This person would still be alive if they had been using a Radar Detector with the SWS warning system. They would have been warned of the approaching train. Since Radar Detectors are Illegal in Virginia, drivers can't take advantage of this warning system.

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Virginia’s fatality rate has also fallen, but not any more dramatically than it has nationwide. Research has even shown that radar detector owners have a lower accident rate than motorists who do not own a detector.

Maintaining the ban is not in the best interest of Virginians or visitors to the state. I know and know of people that will not drive in Virginia due to this ban. Unjust enforcement practices are not unheard of, and radar detectors can keep safe motorists from being exploited by abusive speed traps. Likewise, the ban has a negative impact on Virginia’s business community. Electronic distributors lose business to neighboring states and Virginia misses out on valuable sales tax revenue.

Radar detector bans do not work. Research and experience show that radar detector bans do not result in lower accident rates, improved speed-limit compliance or reduce auto insurance expenditures.
• The Virginia radar detector ban is difficult and expensive to enforce. The Virginia ban diverts precious law enforcement resources from more important duties.
• Radar detectors are legal in the rest of the nation, in all 49 other states. In fact, the first state to test a radar detector ban, Connecticut, repealed the law – it ruled the law was ineffective and unfair. It is time for our Virginia to join the rest of the nation.
• It has never been shown that radar detectors cause accidents or even encourage motorists to drive faster than they would otherwise. The Yankelovich – Clancy – Shulman Radar Detector Study conducted in 1987, showed that radar detector users drove an average of 34% further between accidents (233,933 miles versus 174,554 miles) than non radar detector users. The study also showed that they have much higher seat belt use compliance. If drivers with radar detectors have fewer accidents, it follows that they have reduced insurance costs – it is counterproductive to ban radar detectors.
• In a similar study performed in Great Britain by MORI in 2001 the summary reports that "Users (of radar detectors) appear to travel 50% further between accidents than non-users. In this survey the users interviewed traveling on average 217,353 miles between accidents compared to 143,401 miles between accidents of those non-users randomly drawn from the general public." The MORI study also reported "Three quarters agree, perhaps unsurprisingly, that since purchasing a radar detector they have become more conscious about keeping to the speed limit..." and "Three in five detector users claim to have become a safer driver since purchasing a detector."
• Modern radar detectors play a significant role in preventing accidents and laying the technology foundation for the Safety Warning System® (SWS). Radar detectors with SWS alert motorists to oncoming emergency vehicles, potential road hazards, and unusual traffic conditions. There are more than 10 million radar detectors with SWS in use nationwide. The federal government has earmarked $2.1 million for further study of the SWS over a three-year period of time. The U.S. Department of Transportation is administering grants to state and local governments to purchase the SWS system and study its effectiveness (for example, in the form of SWS transmitters for school buses and emergency vehicles). The drivers of Virginia deserve the right to the important safety benefits that SWS delivers.
*** A small surcharge($5-$10) or tax(2%-3%) could be added to the price of the device to make-up for any possible loss of revenue from reduced number of speeding tickets and the loss of tickets written for radar detectors.***

Please sign this petition and help repeal this ban and give drivers in Virginia the freedom to know if they are under surveillance and to use their property legally:
www.stoptheban.org
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/repeal-the-virgi...

I agree with Mr. Peters 100%. I see drivers on the Interstate Highway the should not be there. I've seen drivers there were terrified to be on the highway. I've seen drivers doing well under the posted speed limit in the left lane and would not move to the right. I've seen drivers driving to fast for weather and road conditions. Just when I think that I've seen it all, somebody does something really dumb.

I don't claim to be the best driver but I feel that I am better than average. I know how to move to the right when a faster vehicle comes up behind me. I know when to slow down due to weather and road conditions.

We need to make some changes to the licensing of drivers.

****SPEED DOES NOT KILL...BAD DRIVERS KILL!!!!****

****REPEAL THE RADAR DETECTOR BAN IN VIRGINIA****
www.stoptheban.org
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/repeal-the-virgi...

The Interstate highways were designed for 90MPH in the 1950's. Virginia is one big speed trap. The county that I live in has radar in almost every police car. Even though radar detectors are illegal in Virginia, I use mine.

Lets fight to Repeal the Radar Detector Ban in Virginia:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/repeal-the-virgi...

If you're going to drive 55mph on I-95 stay in the right lane...Even better take Rt. 1.

Welcome to the United Communist States of America!!! We are fast becoming a police state.
our governments only cares about money and not safety. I have got to the point that I don't like driving because of the police and the radar detector ban in Virginia...Lets take our country back!!!!