange County starting January 25, 2006. The
> state estimates that
> 22 million dollars will be generated in speeding
> tickets. 3 million
> will go to pay California Highway Patrol officer
> overtime. There will be 90
> California Highway Patrol officers on duty at all
> times patrolling the 8
> freeways.
>
> They are the following:
> 73, 55, 133, 241, 57, 5, 405, and 605 freeways.
>
> Now 7 mph above the limit can justify a ticket and
> every California
> Highway Patrol officers is supposed to pull a car over
> and write a
> ticket every 10 minutes. They have issued 50 brand new
> unmarked Crown
> Victoria cruisers and the are bringing all their part
> timers on full
> time. If you live or work in South Orange County you
> must take one of
> their freeways.
>
> It's up to you how fast you are doing when they do.
> This is a test by
> the CHP to raise the extra funds for the State of
> California. The
> wealthy folks of South Orange County can afford this
> new tax. The
> California State Legislators dramed up this law to
> help close the
> budget gap or something like that. I was told KICU-FM
> confirmed all of this.
> So be safe and don't forget speeding tickets are on
> you.
>
> You've been warned.
> Be safe


I ahve no idea if this is true or not but i know i will have trouble slowing down. Im not a large speeder but im always around 5-10 over it. If i had ppl around my car within 2 miles (i think the range of the V1) then it will always alert me when they radar someone else correct? So would it be worth it. I live in a large city with lots of cars. Should i get a V1 or is there anything better now?

 

I want a radar jammer its like being Prepared

 

I agree..a radar jammer is a better choice for you! I have a Cobra 9570 (radar detector..not jammer)..I love it and it's saved my *** several times! I can't remember the last time I wasn't speeding!!!

 

valentine one with concealed instruments display. k40 comes in second. these are my ratings of ones ive tested. i dont wanna see a million "Car and Driver" write ups saying otherwise that don't mean jack ****.

anyone get the chance to test the lidatek laser radar jammer system. on apr's site. sounds amazing, wonder if its the real deal.

 

sounds like a hoax.. how much is a ticket for 7mph over? and it would take more time for the paperwork, and stuff that they cant do it, and somehow cover the cost of it all while generating an additional 22 million.. all the overtime that would be required to go to the court dates and all the other type calls that they would need to have officers cover, this just doesnt seem feasible, but maybe it is.. anyone want to figure out the math on this one?

 

it is teh real deal, i have called a place that sells them. and radar jammers are llegal in CA

 

redgoat, i agree but it is very possible that every ticket will be thrown out in court b/c no cops will be going to court to make them stick. I dont know but i dont wanna find out.

 

they will go to court.. and it will cost the state way more, especially after processing all the tickets and crap... so my official standpoint on this is

I Call Shenanigans!!

 

karl, CLEARLY you're not familiar with the fees involved in speeding tickets from cali.....i've gotten 5 speeding tickets since i got my license, they ranged from 200 dollars....to 500 dollars, depending on where you get the ticket and how fast you were going..down in orange county, i'm betting it's closer to 500....let's say 300 to be safe. 300 dollars every 20 minutes (it says their goal is 10), with a 9 hour shift (overtime is a huge issue with the police dept. in cali, most officers work over 9 hours a day) = $8,100/officer per day. multiply that by 90 officers, that's $729,000/day total. multiply THAT figure by 30 days....and the grand total comes to.....


$21,870,000

so i was 130k off.....sue me.

 

500 for 7mph over? Maybe we should just call the OCPD and ask them