[MOAB]

Originally Posted by T Bone

Ah....big distinction.... Motor vehicle doesn't include the person....so stuff the radar detection in the coat that you are wearing. They have no right to search the body.

Does motor vehicle include personal items like a briefcase?

dunno. have to go pick up my car from Picus now....

[Lotus99]

Or what about the old trick to keep a junky $50 Whistler unit in the glove box, and when they pull you over, happily hand it over instead of the V1 under your seat!

[T Bone]

Originally Posted by Lotus99

Or what about the old trick to keep a junky $50 Whistler unit in the glove box, and when they pull you over, happily hand it over instead of the V1 under your seat!

So you can get a ticket and have your insurance screwed?

[Lotus99]

Originally Posted by T Bone

So you can get a ticket and have your insurance screwed?

I don't live out there, so maybe I'm missing something about how it would work. But if the cop pulls you over on suspicion, and you do have an RD that you were using, and he is going to search your car to see if he can find one, aren't you better off just owning up to it and being honest and saying you had one? Then handing over the crappy unit. You can try to play dumb or something and say you didn't know it was illegal?

How is that worse than what you're suggesting, which I'm assuming is to deny having one?

What are you suggesting as a solution, anyway?

[flush01]

well I had my V1 confiscated before, but it wasn't hidden, it was on my windshield... they just took it away and gave me a ticket (can't remember the amount, it was 3 years ago, somewhere in $2xx range)... i went to court, told judge that it was a present from my family are in states and it was legal there (had to find a state where it's legal to sound more believable), so therefore I had no idea it was illegal here... she reduced that ticket to like $70 and that was it...

[T Bone]

Originally Posted by Lotus99

I don't live out there, so maybe I'm missing something about how it would work. But if the cop pulls you over on suspicion, and you do have an RD that you were using, and he is going to search your car to see if he can find one, aren't you better off just owning up to it and being honest and saying you had one? Then handing over the crappy unit. You can try to play dumb or something and say you didn't know it was illegal?

How is that worse than what you're suggesting, which I'm assuming is to deny having one?

What are you suggesting as a solution, anyway?

You will get a ticket money and I think demerit points.

When an insurance company looks, and see you have a radar detector, your premiums will get jacked.

I guess it goes into my pockets....the Popo need to comply with a different set of rules to search your body (and clothing). And if you don't look a gansta, the police will also be less inclined

[dzenno]

so what's a good one to use in Ontario? most of police use Laser right? so a radar detector wouldn't really do much, correct?

[T Bone]

Originally Posted by dzenno

so what's a good one to use in Ontario? most of police use Laser right? so a radar detector wouldn't really do much, correct?

Apparently a battery powered one that doesn't emit EMF

[Dubbedoutbimmer]

K 40 its all built in with no visible evidence!!!

[picus]

I think it's actually pretty simple. If an officer sees or detects the detector, you're going to lose it. If you hide it, odds are he'll fine you too. Whether it's in an envelope or in your butt; he'll find a way to get it.