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Cobra Car Radar

Saturday, August 1st, 2009
COBRA RADAR DETECTOR XRS 9955 9960 XRS 9745 9545 XRS R9G XRS 989 969 XRS 9445 9845 XRS 9985 9960G XRS 9940 XRS 9945 XRS 979 969 XRS 999 XRS 9950 K40 RD850 XRS 12 / 15 BAND CAR power adapter COBRA RADAR DETECTOR XRS 9955 9960 XRS 9745 9545 XRS R9G XRS 989 969 XRS 9445 9845 XRS 9985 9960G XRS 9940 XRS 9945 XRS 979 969 XRS 999 XRS 9950 K40 RD850 XRS 12 / 15 BAND CAR power adapter

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Cobra XRS 9960G Voice Alert 15-Band Radar/Laser Detector with 1.5-Inch Full-Color Display, GPS Locator, and Red Light/Speed Features Cobra XRS 9960G Voice Alert 15-Band Radar/Laser Detector with 1.5-Inch Full-Color Display, GPS Locator, and Red Light/Speed Features
List Price: $389.95
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15 BAND RADAR RED LIGHT ACCSSPEED DET COLOR DISPLAY

Cobra XRS R10G Voice Alert Radar/Laser Detector with Wireless Remote System, Full Color Screen and GPS Locator with Red Light/Speed feature Cobra XRS R10G Voice Alert Radar/Laser Detector with Wireless Remote System, Full Color Screen and GPS Locator with Red Light/Speed feature
List Price: $469.95
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Amazon.com Product Description The XRS R10G provides total protection and peace of mind with the new Super-Xtreme Range Superheterodyne Technology, detecting all 15 radar/laser bands with its super-fast lock-on detection circuitry...

Cobra XRS 9440 High Performance 12 Band Radar/Laser Detector Cobra XRS 9440 High Performance 12 Band Radar/Laser Detector
List Price: $119.95
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Your own personal road warning system. The Cobra radar detector provides 360-degree protection from a dozen of the most common radar & laser signals on the road, boasting advance warning and spoken Voice Alert(tm) technology...

Cobra Car Radar

The Ins And Outs Of Laser Radar Detectors

Many of us have had the feeling of anxiety, having been brought to a halt along the side of a road by some flashing lights and a siren. You were speeding, and it has caught up with you. Speed traps are all over and they can sometimes be difficult to recognize or locate until after you have a ticket in your hand. Radar guns have made it hard to go faster than the law permits, until the production of laser radar detectors.

You should be made aware that police officers do not look to kindly on the sight of a radar detector in a vehicle. While they can be very helpful to assisting you in not getting pulled over for speeding, you should avoid getting pulled over for anything else with one installed.

Laser radar guns are the most effective method that police now have to catch and penalize speeding citizens. The early forms of radar guns required the officer to remain stationary to get the most accurate reading. With the new laser guns, a beam of light is emitted and can very accurately determine your speed, whether the officer is moving or not.

When the vehicle is hit with the light, it relays the information back to the police officer in the form of the difference mathematically. For instance, if a police officer is traveling at 60 MPH and his bounce back indicated 20 MPH, your vehicle is traveling at 80 MPH, and you are most certainly in line for a hefty fine.

There are different types of radar guns, and the advancements of the detectors have been able to handle them all. With the laser detectors, the beam shot at the car to register your given speed is reflected back with a new informational beam from the detector. This will not register any actual figures, but rather scramble the results so that they are inconclusive. The detectors main job is to warn you of the potential to be gunned at any given time.

There are a lot of different names and companies that make decent detectors for a pretty reasonable price. You have to think of it as an investment. The more you put into it, the more you are likely to evade in essence. Names like Cobra, Beltronics, and Escort all have very good reputations and reviews, but they will likely cost you more than lesser-known brands.

Laser radar detectors are a definite aid for anyone in a hurry. If you think of the tickets you won't be paying, spending a little bit of money to keep yourself in the clear is a wise move.

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Cobra Radar question?

So i want to get radar for my car

I really dont want to spend more then 100$ so i found the XRS 9340 and thought it looked pretty good

I just want it so i can slow down when there are police cars near

alot of people are talking about the V1 but thats pretty expensive =/

so my question is, is the XRS 9340 any good? and is there something i could get thats better less then 100$?

To be completely honestly, if you arn't going to spend the $300 it takes to get a good radar detectors, don't waste your money on a cheap one. They usually have very poorly made false alarm circuits, so they are constantly going off in town every time you pass a gas station or store, and it doesn't have POP mode, so it wont actually detect cops in a larger city where pop mode is implemented.

The only place the cobra might help you is on the highway, because they usually use LIDAR, but even the $700 detectors have trouble picking up LIDAR 100% of the time, so it's risky.

Cobra XRS-9960G Radar Detector