radar detectors..

[3800Series]

Many good brands out there but radar detectors are slowly becoming obsolete. Many counties are switching over to laser and its pretty hard to detect them as the wave length doesn't stretch much at distance. Even the best of radars will have a hard time detecting a laser if its not directly pointed at you or the car ahead of you. In most cases when you are hit with a laser all a radar detector will do is let you know to pull over and collect your ticket.

I'm not saying they are useless but they are no where near as useful as they once where. If you live in a small town they can be useful but with ever growing technology that police are using these days it doesn't do much good.

 

[Dyusik]

Jerry! Jerry!
Drama queens.
Click=off.

 

[DBMaster]

Originally Posted By: KrisZ
If one cannot exceed the speed limit while passing, then what's the point of the passing zones?


EXACTAMUNDO!!!

 

[bbhero]

Overall I agree with you 69gtx. Interstate 95 is like racing at Darlington. If a very slow car or car with 40 laps on their tires is in the way it gets hairy quickly. I drove from 287 south in New Jersey on I-95 and I was going 65 in the supposed 55 and I was in the way of ohh 85% of people. I was in the middle lane trying to stay out of the way and let people pass on either side. Being from Va I didn't feel like running 74 mph plus due to the obvious part of being out of state. Don't need a ticket from 280 miles north of home. Otherwise if I was a local.... rock on and roll with them WORLD Champions.

 

[bbhero]

Rules for going 90 plus and passing on a two lane road... 1) NO driveways for that extended stretch of road 2) No other highways intersecting or bisecting the road you are on. 3) Very clear sight line for an extended distance aka 3/4 of a mile plus. 4) Road you are in straight as an arrow and good pavement underneath you. 5) No rain, snow etc. 6) No sunset glare that so severe you cannot see.

If ANY one of these conditions are not met it should most definitely be a no go. There are rare places this can be done near me. Rte 5 west of Williamsburg has a couple of places this can be done. One part is straight as an arrow for 2.8 miles that meets all of these requirements. Now, I have not hit 90 plus passing anyone on that stretch of road. 75 maybe near 80 mph. But I do that for a very short distance and then slow back down to 64 mph. Better to just get around someone very quickly and be done with it. And when someone goes to pass me on a 2 lane road I hit the brakes to make it easier for them to pass me. Just like NASCAR... give and take.

 

[DuckRyder]

These always go about the same around here... lot of folks around here must be exhausted from climbing up on the high horse every day...

Valentine One if you are going to do it... It isn't a substitute for prudence though...

 

[TiredTrucker]

Originally Posted By: 69GTX
Drive the speed limit? In many regions that will make you as big a hazard as the drivers who are speeding. I can't think of too many areas within 10 miles of my home where 90-95% of the drivers don't routinely exceed the posted speed limits.


You are going to be really tickled when commercial trucks and physically limited in speed. FMCSA is tossing around 60, 65, or 68 mph. Touting accident fatality reduction of most to least across those speeds. All commercial trucks will be physically limited. You think you go problems now, imagine 15 trucks all bunched up, one trying to pass another due to slight variances in actual speed, one can do 66 while the other truck can only do 65 and they take 10 miles to pass each other. Some fleet trucks are already physically limited and when this kind of thing happens, we call it a "turtle race" or "battle of the company trucks". Your beloved gooberment is wanting to inflict this kind of thing on everyone. Of course, all in the name of safety.

I typically drive around 62-65 with my semi truck, and rarely go over 65 in my personal vehicles. I guess all those years of mandatory nationwide 55 mph kinda branded me and I don't really have all that "need for speed". I will "put a wiggle in it" if I need to get on around someone and get out of everyone elses way and get back in the right lane. In my commercial truck, I could care less if someone is crawling up my back side. If I have to hit the brakes for a hazard, they have 53' of trailer and an average of 20 tons of cargo to get thru before they will reach me. I "might" feel the bump. But worse than all, if they are drafting me and I blow a tire, a 5' chunk of tread will go right thru their windshield and mess up their day. I have seen it happen, and witnessed it again a couple of weeks ago just east of Iowa City, IA on I-80. Not good to draft a semi.

