Ever since the state of Washington set the nation’s first speed limit in 1909 (a white knuckled 12 mph), motorists have been driving just a little bit faster. It took less than a year for the first speeding ticket to be issued, and ever since a game of cat and mouse has ensued between motorists and police. When the first radar gun was used by police to catch speeding motorist in 1954, the police began to enjoy a decided edge in the competition. By 1961, the first commercial radar detector hit the market, and a game within the game began, as law enforcement officials attempted to keep their next generation of radar guns slightly ahead of commercial detectors.