Category: V1 Moment of the Month

Beach Trip!  North Alabama to Panama City, Florida, taking the back highway “short-cuts.”  On two-lane US Hwy 231 between Sylacauga and Rockford.  This is real booneyville territory, there’s nothing out there but rolling hills and woods. Had my trusty V1 Gen2 mounted on the dash and tooling along about–why incriminate myself!–in a 55 zone.  At … continued

I drive around on county roads in Minnesota and Wisconsin fixing medical devices, daily playing cat-and-mouse with LEOs who just don’t stand a chance.  My V1 sees you way before you see me.  Sorry, I respect you and your profession, but I got places to be and people that expect me to be there.  My … continued

It was a 480-mile drive back home from July 4th at the lake.  We’re down to the last 60 miles.  Cruising at the posted limit in the right lane through a known hotspot.  I’m the only car for miles in either direction, until some hotshot in a silver beater comes screaming up behind me.  He … continued

My wife has had epilepsy since she was 8.  While visiting our daughter in college, she had a series of seizures.  I had to get her to the hospital ASAP.  If it comes down to the speed limit or her, she gets priority.   As I came over a hill, I got a Ka warning.  There … continued

I purchased a 2002 BMW M Roadster that was in Portland.  I live in Colorado and planned to drive it home.  I had grown up using Escorts but always wanted a Valentine One.  I figured I could buy the V1 now and return it under the 30-day return policy.   The drive home was a delight.  … continued

I put my trusty V1 Gen2 and a brand new Uniden R8 on opposite sides of the dash (yeah, yeah, I know, don’t run two detectors at once, but inquiring minds want to know). I turned both to their most sensitive settings and turned off all blocks and verifiers.  I was after max detection range.  … continued

Out here in the Palouse, a distinct geographic region spread over parts of several states in the Northwest, there’s nothing doing except wheat fields and the very occasional traveler.  Hilly, winding highway 12 between Dayton, Washington, and the junction of Highway 127, is a two-lane blacktop, speed limit 60 mph.  LEO has his hiding spots … continued

We were on vacation and very hungry, looking for a supermarket, any supermarket, but I could find nothing.  Then I remembered we had our V1 Gen1 in the trunk.  We quickly retrieved it and powered it up.  Now for the search; I drove around the moderately sized town and within 20 minutes we had an … continued

This Bird Dog can find them better than the others.  I just upgraded to the new V1 Gen2. The wife and I were on our way back from a day out when the new Bird Dog barked Ka.  Just one beep, then a pause, then another Ka beep.  The wife asked, “Is that thing working … continued

In 1974, I left home for military service.  My Dad, a truck driver, handed me a box, saying I would need this because I drive like my Mom.  It was an ugly tin box with one red light on it and an on-off knob.  My Fuzzbuster and I took the trip from New England to … continued