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Originally Posted by Rusty
Very good points RailroadJoe!
Radar detectors are popular gadgets among speedsters who derive thrill from bending the rules and eluding the radar guns of the police.
Some people are not satisfied with moderate speed while driving. They want to be the fastest driver on the road as well as get to the places they're going in record time; they want to be always in the race.
IMHO anyone that has radar detection equipment in their vehicle and gets into an accident that can be attributed to high speed should be penalized the same as someone who Drives Under the Influence (DUI).
Here are some of the states that deem radar detectors illegal:
1. The usage of radar detectors are prohibited in the Commonwealth of Virginia. They have
laws banning the use of radar detectors. Not only are radar detectors illegal to use in Virginia,
they are also illegal to have in the vehicle.
2. Radar detectors and radar jammers are illegal in the District of Columbia. The passing of
their laws to ban the use of radar detectors was set in 1995.
3. In Illinois, radar detectors are only regulated in commercial vehicles of over 26,001 pounds.
4. On US military bases, they are legal to have but illegal to use.
5. Radar jammers are illegal in the states of Utah, California, Oklahoma, Colorado and
Nebraska.
6. Radar detectors are not specifically regulated, but things hanging from windshields are not
permitted in the state of Minnesota.
7. For motor vehicles over 18,000 pounds and any other commercial motor vehicles over
10,000 pounds in New York, radar detectors are illegal.
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That's funny reading that. Have you driven (err, sat) in rush hour traffic in DC and Northern VA, you can't speed if you wanted too
Use of a radar detector to a DUI? Hint: Look at how many cars on the road have radar detectors.
The rules aren't bent. Speed and you can still get a ticket. You also don't elude radar. The detector simply tells you that radar (or lasar) is present. If you are the only car on the road, the detector may be a ticket indicator.....
And by the way, I haven't looked into radar jamming in detail but even if that act was not illegal, the jamming transmitter would in all likelihood be illegal via the FCC. Again, I haven't researched it but I'm betting that jamming is illegal because of something other than a state law.