My interest in radar products (such as a radar detector or a radar jammer) has started in 1994. There I was, carefully driving my car late at night, well within the speed range, when out of nowhere, a police man signals me to stop. “Is there a problem, officer?” I quietly queried? Apparently, he was checking cars for speed - and he accused me of going over the speed limit. No matter how hard I tried to persuade him that I didn’t, he wouldn’t let the issue pass. And why would he?
What particularly irked me is that I was not going over the speed limit - not at all. I wasn’t even close! Clearly his radar gun was faulty. I did a major research on the topic, studied the way radar guns work, read countless radar detector reviews, and discovered that frequently there is an error in the speed the radar gun measures. Naturally, the vast majority of drivers who receive a speeding ticket simply never argue when in fact they should argue their case in court (which is aware of these issues, but who has the time and patience to fight the system? I never did either.
Since then I’ve become somewhat of an advocate of radar detectors, and in fact, dedicated much of my time to obtaining the best radar detector (in my opinion, the passport 9500ix). Yeah, it allows people to go pass the speed limit, but many people will do it anyway. What I consider its main benefit is it protects you from being falsely accused of over speeding. Until more precise radar guns are created, I feel this is our only way of safeguarding ourselves from getting speeding ticket without going over the speed limit.