These electronic copilots can pick up speed traps, red-light cameras, and more.

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." But the primary purpose of any decent detector is to sniff out various types of police radar—X, K, and Ka ...

Escort Radar, one of the big brands in the radar detection biz, has been under some scrutiny this year as customers and reviewers reported suboptimal performance on the $800 Redline 360c—Escort’s ...

Much like Twilight fans of yore, when it comes to radar detectors, drivers tend to fall into bifurcated camps, neither of which are likely to ever see eye-to-eye. One faction sees radar detectors as ...

The first automobile driver ever fined for speeding was Walter Arnold in England’s Kent County, circa 1896. Arnold, a Benz dealer, got caught going approximately 8 mph, well over the 2-mph limit for ...

Amazon Prime Day 2025 starts now, and for the first time, this event is four days Our Best Overall detector, the Uniden R7, is 23 percent off. Save $100 on this Escort MaxCam360c—a combo radar ...

The use of radar detectors has remained a hotly debated practice for as long as drivers have been trying to avoid cops on the road. Generally speaking, you'll only ever come into contact with police ...

Pairing a quality radar detector like the Valentine One V1 Gen 2 (the new version of the legendary original Valentine One that we’ve been testing and that is pictured installed in our vehicle above) ...

Police officers use radar to assess whether you’re speeding. And despite what many people may think, if you don’t live in Virginia, Washington D.C. or Mississippi, it’s perfectly legal to use a radar ...