I plan to buy a radar detector soon and while I do not speed that often(yet) I was wondering really how effective is a radar detector? The 04 TL just by looking at it looks like a fast car and my guess would be young kid + fast looking car = cop magnet. Beaverton, Oregon is swamped with cops and has one of the biggest traffic police forces in Oregon. I think a majority of police in this area use laser and I have heard that once your hit with laser, your gone. So I was wondering if any of you speeding experts can tell me how I could drive around and not worry too much about being hit with a ticket; i.e. being careful, etc. It might seem like a stupid question but a speeding ticket worries me.

Please don't turn this forum into something about my age or a moral issue about how speeding is wrong.

Thanks in advance.