John Jebbia  wrote:
I use a Vantru Pro N2 and it came in handy when a guy ran a red light and t-boned me. It's come in handy a couple of times in the 3 years I've had it.

Once, a lady hit and ran on me and it caught her license plate. Another time a guy ran a red light and t-boned me and tried saying he had the green light.

Thanks for the info John on the Vantru Pro N2.

This: https://www.amazon.com/N2-Pro-Infrared- … B0742J69SQ

I've had people blow through stop signs and almost t-bone me.  I could see its usefulness there.

A woman I know had some guy make a right turn in front of her from the middle lane of a multi-lane road and both going in same direction.  She hit him as she was in far right lane when he crossed in front of her.  It's been a legal mess with lawyers for a couple of months and she still has her bashed up car.  One kid was sent to hospital which complicates the matter.

As far as CA goes, often if non-injuries and cars can be moved off to the side of the road, the cops will not show up.  The 911 person will tell you to exchange ID and insurance paperwork, take photos, and take it up with your insurance carrier.

So far, I've been very impressed with the Auto Club of So. CA.  A rental was waiting for me while at the collision center and good for a month.  They also do the SR1 Accident filing with the CA DMV since they have a DMV outlet in many offices.  The claims person has called me a couple of times and even checked on the parts availability for any back-orders along with a ETA on the repair completion (27 days.).  They may waive my $1K deductible depending on the other's insurance.  We'll see...

I was looking at the Escort M1 dash cam that ties into their radar detectors, but it will not work with my model 9500xi for some reason (Power cord on wrong side perhaps.).  I have four radar detectors in three vehicles and they have paid for themselves many times over.  My barber got ticketed for only 2 over and went to court to fight it, but it cost her $200 plus a 60 mile trip to court and traffic judge said "If she wanted to fight it further and come back and waste the court's time, it would be $400."  She paid the $200.

With me, if the cop pulls an instant-on, one of the detectors will pick it up 3 miles distant.  I learned this from Marysville to Sacramento at 4 AM and he was just lone headlights in the distance, but the detector told me who it was with the Ka alert.  Against laser they are not so good, but given they need a clear shot and not through their car's window with laser most will not roll their windows down in the desert heat and lose their A/C so they use the Ka band Stalker unit instead which operates through glass which I pick up.  A fourth unit picks up their plane's transponder so I can find the air police as well.
Can't have too little situational awareness these days, imho.