CHICKEN LITTLE NO MORE.(Revs)(radar detectors)
AutoWeek, March, 2007 by Hart, Roger
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Byline: ROGER HART In our six-month review of nine radar detectors ("Loaded for Bear,'' AW, Nov. 22, 2004), the No. 1 complaint was false alarms. Detectors pick up signals other than police radar and in urban settings can go off so often that one tends to ignore the alarms-until those flashing lights fill the rearview.
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Radar detector maker Escort says it has solved the false-alarm problem with the Passport 9500i. Using GPS technology, the "True Lock'' feature lets the detector know where it is and how fast it is traveling. When a false alert is noted, the user can ...
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