So, I got a speeding ticket yesterday.....

[neoee]

Re: So, I got a speeding ticket yesterday.....

Speeders best friend:



Mine paid for itself twice over and then I stopped counting. Though, I haven't been using it in the last few years since I now drive a beater which cops never bother giving me a ticket in ( I think they feel sorry for me).

[sakio pod]

Re: So, I got a speeding ticket yesterday.....

what is that thingy called

[neoee]

Re: So, I got a speeding ticket yesterday.....

Valentine 1. Best radar detector you can buy. Period. Although you'll get the Passport folks saying theirs is best. About 400 bucks. The really nice thing is once you buy one if more features are added to the current model you can either have them added on or they will buy it back your old one (since they are the same case and all). I had mine upgraded a few years ago for about 150. Its time to do it again though since lots of new technologies have been added since. Currently its manufactured under 21 different patents.

http://www.valentine1.com/

[hulkhuss]

Re: So, I got a speeding ticket yesterday.....

speeding is fun, till you get caught......................

[neoee]

Re: So, I got a speeding ticket yesterday.....

speeding is fun, till you get caught......................

That's when the real fun starts!

"PLEASE STEP OUT OF THE CAR. HANDS IN THE AIR! DOWN ON YOUR KNEES..."

[picklemonkey]

Re: So, I got a speeding ticket yesterday.....

anyone see the police car theft in cali today?

[FM]

Re: So, I got a speeding ticket yesterday.....

And no I'm not an asian woman, I was just born with a lead foot. And honestly I don't think I'm that crazy of a driver. Now, my friend I mentioned earlier... I could write a book on all the crazy stuff thats happened with his driving, some of it you would think belonged in a hollywood movie.

you know NASCAR might be a good choice for you...

[neoee]

Re: So, I got a speeding ticket yesterday.....

you know NASCAR might be a good choice for you...

I'd prefer CART, but you gotta have some serious balls for that, which I've seem to have lost as I've gotten older.

[sakio pod]

Re: So, I got a speeding ticket yesterday.....

anyone see the police car theft in cali today?

they should have clubbed that shit outta that white trash bitch

[rhipkin]

Re: So, I got a speeding ticket yesterday.....

Ha! All this talk of points.... no such thing in this country (South Africa) yet!! You get caught, slapped with a fine - you go pay it and walk off


By the way, I have 4 speeding fines outstanding since December - should have been paid by February - but I'll eventually pay them whenever. I must just make sure I obey the rules or if I get pulled over and I have outstanding fines they can arrest me

[toasty]

Re: So, I got a speeding ticket yesterday.....

Speeders best friend:



Mine paid for itself twice over and then I stopped counting. Though, I haven't been using it in the last few years since I now drive a beater which cops never bother giving me a ticket in ( I think they feel sorry for me).

radar detectors are great and all, but they don't do shit if an officer paces you, and most officers I know would never let someone off with a warning if they have a radar detector. If you're going to speed, being observant is your best weapon.

Driving on the interstate and see brake lights in front of you? There's probably a cop ahead -- people instinctively tap the brake when they see police, even if they're not speeding, and there's basically no other normal reason to hit your brakes at highway speeds.
Driving on the interstate and notice that all the traffic going the other direction is driving in the right lane, going the speed limit? There's probably a cop ahead, again, human nature.
No shoulder? You're probably in the clear, b/c cops don't like to stop people where they can't safely park their vehicle out of traffic, if they can help it.

The list goes on and on. A little good old fashioned common sense will beat out that little box of gadgetry every time...

[FM]

Re: So, I got a speeding ticket yesterday.....

the other big thing: LIDAR

[neoee]

Re: So, I got a speeding ticket yesterday.....

radar detectors are great and all, but they don't do shit if an officer paces you, and most officers I know would never let someone off with a warning if they have a radar detector. If you're going to speed, being observant is your best weapon.

Driving on the interstate and see brake lights in front of you? There's probably a cop ahead -- people instinctively tap the brake when they see police, even if they're not speeding, and there's basically no other normal reason to hit your brakes at highway speeds.
Driving on the interstate and notice that all the traffic going the other direction is driving in the right lane, going the speed limit? There's probably a cop ahead, again, human nature.
No shoulder? You're probably in the clear, b/c cops don't like to stop people where they can't safely park their vehicle out of traffic, if they can help it.

The list goes on and on. A little good old fashioned common sense will beat out that little box of gadgetry every time...

I'm more observant than most when it comes to driving, but believe me when the detector can tell you there's a cop ahead well over a mile in advance there's no observation skill that can compete with that. If someone is hitting their brakes in front your already in line of sight. FM mentioned lidar which if the detector goes off your pretty much fucked. Even the V1 site tells you that. Though they do show you some scenerio's in which you might have detected lidar and not been hit by it (through someone's winshield, reflected off of something, etc.).



Placement of the device is key when it comes to lidar. Its just a tool and like any tool if you don't know how to use it, its useless.

Regarding being paced, those are some of the easiest tickets to get out of because the cop is using his speedometer to measure your speed and any speed measuring device requires certification. They usually aren't current. Most of the times I've been saved by the detector haven't been on the highway but in the city where a cop can hide relatively easily, especially the motorcycle cops. Around here we now have cars which are completely unmarked, even the license plates are normal, tabs and all. Volvo's, SUV's, everything but imports are being used.

Observation can certianly help but when I am equipped with my detector and you with just observation, guess who's going to lose out?

Taken from V1's site in the moments of truth section (http://www.valentine1.com/moments/archive.asp):

The Original: Tim Grothause - Tampa, Florida

Same day as I got my sexy new V1, I hit the nastiest ambush ever.

V1 said 3 Ka's ahead. HUH? Really? Back off, changed lanes to right. Cleared the rise. Bingo! Two cruisers in the median. Motors running. In gear. Brake lights go dark. They're rolling. Both chase down their victims right before my eyes. Now I know how wildebeest feel migrating past lions.

The pack around me upped the pace. I guess they figured all units were busy behind, writing out money orders.

Funny, but V1 was still talking; "Ka ahead."

As I cleared the next rise, here's the scene: One cruiser in the median, microphone in hand, and the entire pack that had just barreled past me "brake dancing" all over to keep from bunting the front guy who was trying to slow way down, never mind that he was already toast. And SIX cruisers parked on the right shoulder, and SIX authority figures standing alongside, motioning drivers into the massacre.

V1 is a religion, and I'm a believer.

Tim Grothause
Tampa, FL