I was a police officer/corporal in SC for about 5 years as well before i got sick of the nights, weekends, holidays, forced overtime etc and got back into marketing.
Radar detectors use to crack me up. My rule was if i caught you speeding and you had one in plain sight, you got a ticket no matter what, Not for the radar detector because they weren't illegal but just because you thought you would try and beat me, it was just my way of showing you that you didn't. I also liked getting behind cars who had them in their window, i would turn my radar on and off and watching the lights go up and down in their car, that was always funny as well on a boring night.
Also, Laser can not be jammed. I have never had a car "jam" my laser or my radar K, KA Band for that matter. All a laser detecter will do for you is confirm that A: You have been caught, B: Pull over or take off, those are your only 2 options.
A Jammer in theory will send off false beams making radar detection show ridiculous high speeds, which will still get you pulled over, if not for the higher speed, just to get looked at and your car/bike searched, yes if the officer can articulate that there is probable cause that you are using a jammer, you will get searched and if found, your equipment will be confiscated at minimum.
I think jammers and Radar Detectors are a waste of time and effort and if your spending that kind of money to try to protect yourself from being caught driving fast, then you should just invest that money into a false plate and plan to take off if someone lights you up, your odds will be much better getting away that way. I never ran my radar constantly nor do most of the officers or troopers that i know, they just hit the trigger and by the time your radar detector lights up, its too late, we got you. Yea, you cant detect Any Radar or Laser until they send the signal which means they already got you....
Sorry after all the training and experience and training i have had with speed detection, those things are just a joke and your not only wasting money on the equipment but also the 1k your giving to someone to install it for you (for 1k, you should be able to install some cloaking device haha). Wait until you actually get popped, your going to feel real silly with your 2k in speed equipment while your getting your ticket.
EVEN IF these magical Jammers worked, What would you do when 2 patrols are detecting your speed from 2 separate sides of the road at the same time? Even if your "jammer" worked, it wouldn't be able to hit both of them at once.
Just my 3 cents.
People use to think that the laser has to be pointed at your front license plate to work as well (untrue). Lots of wise tales out there. What people also may not know is that in some states, your speed is clocked by distance travel, by air detection, by camera detection etc etc. I agree that that stuff wont "hurt" you other than take up precious real estate on your bike, its just a constant race to keep up. The companies who make those radar detectors also produce the radar units for the police, so its a win win for them. But just like APPPLE products, just when you think you got the best, out comes the newest latest greatest Band that you wont see....
