Radar Detector and Its Use
in the US and Canada
Labyrinth of Legal Rules
The legality of the use of radar detectors in moving (or staying) motor vehicles is strictly regulated by national rules all over the world. The variations are nearly endless from the total legality till the prohibition of having it.
The cause of the regulations is understandable. Why do motorists use radar detector? In their moving on any type of streets, or highways, motorists use radar and laser detectors to perceive the radar signal of the highway patrols/policemen. The alert of the detectors helps motorists to decelerate the vehicles and avoid penalty (heavy fines, ticket, suspension of driver's license, etc. as is regulated by the law in the country).
Between the unregulated free use and the total prohibition there are interesting variations in the United States and in Canada. (We review the situation in Europe and in Asia in another article.)
Driving in the United States
In the United
States, the law varies from state to state, and there is a distinction
of the use in private vehicles and in commercial ones. Referring back
to the Communications Act of 1934, detectors are generally legal in
private vehicles and illegal in all commercial vehicles over 10,000 lbs
under US federal law. To see some exceptions: the legal use was
repealed in Connecticut in 1998, and radar detectors are illegal in
Virginia, Washington D.C. and in the U.S. military bases. Referring to
"obstructing vision", radar detector is indirectly illegal in
Minnesota, California and New York. Confiscation of the detector was
once a common practice.(Read the whole article here.)
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