But the states keep cranking up the speed limits and inviting this stuff.

 

[QuinZ]

Originally Posted By: TiredTrucker
Originally Posted By: 69GTX
Drive the speed limit? In many regions that will make you as big a hazard as the drivers who are speeding. I can't think of too many areas within 10 miles of my home where 90-95% of the drivers don't routinely exceed the posted speed limits.


You are going to be really tickled when commercial trucks and physically limited in speed. FMCSA is tossing around 60, 65, or 68 mph. Touting accident fatality reduction of most to least across those speeds. All commercial trucks will be physically limited. You think you go problems now, imagine 15 trucks all bunched up, one trying to pass another due to slight variances in actual speed, one can do 66 while the other truck can only do 65 and they take 10 miles to pass each other. Some fleet trucks are already physically limited and when this kind of thing happens, we call it a "turtle race" or "battle of the company trucks". Your beloved gooberment is wanting to inflict this kind of thing on everyone. Of course, all in the name of safety.

I typically drive around 62-65 with my semi truck, and rarely go over 65 in my personal vehicles. I guess all those years of mandatory nationwide 55 mph kinda branded me and I don't really have all that "need for speed". I will "put a wiggle in it" if I need to get on around someone and get out of everyone elses way and get back in the right lane. In my commercial truck, I could care less if someone is crawling up my back side. If I have to hit the brakes for a hazard, they have 53' of trailer and an average of 20 tons of cargo to get thru before they will reach me. I "might" feel the bump. But worse than all, if they are drafting me and I blow a tire, a 5' chunk of tread will go right thru their windshield and mess up their day. I have seen it happen, and witnessed it again a couple of weeks ago just east of Iowa City, IA on I-80. Not good to draft a semi.

But the states keep cranking up the speed limits and inviting this stuff.


Have you ever seen one of the semis somehow uproot a road marker from the highway and send it airborne down the highway? Another object I have begun dodging are sizeable retread sheddings. They are frequently in travel lanes. I once drove over one, to see how soft and pliable it was. I think my tire went flat some days after.

Newer radar detectors tout their ability to alert to police presence on a GPS map of some kind. We veteran drivers simply slow down at overpasses, and know how to read the road for when police are most likely sitting and waiting for their speeder, be they concealed or right out in the open.

 

[dblshock]

My brother likes his Escort Red Line but Escort has their new Escort ix out that is connected and learns your route.

 

[dblshock]

[/quote] More of you old faart-geezers, Hybrid-Earthies and medicated-myrons are a bigger problem than the majority of speeders. If you're holding up traffic you're going too slow. And for gosh sake go slow in the right lane! I haven never seen a speeding ticket issued for keeping up with prevailing traffic speed. [/quote]


and imbecile left lane slow pokes when your traveling.

 

[dblshock]

bought an Escort Red Line $429.00 on Jet.com

 

[KrisZ]

Originally Posted By: DuckRyder
These always go about the same around here... lot of folks around here must be exhausted from climbing up on the high horse every day...

Some even seem to never get off of it.

I have a feeling that some of them are city dwellers that are used to having four or more lane roads and the concept of passing another vehicle while crossing the broken yellow line is foreign. Some may not even know the significance of a solid yellow line vs. the broken one.

This reminds me of a recent trip to the beach. It was a nice morning and when we went out of the big city we hit some nice country side roads. Of course, 90% of the traffic is going in the direction of the beach with almost none going the opposite direction, also most of these cars are from the Toronto area.
We had a nice and long convoy going on for a while and I was wondering why nobody is passing. They are simply not used to these kind of roads. Anyway, I got tired of it and started to pass. Wouldn't you know, all of the sudden I see in my rear view mirrors that others started to pass as well. Going back was the exact same way. And yes, I did have to exceed the speed limit a number of times. It was much safer than being stuck behind all the idiots tailgating each other.

