Originally Posted by MCompact
Originally Posted by Wolf359
It's funny how you despise the aids but the radar detector is an aid. Try driving without it. I've always drove without it. Makes you more alert. Don't speed when the sight lines aren't good, around curves, don't lead, etc. Oh and don't drive too fast. Haven't had a ticket in years. I remember a friend of mine who had one, detector went off and he said he it false alarms there all the time at that area. Cop was right there, he got a ticket. I guess they know the areas where it false alarms too. Gave him a false sense of security and he was driving fast for no particular reason.
Remember, be alert, the world needs more lerts.
At a BMW CCA Tech event years ago an F4 pilot by the name of Clyde Romero(he was also a helicopter pilot in Vietnam) taught a seminar on how to drive fast and not get tickets. He opened with, "How many people here have a radar detector?" All hands were raised. He followed with, "How many people got a ticket within a month after buying it?" 90% of the hands were raised. Clyde emphasized a detector is just one tool in your arsenal. I used his techniques on the Louisville-Cincinnati run I made almost weekly in the early '80s- and never got a ticket, although I averaged 80 mph door to door despite the moronic 55 mph NMSL being in effect.
I want driving aids that do something I can't- like ABS or parking sensors. I can't control the braking at each individual wheel, or see what's out of sight but in front of my bumper.
Contrast that with blind spot monitoring or lane departure- those are crutches for the inattentive or inept.
Speeding is an art. I've found that changing lanes over greater distance helps, as does being mindful of topography, and making sure not to contrast yourself next to a much slower vehicle on a pass. Slow to pass even, at times. Speeding is a lot like striking art fights. Depth, perception of movement, etc.
Originally Posted by Wolf359
It's funny how you despise the aids but the radar detector is an aid. Try driving without it. I've always drove without it. Makes you more alert. Don't speed when the sight lines aren't good, around curves, don't lead, etc. Oh and don't drive too fast. Haven't had a ticket in years. I remember a friend of mine who had one, detector went off and he said he it false alarms there all the time at that area. Cop was right there, he got a ticket. I guess they know the areas where it false alarms too. Gave him a false sense of security and he was driving fast for no particular reason.
Remember, be alert, the world needs more lerts.
At a BMW CCA Tech event years ago an F4 pilot by the name of Clyde Romero(he was also a helicopter pilot in Vietnam) taught a seminar on how to drive fast and not get tickets. He opened with, "How many people here have a radar detector?" All hands were raised. He followed with, "How many people got a ticket within a month after buying it?" 90% of the hands were raised. Clyde emphasized a detector is just one tool in your arsenal. I used his techniques on the Louisville-Cincinnati run I made almost weekly in the early '80s- and never got a ticket, although I averaged 80 mph door to door despite the moronic 55 mph NMSL being in effect.
I want driving aids that do something I can't- like ABS or parking sensors. I can't control the braking at each individual wheel, or see what's out of sight but in front of my bumper.
Contrast that with blind spot monitoring or lane departure- those are crutches for the inattentive or inept.
Speeding is an art. I've found that changing lanes over greater distance helps, as does being mindful of topography, and making sure not to contrast yourself next to a much slower vehicle on a pass. Slow to pass even, at times. Speeding is a lot like striking art fights. Depth, perception of movement, etc.
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