Trucks! The Surprising Best-Selling Vehicle

May 22, 2018

Categories: Radar and Laser 1011.8 min read
truck under cover

~updated 9/2022

There’s a misconception by many drivers that they don’t need a radar detector because they don’t speed or their vehicle isn’t fast. With 41 million speeding tickets issued annually costing U.S. drivers over $6.2 billion in fines (which doesn’t include insurance premium increases!), many of these tickets are received by self-described safe drivers in their everyday vehicles.

Over K40’s last four decades of giving drivers guaranteed protection from speeding tickets, we’ve protected many different vehicles, from hybrids to luxury and exotics, as well as the family or work van.

However, vehicle ownership trends started changing a few years ago, and that trend really caught our attention in 2017. Pardon the pun, but one vehicle type started showing up on our system registration radar.

The vehicle type? Trucks! 

While we saw a growing trend in truck owners registering K40 systems beginning in 2017, the trend continues into 2022 as trucks comprise two of the top five vehicles registering aK40 radar detector F150 full custom-installed K40 radar/laser protection system.  And independent research sources are finding two of every three new vehicles sold were classified as trucks…with the most expensive models selling the fastest!

So, what’s the driving force behind this shift in vehicle type preference? It’s more than just that the Ford F150 is the best-selling vehicle in America for multiple years. This trend is likely the result of how drivers view modern trucks. With features and conveniences once found only in high-end cars – from African mahogany interiors to 700+ horsepower – trucks are the new “image” vehicle drivers want.

But just like other vehicle drivers, there’s one person truck owners don’t want to be seen by…a police officer with a radar or laser gun.

Someone, You Should See

If you’ve decided to climb up into a truck – or are contemplating purchasing a truck soon – visit a K40 Authorized Dealer, and they’ll tell you about all the K40 options they offer to keep you ticket-free, guaranteed from police radar and laser guns.

K40 radar detector Tundra truck

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