 

[RooflessVW]

Originally Posted By: KrisZ
Originally Posted By: DuckRyder
These always go about the same around here... lot of folks around here must be exhausted from climbing up on the high horse every day...

Some even seem to never get off of it.

I have a feeling that some of them are city dwellers that are used to having four or more lane roads and the concept of passing another vehicle while crossing the broken yellow line is foreign. Some may not even know the significance of a solid yellow line vs. the broken one.

This reminds me of a recent trip to the beach. It was a nice morning and when we went out of the big city we hit some nice country side roads. Of course, 90% of the traffic is going in the direction of the beach with almost none going the opposite direction, also most of these cars are from the Toronto area.
We had a nice and long convoy going on for a while and I was wondering why nobody is passing. They are simply not used to these kind of roads. Anyway, I got tired of it and started to pass. Wouldn't you know, all of the sudden I see in my rear view mirrors that others started to pass as well. Going back was the exact same way. And yes, I did have to exceed the speed limit a number of times. It was much safer than being stuck behind all the idiots tailgating each other.



There's nothing like that long straight stretch where you can triple-digit pass a few semis and slowpokes.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

People that exceed 90MPH are idiots.

 

[sprite1741]

Originally Posted By: dblshock
bought an Escort Red Line $429.00 on Jet.com


Those are ok on Ka band. They false on new vehicles with blind spot mirrors on K band all the time. I had to go with a Uniden DFR7. It has the same range and has a high speed 32 bit microprocessor controlled K filter that blocks those. The Redline's 8 bit microprocessor is too slow to update with the new car filters, that's why they are so slow on start up. You almost have to turn K band off, then risk getting a ticket. Hope it works for you if you don't need k band or have a lot of new cars in your area. The Valentine and the Uniden have the best filters in the high end detector market. Escort is having money issues and hasn't been keeping up. Even their high priced new models like the 360 don't have very good new car nanny filters. Their solution is to turn down the k band range and delay the k band warning.

 

[Andrew1972]

Risky behavior for sure.

Hopefully you don't kill anyone as the speed differential is quite large and if known you'll be charged with wreck less endangerment etc. I get it majority of time nothing happened(s) but basic understanding of physics lots of things working against you.

You can be charged for speeding by visual too so a radar detector may be absolutely useless in those cases.

 

[RooflessVW]

Originally Posted By: Triple_Se7en
People that exceed 90MPH are idiots.


LOL

 

[MCompact]

Originally Posted By: Kawiguy454
Ive never owned a radar detector. I get on the highway and wait for "The Rabbit" to go sailing past then I accelerate and stay a few hundred feet back while the rabbit sets off the enforcement tripwires.

More of you old faart-geezers, Hybrid-Earthies and medicated-myrons are a bigger problem than the majority of speeders. If you're holding up traffic you're going too slow. And for gosh sake go slow in the right lane! I haven never seen a speeding ticket issued for keeping up with prevailing traffic speed.


I agree 100%. When the asinine 55 mph NMSL was in effect I always drove with a CB and a 1st generation Escort. I never received a ticket in spite of the fact that I drove 80 mph on most every limited access highway. Today I still drive 80 on those roads, but using the "rabbit" strategy has kept my record ticket free.

That said, I do have fond memories of traversing Pennsylvania one drizzly Sunday back in 1984. My Bavaria was loafing along at 100 mph while my wife dozed in the passenger seat.

 

[Errtt]

My most used - Valentine V1.
Also have 9500ix which has a learn feature for the annoying spots in town, but haven't used it for a good long time.

 

[BigD1]

Valentine 1 if I had to buy another one, and they don't depreciate lots either because they can be updated. Still worth lots of cash years later.

Nothing beats the bird in the air. Just pull over, and get that big fat ticket. Saw the airplane tickets more in Ohio than anywhere else when I was trucking.