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but there are others out there. All radar detectors emit microwaves. The range isn't great, that is why cops actually have to pass you (or you pass them) before they get an alert.
The first time I was stopped, I passed a cop in an unmarked car sitting at a gas station. When I passed we made eye contact. I didn't think anything of it, until about six blocks away when I hear a siren and looked to see the Crown Vic looming in my rearview mirror. I pulled over, and made my scramble to hide the detector (while wondering why he pulled me); he walked up and immediately asked to see my detector. I showed it to him he asked for the usual credentials and walked back to his car. He returned in about three minutes with a ticket, wrote down the serial number (I still don't know why they do that) and handed both the detector and the ticket back to me. I have home state plates (NJ) - so he said at first he wasn't going to give me a ticket since I had out of state plates, but since I attempted to hide the detector, I obviously was aware that they are illegal in Virginia. I really didn't care about the ticket, I was just glad he returned the detector. Section ยง 46.2-1079 of the Virginia Code says it must be returned and I was ready to quote that for him. I didn't want to go there because I knew it would piss him off. Cops always get pissed when their traffic stop subject knows anything about law. Then they usually ask "Are you a lawyer?". I guess they want to know how far they can push the envelope.
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