06-27-2022, 08:00 PM | #1 |
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Radar or Waze
What's everyone in Northern NJ/tri state area using?
I'm on the garden state parkway a lot and think Waze works great. Don't want to deal with a radar constantly beeping if it isn't as effective. |
06-28-2022, 09:20 AM | #3 |
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Both. Switched radar to Ka only, so it doesn't go off as much. My Achilles heel is laser. Gesture control sensors prevent running that and I don't care enough to put the energy into a workaround.
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06-28-2022, 05:38 PM | #4 |
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Personally, laser jammers work better than radar. However having both of those would be ideal.
Waze has saved me a couple of times, that's why i only use that. For directions and everything else. I don't even bother with the stock shitty nav system. Waze all day. |
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Waze, Uniden R7 and ALP system. The ALP system I dont have. It's about $2,000-$3,000 to get installed.
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06-29-2022, 11:40 AM | #6 |
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I use both. Waze and Uniden R7.
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I personally know cops that use Waze and will downvote police detection notifications so they disappear, hiding the speed trap. There's TikToks of cops doing this for fun.
Run Waze, but get a detector. I'm a huge fan of my Uniden R7. Looks like the R8 is out.
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Uniden R7 here...Ka-only mode (like the gentlemen from Ohio). I love it. I never got into Waze, but I know many people who absolutely swear by it
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Everyone i know of loves waze. If you're driving long distances and/or love to put your foot down, gotta have both. It's hard for me to not have waze running when i drive now. It's like part of the driving experience lol |
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06-29-2022, 09:09 PM | #11 |
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How do you get Waze to show all police... hidden, other side and in sight.
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I've had luck in my M5 by mounting the radar to the upper right of the rear view mirror with a 360MAX |
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Try where I have mine mounted. I've tried 3 different radars in that location. It takes maybe 5 minutes of trial and error to get it just right.
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Maybe update the incoming M4 with a Max360 Red? Never tried the Uniden R7 but Ka only would work great in NJ.
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I've been using an R7 for about the last week with Waze in the background. Saw two cops on the median on two separate occasions (one on Parkway, the other I don't remember), but apparently they weren't running radar/laser.
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I have been using a Valentine One Gen2 with JBV1 and Waze. Waze is integrated with GBV1. Best of both worlds...
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Not 30 seconds after she resumed Waze, it said "Police reported ahead", and then I saw a NC State Trooper and braked. By the time I slowed down, it was too late and he pulled me over. I had no clue how fast I was going, just felt like coasting downhill, he just said I was going very fast and saw my break lights hit. He ran my docs and let me go with a written warning after explaining what happened since I had a clean license. That M5 was a sleeper beast, It was like a couch welded to a space shuttle.
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Both. I drove cross-country CA to NJ in a 1-week span and between Waze and the R7 it alerted to just about every cop along the way across 11 states.
R7 didn't work in Ohio (OSHP) though for some weird reason. Perhaps they use laser, not sure, but in any case it showed up on Waze. I think laser would be overkill unless your state uses it for a fact or you're doing the Cannonball run LOL.
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