i have right now the Passport Escort 8500 x50 (red edition). i am debating about selling it, i kinda dont want to part with it but i still have the fear of it not working anymore due to the advancements in the near future. i think that cops will stop using radars all together and i will be stuck with a piece of plastic and metal lol. lmk what you guys think..should i sell?

 

they are still useful if your area has speed and traffic camaras, they use radar too, so it is just good to know if your being watched.

 

Why.

 

its just a gut feeling with everything changing in 09. i just wanted to know if anyone heard about the cops changing what they are using as of right now for radars.

 

yeah, i didn't want to be mean, but what on earth do you think they are going to start using? they have radar and lidar. other then that they have patrol aircraft. they're really isn't anything they can use other than those. what else could they do to figure out your speed? pace you from behind?

 

wireless signal? i dont know lol.

 

so basically..you guys think i should keep it. i usually go 50 down 35 and 40s. lol

 

dude ur just hella paranoid. the cops arent out to get u

 

boo, dont remind me, thats what happened to me. it was 330am in socal, and he had all his lights off. i didnt see a thing...he said he was following me for like a mile (i was on cruise control at 7...got ticketted for 80 =[

 

A radar signal is a wireless signal... I don't know where you got this "gut feeling" from, but I haven't heard any rumors of new technologies being employed. Aside from radar, the only other commonly used methods are lidar, aircraft patrols, pacing, and cameras.

The effectiveness of radar detectors can be debated, but it will remain to be the most commonly used method speed monitoring.

 

70

 

beside even if there were comng with something new (which there not) dont worry there would be a whole new set a tech to counter it.

 

lol i just didnt want to keep something if its gonna be defective in the future. i dont really mind if it changes to something else or w/e, but i wanna be able to sell my radar before it changes.

 

After living in SOcal for years you are the only person onthe road doing 70ish.....that is why he pulled you over....everyone else is driving near 85........

 

yes, they will, and have started to phase out radar. WA state patrol only uses laser now. trust me i know.
once your radar detector tells you that they are there, its too late.
1 month down, 11 to go on deferment.

 

well that just sucks then..see?

 

use it while you got it. with your same line of thinking, you will never buy a cell phone, a computer, any piece of technology because it will be outdated and eventually obsolite in the future. technology changes. new bigger and better models come out every day get over it.

 

but then..i had a buyer for an okay price on it. it was 160. i got it for 110. thats the only reason i was asking. i decided to keep it because it DOES help me out alot and saved me a couple times. i guess he paid its worth already.