This article was updated with new information in December 2025. Nothing ruins a spirited drive like the sudden strobe of red and blue in the rearview mirror. We've all been there, and it never feels ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." But the primary purpose of any decent detector is to sniff out various types of police radar—X, K, and Ka ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." From the May 2021 issue of Car and Driver [Ed. note—This story was updated in October 2023.] "Do you know ...

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There’s an ongoing arms race between radar detector manufacturers and law enforcement agencies that has led to a constant evolution of both radar guns and detectors alike. Radar guns have become more ...

The first automobile driver ever fined for speeding was Walter Arnold in England’s Kent County, circa 1896. Arnold, a Benz dealer, got caught going approximately 8 mph, well over the 2-mph limit for ...