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Are Radar Detectors Useless?
I've gotten 4 tickets in the last 6 months. Luckily I'm in Missouri
where your lawyer buddy "fixes" them. I've always thought radar detectors were left over from the 70's and all the different bands and instant on stuff cops use makes them ineffective. But I'm getting desperate. |
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Are Radar Detectors Useless?
"Bacon" > wrote in message
... > I've gotten 4 tickets in the last 6 months. Luckily I'm in Missouri > where your lawyer buddy "fixes" them. I've always thought radar > detectors were left over from the 70's and all the different bands and > instant on stuff cops use makes them ineffective. But I'm getting > desperate. It might be different in the UK but they are useful in reminding you where the fixed speed traps are but you still have to be on the look out for roving unmarked traffic enforcement vehicles. The best clue as to where they are usually parked is to look for the straightest, safest piece of road you can find totally away from any housing that hasn't had any accidents. Why are you bothered if your lawyer buddy 'fixes' them anyway? That sounds very useful. Expensive is it? --- Sam |
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Are Radar Detectors Useless?
"Bacon" > wrote in message ... > I've gotten 4 tickets in the last 6 months. Luckily I'm in Missouri > where your lawyer buddy "fixes" them. I've always thought radar > detectors were left over from the 70's and all the different bands and > instant on stuff cops use makes them ineffective. But I'm getting > desperate. Mike Valentine has a pretty good explanation of what to expect from modern radar detectors. Click on the links on the left side. http://www.valentine1.com/ |
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Are Radar Detectors Useless?
Bacon wrote:
> I've gotten 4 tickets in the last 6 months. Luckily I'm in Missouri > where your lawyer buddy "fixes" them. I've always thought radar > detectors were left over from the 70's and all the different bands and > instant on stuff cops use makes them ineffective. But I'm getting > desperate. You could just slow down... -- -Fred W |
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Are Radar Detectors Useless?
"Fred W" > wrote in message
... > Bacon wrote: >> I've gotten 4 tickets in the last 6 months. Luckily I'm in Missouri >> where your lawyer buddy "fixes" them. I've always thought radar >> detectors were left over from the 70's and all the different bands and >> instant on stuff cops use makes them ineffective. But I'm getting >> desperate. > > You could just slow down... Or use public transport. --- Sam |
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Are Radar Detectors Useless?
"Sam Smith" > wrote in message ... > "Bacon" > wrote in message > ... >> I've gotten 4 tickets in the last 6 months. Luckily I'm in Missouri >> where your lawyer buddy "fixes" them. I've always thought radar >> detectors were left over from the 70's and all the different bands and >> instant on stuff cops use makes them ineffective. But I'm getting >> desperate. > > It might be different in the UK but they are useful in reminding you where > the fixed speed traps are but you still have to be on the look out for > roving unmarked traffic enforcement vehicles. > > The best clue as to where they are usually parked is to look for the > straightest, safest piece of road you can find totally away from any > housing that hasn't had any accidents. Another good clue is if you can see sign marking the end of or increase in the speed restriction. Naturally as soon as one sees it one will adjust for it (just as one would start slowing down as soon as one saw a stop sign), then just before the sign will be the police van with the tripod in the back. They nearly got me with this with a van with an orange lamp* parked up in front of a 40 sign. Its back doors were open (so marking not visible) and the camera was in the gloom in the back. Last week I spotted a chap on a footbridge with a very discrete unit. Again aimed at just where the 40 changes to 50mph. Nearest houses ~200m and doubly fenced off from the dual carriageway and the footbridge actually there for crossing it... Yes there had been a tragic fatality at this location - a man jumped off the bridge to commit suicide. * borrowed from the airport, where they have orange rather than blue lights on top. |
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Sam Smith > wrote: >"Fred W" > wrote in message ... >> Bacon wrote: >>> I've gotten 4 tickets in the last 6 months. Luckily I'm in Missouri >>> where your lawyer buddy "fixes" them. I've always thought radar >>> detectors were left over from the 70's and all the different bands and >>> instant on stuff cops use makes them ineffective. But I'm getting >>> desperate. >> >> You could just slow down... > >Or use public transport. Or get a used Lada. -- Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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Are Radar Detectors Useless?
Richard Sexton wrote:
> >> Bacon wrote: > >>> I've gotten 4 tickets in the last 6 months. Luckily I'm in Missouri > >>> where your lawyer buddy "fixes" them. I've always thought radar > >>> detectors were left over from the 70's and all the different bands and > >>> instant on stuff cops use makes them ineffective. But I'm getting > >>> desperate. > > Or get a used Lada. Having been to Missouri a number of times, I'd have to adopt their state motto with respect to your suggestion of finding a used Lada: "Show me." -- C.R. Krieger (Been there; ain't seen *that*) |
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Are Radar Detectors Useless?
Sam Smith wrote: > "Bacon" > wrote in message > ... > > I've gotten 4 tickets in the last 6 months. Luckily I'm in Missouri > > where your lawyer buddy "fixes" them. I've always thought radar > > detectors were left over from the 70's and all the different bands and > > instant on stuff cops use makes them ineffective. But I'm getting > > desperate. > > It might be different in the UK but they are useful in reminding you where > the fixed speed traps are but you still have to be on the look out for > roving unmarked traffic enforcement vehicles. > > The best clue as to where they are usually parked is to look for the > straightest, safest piece of road you can find totally away from any housing > that hasn't had any accidents. > > Why are you bothered if your lawyer buddy 'fixes' them anyway? That sounds > very useful. Expensive is it? > --- > Sam It is somewhat expensive depending on the speed. I got one going 85mph in a 55mph zone and the fine was $186.50. Fixing it takes care of the points, but they still fine you. By contrast, the one I got going 54 in a 35 was only $79 as it was under 20mph over the limit. As long as my lawyer buddy doesn't get sick of my freeloading, I'm probably better off not spending $400 on a high end detector. |
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Are Radar Detectors Useless?
Fred W wrote: > Bacon wrote: > > I've gotten 4 tickets in the last 6 months. Luckily I'm in Missouri > > where your lawyer buddy "fixes" them. I've always thought radar > > detectors were left over from the 70's and all the different bands and > > instant on stuff cops use makes them ineffective. But I'm getting > > desperate. > > You could just slow down... > > -- > -Fred W Never! Actually after each ticket I slow down but then the creep sets in and I gradually get back to full speed in a few days. I can't drive the 330i slow. |
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