Radar detector makers, radar laser gun manufacturers, police, national print media, internet distributors, and Speed Measurement Laboratories, Inc. staff all gathered in the 100˚ plus desert heat outside of El Paso, TX in late June to evaluate the newest technologies of radar detectors and radar laser guns for three long, hot days. We want witnesses and had over forty participating. This year’s test was different. We were testing new technologies! Three manufacturers came from Korea and one from Scotland made the long trip. A lot of things changed and some stayed the same. GPS has been added to radar detection systems to alert to red light camera locations and to eliminate annoying false alerts. Now, California is adding “Stop Sign Cameras.” Detector makers had worked hard on making their products truly invisible to radar detector detectors. POP mode has been expanded to three radar guns. New laser guns now stalk highways. Strong fines have been issued by the Federal Communications Commission against makers of radar jammers and their dealers. The FCC again declared radar jammers illegal and finally, after ten years, put teeth in their words. Precision Navigation Inc. pulled out of the market while Q3 Innovations, www.q3i.com, has entered. Q3 wanted SML to field test several models before marketing them. Contact us at speed@speedinglimits.com. All results of models tested are valid for one year until July 2008. Some have copied SML’s registered trademark “Performance Certification” logo, United States Trademark and Patent Office, Reg. No. 2,928,737, off the internet without SML’s permission. They must feel if they can’t earn it, they will steal it!
     SML mandates its field evaluations be conducted by certified police officers. SML mandates product performance be reported by these officers or impartial observers. SML tests retail samples of the same models brought to the test to insure retail sample performance matches. This isn’t cheap. This year’s test cost SML over $10,000.00. SML does not sell the products it tests. Others do! This impartiality is why major, national magazines cover SML tests! SML doesn’t conduct field tests for self promotion. It doesn’t attend other’s tests and then construct their own results without telling SML. It’s flattering to be copied, but you  should answer the question why. All pay SML the same to have their products tested and all pay SML the same if their products perform as advertised as certified by SML’s “Performance Certification” logo. SML neither condones, nor condemns the products it tests. SML’s income comes from teaching radar and laser certification classes at law enforcement, see www.speedlinglimits.com. SML testifies as a paid expert witness for states in radar and laser trials and publishes numerous articles each year. Magazines pay SML. Click on a topic in the black bar above to see the results. We test under ideal conditions and your results will vary. We can’t test all products of manufacturers. Click on a manufacturer’s logo to go to their web site. This year we did not test laser counter measures. New K40 products were not available, but will be tested under the same conditions. SML will test laser counter measures shortly when these products are available for this page.