"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Radar speed-detection capabilities were first developed in 1935 by a Bobby in Britain who had his eyes ...

"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 ...

I’ve been testing an Escort radar detector for the last three weeks. I’ll be honest. The whole idea of a device intended to help you break the law seems a little weird to me. Over the year, I’ve ...

Radar detectors matter more than ever, but you wouldn’t know it from the poorly researched clickbait that was Doug Demuro’s recent article, “Radar Detectors Are Useless Now.” How many tickets did I ...

In most states you can use a radar detector for personal use to avoid speeding tickets, and there's really not much your car insurance company can do about it. A radar detector alerts the driver when ...

Escort steps further into the world of GPS with its first portable navigation device, the Passport iQ. And since old habits die hard, they've tossed a radar/laser detector in for good measure. Antuan ...

This one starts with us speed-running a supercar purchase like we have a flight to catch, then immediately getting obsessed with every ridiculous detail. Next we install a truly unhinged radar ...

Maximum speed, 55 mph. Most drivers don't comply, and some states don't even think it's necessary in 1986. But like it or not, it's the law. Your alternatives: drive at the national limit and get ...

We are lucky in the U.S. when it comes to radar detectors, except if you live in Virginia or the District of Columbia -- you can’t have one there. Everywhere else is fair game, and chances are, a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." From the May 2021 issue of Car and Driver [Ed. note—This story was updated in October 2023.] "Do you know ...