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Blind Spot Detectors Emit Radar
Just thought I would pass this along... coming back from my last PCA tour I got behind a SUV that kept setting off my Valentine One radar detector (which I just had updated and works properly). Once I passed them I confirmed (from the directional arrows) that the SUV was definitely emitting a radar signal.
Today going to a PCA tour I ran into the same thing, but with a different make of SUV. I got a chance to get along side the SUV and could see that they had blind spot indicators on their side view mirrors (a little light that came on when I was in their blind spot). Cool safety device, but it's going to play havoc with radar detectors. I did a quick Google search and found out that these devices do indeed emit a radar signal. This was news to me. I thought I'd pass it along to others on here who use radar detectors. Kirk |
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09-21-2013, 03:14 PM
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i'm just a cook
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: downtown vernon,central new york
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thanks kirk, that answers a question for me.
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09-21-2013, 03:17 PM
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Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
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I've also had cars with cheap radar detectors set off my V1. The worst are the adaptive cruise systems in Infinity SUVs that set off the LASER alerts.
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