AS SOON AS THE POLICE STARTED USING RADAR devices to clock drivers’ speed, the techno-whiz folks came out with the radar detector that gives you fair warning that a signal is coming your way.

The latest fund-raising gimmick that some cities are using is the red-light camera.  These gadgets loaned out to Big Brother take a photo of a car that might be in an intersection when the light turns red and then City Hall mails out a ticket to whoever owns the car.  These cameras have been adapted recently to also clock a car’s speed through a trap.

Now COBRA, a leading manufacturer of radar detectors, has come out with a red-light-camera detector.  It will also spot the speed cameras.

If you already have a COBRA device, the camera detector can be purchased as an add-on that plugs into the radar detector.  Currently it sells for $129.  It’ll probably get cheaper after all the first-on-the-block guys have bought theirs.

Popular Mechanics has tested the device and they have the results posted on their website HERE.  But they don’t explain why some people feel the need to spend up to $400 just to be reminded to obey the traffic laws.

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