Valentine One in action
- Thread starter nsxsupra
- Start date
The green LED is just a digital compass in the rearview mirror. Probably from the factory.
Today I bought a Valentine One for use in rental cars. I have concealed radar installed on all my other vehicles so when I rent a car I don't have a portable radar detector to use. I am going to also use the Valentine in my other vehicles in combination with the passport SRX, The Snooper 360, and a K40 unit to see how it measures up. I will report back in a few weeks.
liftshard said:
*yawn*
The other day driving on Kanan near Westlake, I got an audible laser alert on my Bel RX75 Plus while coming downhill. I wasn't speeding, I know better than to speed where I was at. What was interesting was my BLOCK ON light on the display kept coming up and when I came up to where the cop was, I could see him fussin with gun. That's as close to a confirmation as I've had with laser defense.
But nothing beats good sense for avoiding tickets.
A third source popped up as he was passing the cops. I wonder what the third cop was using.
Re: Valentine One in action against 3 donuts & coffee
my big clunky ESCORT purchased in 1982 ,2nd to the original
fuzzbuster in antiquity, would have picked off dem coppers no prob
3 bear broadcasting their position= lazy...
still use it in my 91 nsx...i love it!!!!
falsing & all :tongue: it has saved my bacon!!!
my big clunky ESCORT purchased in 1982 ,2nd to the original
fuzzbuster in antiquity, would have picked off dem coppers no prob
3 bear broadcasting their position= lazy...
still use it in my 91 nsx...i love it!!!!
falsing & all :tongue: it has saved my bacon!!!
ParisModel
Suspended
It's not able to catch the eye in the sky; which would then radio to a ground unit to pull you over. You may not even know that a plane or copter is what spotted you.
Read more here: www.valentine1.com
Read more here: www.valentine1.com
ParisModel
Suspended
Re: airplane pulled me over
"expensive to run punk speeding tix on. stationary with instant on or lidar will getcha every time, under budget easily."
I am talking about most major highways. You can see signs posted on most major freeways warning of air craft radar.
"expensive to run punk speeding tix on. stationary with instant on or lidar will getcha every time, under budget easily."
I am talking about most major highways. You can see signs posted on most major freeways warning of air craft radar.
sky marshall
as a pilot with about 800 hrs in the air , i've never seen
air smokies, beaming down telemetry to papabear.
the signs on the highways act as a deterent.... has anybody here been ticketed by air?
what scares me are the gps satellite systems that can monitor speed.
big brother has become big mother....
as a pilot with about 800 hrs in the air , i've never seen
air smokies, beaming down telemetry to papabear.
the signs on the highways act as a deterent.... has anybody here been ticketed by air?
what scares me are the gps satellite systems that can monitor speed.
big brother has become big mother....
Re: sky marshall
Yes I was nailed by air patrol in Arizona in 1986 on I-10. Ticket was for 98MPH. A few hours later I got another ticket in New Mexico. The officer paced me on the second one. So for both my radar detector was worthless.
jalnjr said:as a pilot with about 800 hrs in the air , i've never seen
air smokies, beaming down telemetry to papabear.
the signs on the highways act as a deterent.... has anybody here been ticketed by air?
what scares me are the gps satellite systems that can monitor speed.
big brother has become big mother....
Yes I was nailed by air patrol in Arizona in 1986 on I-10. Ticket was for 98MPH. A few hours later I got another ticket in New Mexico. The officer paced me on the second one. So for both my radar detector was worthless.
Re: sky marshall
I've got a good friend who was ticketed by air on I5, not too far south of the California/Oregon border. The officer who pulled him over informed him he was sighted and caught by air.
"They" could monitor your speed using satellites, although probably not using the GPS ones, as those are geo-stationary and thus quite further away then you'd want for your spy-sat. Plus, if you think plane fuel is expensive, take a look at the cost of sat time!
*edit - Just realized you're probably talking about GPS receivers embedded in the car itself that report on a car's behavior via cellular or some other network. Yeah those are going to suck if they ever become manditory!
-Josh
jalnjr said:as a pilot with about 800 hrs in the air , i've never seen
air smokies, beaming down telemetry to papabear.
the signs on the highways act as a deterent.... has anybody here been ticketed by air?
what scares me are the gps satellite systems that can monitor speed.
big brother has become big mother....
I've got a good friend who was ticketed by air on I5, not too far south of the California/Oregon border. The officer who pulled him over informed him he was sighted and caught by air.
"They" could monitor your speed using satellites, although probably not using the GPS ones, as those are geo-stationary and thus quite further away then you'd want for your spy-sat. Plus, if you think plane fuel is expensive, take a look at the cost of sat time!
*edit - Just realized you're probably talking about GPS receivers embedded in the car itself that report on a car's behavior via cellular or some other network. Yeah those are going to suck if they ever become manditory!
-Josh
They caught a guy in, IIRC, Montana, on a turbo'd bike doing 202. They used an airplane cop. This was this year.
Remember, avgas is expensive but they have taxes they can levy. Airplanes, single engine ones, aren't that expensive to fly. The 172 has a usable 40 gallons and the 100LL is runnin up in the $4/gal range now. Disregarding the pilot and maintenance, you're talking a couple hundred for half a work day aloft. Cops can write more tickets than that with ease and there's no real other way to patrol remote interstate stretches.
Airplanes are only useful in deserts and plains. Within tree cover, they can't track effectively over landmarks.
Remember, avgas is expensive but they have taxes they can levy. Airplanes, single engine ones, aren't that expensive to fly. The 172 has a usable 40 gallons and the 100LL is runnin up in the $4/gal range now. Disregarding the pilot and maintenance, you're talking a couple hundred for half a work day aloft. Cops can write more tickets than that with ease and there's no real other way to patrol remote interstate stretches.
Airplanes are only useful in deserts and plains. Within tree cover, they can't track effectively over landmarks.
Re: sky marshall
They should be manditory in every police car across the nation. Anytime speeding is detected without the emergency lights on the officer has to fill out a stack of paperwork and go to court and/or get a ticket. If this happened I would not feel so bad about getting tickets from someone who does the same thing they are ticketing me for.
Joshs said:
They should be manditory in every police car across the nation. Anytime speeding is detected without the emergency lights on the officer has to fill out a stack of paperwork and go to court and/or get a ticket. If this happened I would not feel so bad about getting tickets from someone who does the same thing they are ticketing me for.
ParisModel
Suspended
Here is a prime exsample. :biggrin: This is one report of how much this happens in California alone. Note that they do this on a regular basis and focus on areas where car accidents occur most.
http://www.napanews.com/templates/i..._full&id=47D8EA40-15BF-4ED7-B194-AC9940F63006
http://www.napanews.com/templates/i..._full&id=47D8EA40-15BF-4ED7-B194-AC9940F63006
Willthe next Valentine One add an UP arrow on the unit in addition to fornt and back?
Similar threads
