I have the Laser Interceptor and it has saved me a number times. Lasers are becoming more common in Denver. LEOs have to be stationary to use a laser gun and I have had it save me twice from motorcycle cops sitting on their bikes on the sidewalk sheltered by a bush or tree. The LEOs where working with another cop parked further down the street.

I had another LEO shoot me laser from a squad car parked on a side street. The section of the street was very dark and I had to look to find him when the alarm went off.

Laser Jammers are different from radar detectors, because when the alarm goes off you have slow to the speed limit as quickly as you can and then turn off the device, so the LEO can get a reading on your car. You have to be quick, because they are pointing the laser gun at you and only you when it goes off and you don't want the LEO to be suspicious enough that you have a laser jammer to come after you. It scares the heck out of me when it goes off, then I watch my rear view hoping that they don't come after me to see why they didn't get a reading.

I bought the Laser Interceptor because it had the best zero reading score of the jammers on the market. No sense in the laser jammer system showing the LEO something like a slow speed as he will likely know that his gun is accurate. A zero speed means the gun wasn't pointed perfectly at my car. Here's a review, it's four years old though.

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One thing I've come to understand is that the LEO has to point it at one car at a time. If you are commuting with all the other cars on a six lane road with a posted speed of 30 and everybody is driving close to 40, the LEO will point it at the flashiest car first almost every time. This is in part because the LEO wants a good score of tickets that day and its more likely a Porsche will be driving faster than a Buick and its more fun for the LEO to ticket a guy in a sports car. I'm not driving any faster than the rest of the cars, but because i am driving a Porsche, I am more likely to be targeted with a laser gun first.

 

I just got tagged with Laser 15 min ago....radar went crazy.....good thing I was sitting at a light. They were probally just messing with me....

 

He was waiting for you to punch it. He doesn't expect you to know. Where there other cars at the light? If so he picked the Porsche out of the group. Is yours a detector or a jammer?

 

What unit are you running?

 

They've been cracking down on speeding in MA since the spring. My laser interceptor has saved me at least a 1/2 dozen times. The beam is so narrow the LI does off, but the Escort 9500ix mounted next to my rear view never goes off.

 

I am leaning hard toward the Escort 9500 ci, I really like the idea of a clean install.

 

Detectors should be mounted low, not high. The instructions that came with your 9500ix make that pretty clear. Typically laser gun operators aim at the front license plate, but being handheld and tracking a moving object they can't keep the beam that focused. Closer your detector is to the plate (to minimize azimuth) the better. It also helps to use the passing lane for passing. Staying in the far left lane just makes you an easier target. At least here, I see more police in the left shoulder than right. My detector usually gives me a >1/2 mile warning. Usually out of visual range. Laser isn't common here. What is common here are unmarked cars.

 

Steve, the 9500ix is only used for radar. It's useless for to use it for laser detection, as once it's detected it's too late. They already have a reading. That's why I have 3 Laser shifters mounted in the front and 1 in the rear. I have no front license plate. It's required in my state but I refuse to drill holes in bumper or complete mess up a beautiful front end with a awful looking plate.

 

Same for me in terms of not using the front plate so as not to have holes in my bumper. As I said, I don't worry about laser here. Plus, I think SUVs are the prime target in Texas. That's what I mainly see pulled over.

 

I have the same set up on my Cayenne. Where I am the only time it seems the police use radar is when they are driving with it constantly on, pretty much warning you that they are nearby and to slow down.

 

I'm planning on getting the Laser Interceptor (LI) and pairing that with the V1. For me thats the perfect set up. With the economy the way it is and that most cities are short on cash, the police will be used as revenue collectors by issueing more speeding and parking tickets. I have seen an increase of both in my area.

 

Well they better fire them all and replace them with more energetic patrolmen. Pulling people over takes time and effort and it's hard to increase tickets without increasing patrols, which cost way more than the revenue it brings in.

Ticketing via the use of cameras is the best solution to increase revenue without increasing personnel costs. Why have an expensive law enforcement officer ticketing cars when you can fit a camera in the back of a car and pay someone near minimum wage to move it around the city for 8 hours a day? This is the way the Germans do it and it makes the most sense. The camera doesn't catch the occasional speeder. It catches every speeder that trips it.

I wouldn't worry about an increase in ticketing, especially during a time of lower budgets. But in our society, it's a chosen method so it won't go away. All you can do is try to minimize the risk. Seems as you have a good plan for that.

 

Dont give them any ideas like the camera's.....

 

am totally against revenue generation, and in almost all cases, that is what this enforcement is. Government selected and made sure to have the highest fines in certain categories. Driving in excess of an arbitrary speed limit is the prime example. Sorry . I do not buy into gestapo enforcement.

 

Here in Scottsdale/Phx cameras are plentiful unfortunately, this is why I think I need to do the escort 9500 ci or xi route with traffic camera alerts. In 3 mo I have gotten 2, in 30 yrs of driving I have only had 2 tickets, now 2 camera tics - I'd say its effective. Time to do something about it.