V1 Moments

It had been a late evening, my friends and I had just left the restaurant. One of them takes the same highway I do to get home, so we end up going the same way. He has no detector, I have my V1. As we hit the on ramp of the highway, I’m in the … continued

Interstate 57 between Cairo, IL, and Effingham runs through the notorious Pulaski County. I am in the lead car with my V1; my nephew is following in his car. He calls on the cell to ask why I was slowing down. My personal bird dog was barking, I told him, and it pointed to the … continued

Last weekend a friend and I decided to go for a little ski trip. The plan was to leave Northern Arizona University and drive the Navajo Indian reservation on a Friday night, getting to my parent’s house in Telluride, Colorado, very late. Door to door, it’s 350 miles, yet the possibility of heavy traffic enforcement … continued

I was traveling west on I-70 in central Kansas. My V1 lit up, pointing to radar coming towards me. So I made sure my numbers were right and, about 20 seconds later, I met an eastbound State Trooper. Here’s where the story takes the path less traveled. The red arrow didn’t follow the Trooper. Instead, … continued

I can never say it enough–V1’s unique features are the best! Here I am in the combat zone, driving to Danbury, CT, on I-684 where, especially at night, our State Trooper friends like to hang! But this time they get tricky; this wise guy decides to hang where I usually get a K signal. I … continued

Highway 80 in the southeast corner of Arizona is the stuff of driving dreams. As you’re heading northeast, the rugged Chiricahua mountains rise on your left; to the right lies the open desert of New Mexico. For nearly all of the ninety miles or so from Arizona’s southern border to Interstate 10, Highway 80 is … continued

I have owned my V1 for four years and it’s the best investment I have ever made. Two years ago my nephew asked me about radar detectors. Naturally I suggested V1. He lives in rural Nebraska where there is not much between towns but far-off horizons. He was a student at the time traveling back … continued

I asked Mom for a V1 for Christmas. I told her it was the only thing I wanted so, please, could I have it early. Boy, am I glad! I was driving to hockey practice, I-69 to Indy from Fort Wayne. After about 30 minutes, we had our little party of followers. Two of them … continued

A state-trooper friend from Michigan just retired. When we set off driving up through Wisconsin to his retirement party, he warned me to watch my speed when we got close. He’s in a small town in the upper peninsula of Michigan, just beyond the Wisconsin border, and the PD’s on both sides like to feed … continued

For the last 20 years I’ve owned Escorts and Passports. But I recently purchased a V1 after much research; it has some programmable features not available on the others. Two weeks with V1 and I can say it’s the best I’ve ever owned. It helps tremendously if you can trust that a KA alert is … continued