Radar Detectors (Tucson: insurance, home, legal)

[Clnconcpts]

Are they legal to use here?I know in cali,its legal to own but not legal to use.Which makes no sense to me

[sierraAZ]

Originally Posted by Clnconcpts

Are they legal to use here?I know in cali,its legal to own but not legal to use.Which makes no sense to me

And why would you wanna own them? To frame them and enjoy them?!

Can't help you on this one, but certainly wouldn't mind knowing...

[Clnconcpts]

Originally Posted by sierraAZ

And why would you wanna own them? To frame them and enjoy them?!

Can't help you on this one, but certainly wouldn't mind knowing...

Smarty pants.Gee, i wonder why.We all speed a touch and it would be nice to know if radar is in the area.

[j760]

Originally Posted by Clnconcpts

Are they legal to use here?I know in cali,its legal to own but not legal to use.Which makes no sense to me

Actually they are not illegal in California or Arizona, radar detectors are only illegal to use in Virginia & Washington D.C.

What you might have been thinking of are laser jammers which are illegal in Nebraska, Minnesota, Utah, California, Oklahoma, Virgina, Colorado, & Washington D.C. And radar jammers are illegal in all 50 states.

The difference between them is laser & radar jammers interfere with police radar, whereas radar detectors simply detect radar.

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[Clnconcpts]

Originally Posted by j760

Actually they are not illegal in California or Arizona, radar detectors are only illegal to use in Virginia & Washington D.C.

What you might have been thinking of are laser jammers which are illegal in Nebraska, Minnesota, Utah, California, Oklahoma, Virgina, Colorado, & Washington D.C. And radar jammers are illegal in all 50 states.

The difference between them is laser & radar jammers interfere with police radar, whereas radar detectors simply detect radar.

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Humm,I was told it was legal to own,but if you get pulled over and the cop can see the detector is on,he can give you a ticket.That is what i was told from a cop's friend back home

[j760]

Originally Posted by Clnconcpts

Humm,I was told it was legal to own,but if you get pulled over and the cop can see the detector is on,he can give you a ticket.That is what i was told from a cop's friend back home

I'm not sure where they got that information, but radar detectors are only illegal in the two states mentioned. I've used one often and never had problems, but never been pulled over. However, I know people who use them all the time that have been pulled over and there were never problems.

Bottom line though is you can use one either here in California or out there in Arizona and you will be fine, no worries.

[kdog]

Originally Posted by j760

I'm not sure where they got that information, but radar detectors are only illegal in the two states mentioned.

I concur. I commuted 100 miles/day on a motorcycle for three years in CA with a radar detector mounted on my handlebars in plain sight. In fact, I got a laser speeding ticket on that bike. Cops couldn't care less about the detector.

I don't travel without a radar detector. But then again, I usually keep my speed within 9 mph over anyway.

[azhiker]

Originally Posted by kdog

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I don't travel without a radar detector. But then again, I usually keep my speed within 9 mph over anyway.

Yeah, same here. Had one for years. If it helps you avoid one ticket, it's already paid for itself.

Slightly off topic, but I thought I read that there are unmanned speed detecting radars at certain intersections in Tucson, so that you could get a ticket in the mail, and not even realize you had done anything.

Anyone know where the locations of those things are? Would be good to know. Also, what do they look like? Are they visible?

[sierraAZ]

Originally Posted by Clnconcpts

Smarty pants.Gee, i wonder why.We all speed a touch and it would be nice to know if radar is in the area.

This time I truly wasn't trying to. You said it yourself...

its legal to own but not legal to use.Which makes no sense to me

[sierraAZ]

Originally Posted by azhiker

Yeah, same here. Had one for years. If it helps you avoid one ticket, it's already paid for itself.

Slightly off topic, but I thought I read that there are unmanned speed detecting radars at certain intersections in Tucson, so that you could get a ticket in the mail, and not even realize you had done anything.

Anyone know where the locations of those things are? Would be good to know. Also, what do they look like? Are they visible?

I know of one - Wilmot & 22nd. Yes, the cameras are visible. I think there are a couple more, but I don't recall where they were.