Well I have to disagree. My radar detector is a little over a year old and I wouldn't part with it. The newest one out by the same company as mine is this
http://www.escortradar.com/9500i.htm I believe they want to discourage use of any type of radar of course so they can have more money in their pockets.
I have yet to get a speeding ticket and I never go the speed limit but I do know where the lasers hang out here.
I highly encourage anyone that does a lot of traveling to have one of these they do save you a lot of money so this $400+ radar seems like a lot of money but get stopped 2 times for speeding 11 miles over the limit in louisiana and that's 2 x 200.00 and that's a true figure.