I got Photo Radar Ticket 67 in 55- Now what?

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Originally Posted by Cobrabill

Dave-so what your saying there is a data base of GPS co-ordinates in the detector?
If so,that's interesting.But won't help with the mobile vans the DPS is using.But,on that note,they (the vans) are getting ready to be taken off the roads in 2010 as the state is pulling the plug on THIS revenueing scheme".

Things like mobile vans are why I said that it wouldn't help in every case, Bill. The database is updated weekly and you are able to download it to your computer and then to your detector. It's available for a charge of around $30 for three years. If they install a new camera after you last updated or you're hit by a mobile van, you're SOL even if you have the best detector in the world.

It's sort of like detecting laser or card counting at blackjack. You are just evening the odds a bit in your favor. The detector companies can't anticipate all the new stuff that is going to be used, so they are always playing catch up.

With laser, unless they shoot a car closeby in front of you with laser and there is enough of the signal scattered for you to both detect it and slow down, the best detector basically just lets you know that you are probably going to get a ticket when it goes off and you are significantly over the posted limit.

But the newest really good detectors are a lot better than the cheap ones and are still cheaper than most tickets not to mention your insurance going up for the next few years.

It's also nice to have a lawyer for a friend (that the local DA or JP owes a favor to) who owes you a favor.