Driving into Quebec I noticed signs advising motorists that radar detectors are prohibited. I can honestly say I don't know anyone who owns a radar detector, but most of them probably speed.

Whatever happened to radar detectors? Back in the late 80's, early 90's everyone I knew had a radar detector. It was a necesary device to have in your vehicle, whether you could even drive faster than the speed limit or not (I had a Toyota Tercel Station Wagon that shook over 110 km/hr). It seemed like everyone talked about which radar detector they bought, the accuracy of it and the features. Some radar detectors even had radar detector detectors inside of them and would automatically change frequency.

Mine was terrible. It went off every two seconds, which set me into panic attacks for the first while, then after about 3 months of the false alarms, I just ignored the signals. Alot of good it did me, then. In the end, the $300 piece of equipment probably didn't save me from a single ticket. I'm not as much of a speed demon today as I was in my twenties - I only speed 'slightly'. I've received a total of 1 ticket in my lifetime. (knock on wood) It cost me $120.

Maybe somewhere they are still sold frequently. I don't know. I could just exist outside of the radar detector belt and not know it.