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Okay so this might be a bit of a polarizing opinion but hear me out. I love what @ferius has done to develop the Highway Radar app along with how passionate @ferius is about feedback and improving the app.
I’m also greatly appreciative of all the work @Vortex is doing to research all the radar options and keep us informed. In fact, it is thanks to @Vortex that I’m here, as I found out about the existence of the Highway Radar app thanks to his video about radar detectors for long trips.
I’d love to see @Vortex discuss my idea below in a video and what he feels about it and hear what @ferious has to say about the feasibility of implementing my idea below.
This is the first time in my life that I’ve considered getting a radar detector, so I’m approaching this from a different perspective than all the experts who’ve been using radar detectors for a while. I’ve reached the conclusion that the era of 1980s era radar detectors must end.
What I Dislike About Radar Detectors
The Highway Radar app is the future when combined with a small 12V Bluetooth based radar sensor for the front and another one for the rear.
Ideal Bluetooth Sensor
Imagine having hundreds of thousands of these sensors constantly alive and sharing sensor data with everyone all the time.
So, who wants to build a 12V Bluetooth sensor that can connect to the Highway Radar App and start printing money?
I can easily see people pay $50-$100 (Two for $150 for front and rear?) for such a sensor. These sensors will make 1980s looking radar detectors obsolete.
Thoughts?
I’m also greatly appreciative of all the work @Vortex is doing to research all the radar options and keep us informed. In fact, it is thanks to @Vortex that I’m here, as I found out about the existence of the Highway Radar app thanks to his video about radar detectors for long trips.
I’d love to see @Vortex discuss my idea below in a video and what he feels about it and hear what @ferious has to say about the feasibility of implementing my idea below.
This is the first time in my life that I’ve considered getting a radar detector, so I’m approaching this from a different perspective than all the experts who’ve been using radar detectors for a while. I’ve reached the conclusion that the era of 1980s era radar detectors must end.
What I Dislike About Radar Detectors
- Think of how little has changed about the interface of radar detectors for the lats 40 years. We can do so much better than a Christmas tree of lights and a bird’s nest of never-ending chirps crying out like a child in need of constant attention!
- What do we really need? We need to visually see which radar bands are detected, their strength and be alerted to the presence of radar in the least disruptive way possible and then to visually give updates and just STFU. Basically a programmable audio alert for when radar is detected along with another programmable alert giving an “all clear” after you pass the threat.
- The current radar detectors chirping away for a mile or more is crazy disruptive. I understand why they had to do this in the 1980s when we didn’t have LCD displays.
- Basically, you should be able to get the alerts without interrupting a conversation in the car or disrupting listening to music in the car. The app can get your attention and then STFU while keeping you updated visually without chirping the hell out of your ears and disrupting you and stressing your passengers with obnoxious tones for a mile or more.
The Highway Radar app is the future when combined with a small 12V Bluetooth based radar sensor for the front and another one for the rear.
Ideal Bluetooth Sensor
- My ideal Bluetooth Sensor will be as small as possible. Preferably around 4” X 2” or smaller with a depth of no more than 2 inches. The same sensor or another sensor can handle laser as well, along with possibly also handling jamming/laser shifting (jamming can be turned off from the app as soon as you reduce your speed).
- Design the radar/laser sensor so it can be used as a “parking sensor,” so that if “anyone” asks, if you have a radar detector, you can say why yes, I have a parking sensor.
- Matte black in color so it is nondescript and inconspicuous.
- Picks up radar (super long range) from the front and the sides.
- Can be affixed with a suction mount or with adhesive. The benefit of a suction mount is you can easily take it with you. Imagine having two of these sensors (one for the front and other for the rear) that you can just get in a rental car (or second or third car) and in 15 seconds you can mount one up front and one in the rear and you have 360 degree radar coverage. This way even if you have 3 cars, you just need to buy two sensors.
- You no longer need to buy a $500 radar detector whenever sensing technology improves. Just buy a new sensor.
- Since it is all Bluetooth based, there are no ugly cables running all over the place ruining the interior of your car.
- Always cloud connected. No need to mess with hotpots and clunky communication interfaces. Since the Highway Radar App is the brains and is directly connected via Bluetooth, you always have the benefit of the latest software updates and all the crowd sourced data benefits.
- No need to waste resources trying to process ambient audio looking for radar detector sounds.
- You no longer need to spend $3,500-$5,000+ for a cleanly installed radar detector setup because the small sensors can be hidden so easily.
Imagine having hundreds of thousands of these sensors constantly alive and sharing sensor data with everyone all the time.
So, who wants to build a 12V Bluetooth sensor that can connect to the Highway Radar App and start printing money?
Thoughts?