for any speeding tickets
collected during the first year of ownership.
But any detector can hear radar sneaking up from
behind, an event so rare you're nearly as likely to be struck by lightning.
And since a ticket's real cost stems from insurance surcharges, we'd rather
avoid it in the first place. So to justify its premium price tag the K40 would
need to dazzle us with sophistication and performance.
Unfortunately, we'd say it's a bit light on both
counts. The K40 is nearly devoid of features, even visual indicators for band
ID and signal strength, common on $70 K-Mart-specials. Their absence seriously
compromises a detector's usefulness and in our opinion, is an unforgivable
omission in such an expensive detector.
The control module sports two slide switches and
six LEDs; four of them of either pale green or yellow hues that wash out in
sunlight, forcing the driver to rely solely on audio for band ID. Unfortunately,
the K40's audio alerts are a bewildering
