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What is your opinion of radar detectors?

What is your opinion of radar detectors? Are they effective? If you like them then do you have a make/model that you recommend?

Asked on 10 November 2011 by John Jobson

Answered by Honest John
Even though they are not actually illegal I won't recommend any because it could be seen as assisting people to impede the police in the execution of their duty.
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