# Jim P vs SSmokin

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-p-vs-ssmokin/242876
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [March 17, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-p-vs-ssmokin/242876 "2009-03-17T19:25:31Z")
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### Author: ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-p-vs-ssmokin/242876/151 "2009-03-21T00:25:43Z")

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> [@WTB 235/45/17 Yokohama A046](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-235-45-17-yokohama-a046/15940/4):
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> **legal yes. cheap, not very.**  
> **Radar JAMMERS are 50 state ILLEGAL, they violate the terms set by the FCC. and are a felony to possess.**
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> linked from [Police Speed Enforcement Tactics in New York](http://www.radarbusters.com/newyorkradardetectorlawsarticle.cfm)
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> **New York** Radar and Laser Jammer laws
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> [**Radar laser detectors**](http://www.radarbusters.com/radar-detectors/6524+6526.cfm) **and** [**laser jammers**](http://www.radarbusters.com/laser-jammers/6524+6527.cfm) **are legal to own and operate in passenger vehicles in the state of New York**.  
> Currently the only state that it is illegal to operate a radar detector is Virginia and Washington D.C.  
> [Laser jammers](http://www.radarbusters.com/laser-jammers/6524+6527.cfm) are illegal to operate in the states of: Nebraska, Minnesota, Utah, California, Oklahoma, Virginia, Colorado and Washington DC.  
> Radar jammers are illegal to own and/or operate in all 50 states per the Federal Communications Commission.  
> Radar detectors are also illegal in commercial vehicles weighing over 10,000 pounds in all fifty states, per Title 49 Transportation Act.  
> Radar detectors are also illegal to operate on any military base.  
> If you are in the market for a high quality radar detector, we would recommend that you check out Radar Roy’s [testing reports here](http://www.radarbusters.com/howwetestarticle.cfm) .

Thanks for backing up everything I just said, I think:hug

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