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Originally posted by Amputate Your Head
Virginia is one of them... can't remember if Illinois was across the board or not... been a while since I was out on the road.
as far as the electronics go... most of that shit is rumors. The so-called "jammers", like the Eclipse... runs $400+ I think.... complete waste of money. Lot's of stories out there about various things.... most of them don't work at all. And the ones that do, aren't hard to spot. If you're cruising through Virginia with a concealed detector at a smooth 90mph... the trooper's gonna know it's you unless you're in a very large group of other vehicles doing the same speed.
The Fish Finder. Popular urban legend. Lot's of people believed by using a fish finder (which is sonar) will jam a radar signal. Haven't actually seen one work yet.
The radar absorbing paint. Again.... even if this stuff does really work.... if a trooper is hitting you with radar, and it's not coming back...? Whatchu think he's gonna think....
The cops have the definate advantage. I used to go out with my brother and sit shooting the shit in the middle of the night while parked behind some bushes. Waiting....
The minute a car came by.... BLAM! Instant on. Clocks your speed in a split second. And even if your radar detector goes off... you're speed is already locked in. Ticket time.
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well, all that stuff is a long shot, but every little bit helps.
and actually, if you take advantage of traffic appropriately, you can actually outwit a lot of the older radar systems, without the use of electronics.
the nice thing is tho, at least around here, if the police are strictly using radar or laser-based electronics, it makes it a lot more difficult for them to make a case against you. granted, they can do anything they want to you on the side of the road, but around here you can get out of tickets a good % of the time asking them to prove it.
and of course, if they're using the vascar or whatever they call it, you're fucked anyways because it's not radar based.
nothing is fool proof, but if you're really into speeding a lot (which i've personally grown out of), every little bit helps.