Radar detectors...Opinions?

[Tom in NM]

. . . . how about not speeding?

I have. I probably will again. But, I try not to.

I have gotten a few tickets. Some deserved and on reflection, appreciated. A couple cases, I felt it was dangerous for the ticketing officer and felt foolish for putting them at risk.
A couple of tickets were not deserved - and were dismissed in court.

Having grown up around Body Shops, I have just seen what speed can do. To me it is not a "game" of tickets. The stakes are much higher than that.

Tom

[BumbleBee]

Don't waste your money. Watch your speed

[cwhcwh]

Don't waste your money. Watch your speed

and stay away from donuts

[dave01]

I average 5mph over to stay out of the pack of cars. i tried running slower, but they tailgate too much. If nothing else, the radar detector looks cool and makes all kinds of neat sounds...LOL

We did a comparison with my MC group last year. One major bridge here, posted speed 65. Average speed with local law enforcement clocking the cars, in 4 hours 71 mph. And this was at 7pm, just after rush hour ended.

[boborgera]

Dont waste your money, by the time you know Im there I got you locked in.

The best thing to use is a get out of jall card that all the cop's give to Girlfriend's, Wife's, Friend's, Family.[ Don't ask me how i know]

[docdoru]

[SpyderRider2492]

. . . . how about not speeding?

I have. I probably will again. But, I try not to.

I have gotten a few tickets. Some deserved and on reflection, appreciated. A couple cases, I felt it was dangerous for the ticketing officer and felt foolish for putting them at risk.
A couple of tickets were not deserved - and were dismissed in court.

Having grown up around Body Shops, I have just seen what speed can do. To me it is not a "game" of tickets. The stakes are much higher than that.

Tom

Nice quote, re how about not speeding, I know we have all done it me included but these days when alone on the road I usually travel at about 5 MPH over the posted speed limit (except for schools which if anything I ride at below the posted limit as it appears that children are not taugh anything about road safty and just amble into the road without looking) and when I am in the regular flow of traffic, say on a highway, I usually keep up with the flow or else risk getting hit from the rear. Its far easier than to pin your hopes on a detector as technology is always changing and todays machine is outdated so quickly as we get more advanced in our use of electronics.