I'm in the process of having my recently purchased 1988 GT5-S restored. When it is finished I'd like to get a top of the line radar detector for obvious reasons. I've been told that todays policeman are now mostly equipped with newer technology laser guns that radar detectors cannot generally detect. So I need to find a radar detector that is also a laser jammer. A radar detector that is also equipped with a laser jammer apparently actually scrambles the signal so the policeman cannot get a reading on his laser gun on his first attempt. The laser jammer detects someone has locked on to your car and sends a high pitched beep, alerting the driver that the police have a laser gun on you. The driver has time to slow down before the cop tries his laser gun again. On the second attempt by the policeman, he will get an accurate reading of your mph. But by then you will have had enough time to slow down and avoid a ticket. Here in California where I live radar detectors are legal, but laser jammers are illegal. The companies selling these devices skirt that problem by calling their products a "Laser Shifter", essentially the same thing as a laser jammer.
Anyone of you guys have an opinion which radar detector/laser jammer is best?
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the incoming laser signal. You definitely need a multi-band detector in other areas to monitor other speed enforcement equipment. Because laser is instant on, there is no way to detect it in time to react unless your detector pics up a laser signal from the car ahead of you that is being checked. Blinder is an excellent counter-measure against laser.