re radar detector detectors in article apr rapnet sanders lockheed com babb rapnet sanders lockheed com scott babb writes brian day bday lambda msfc nasa gov wrote on december it was illegal to operate a radar detector in the state of virginia if one got caught one got fined the federal communications act of made it legal for you to operate a radio receiver of any kind on any frequency including x k and ka bands in the united states and the commonwealth of virginia has not exactly butted against the issue on those grounds the claim is that as a matter of traffic safety one is not allowed to have a functioning radar detector on the dashboard while operating a motor vehicle yes the argument is bogus but it hasn t been successfully challenged in court yet john whitmore
