Cops are coming down on any bikes

[The Pastor]

Instant on?

Only a little faster...

last time i got "caught" with instant on i reduced my speed by 40hm/hr

[Pixie]

A very common (MOST common) line on handing a speeding ticket to somebody who has a radar detector:

ME: "Well that thing certainly didn't do it's job very well, did it, - almost a waste of money don't you reckon?"

THEM: "Ah, I never had it turned on"

(A lot of the time I reckon it's a face-saving line - or do the majority of you RD users REALLY leave them turned off most of the time?)

( "It's my mates and I'm not sure how you work it" is another common one, - possibly stolen and that's why they 'don't know how to work it')

Well my detector has allowed me to "check my speed" prior to a cop doing it for me on innumerable occassions.It has also warned me of slow moving tractors on the road prior to me seeing them at least three times/
I guess in the south,people are too busy fantasizing about their sisters to remember to turn on the detectors.

[fliplid]

It has also warned me of slow moving tractors on the road prior to me seeing them at least three times/

How's that work then?

[CookMySock]

Actually, I did get a warning.. about a year ago... It was hardly what I would call a warning though.. I loudly blapped past bunch of cars in the transition area coming out of some road works. I was well clear of the roadworks and the associated coned area, but just inside the 30k speed-restricted area, travelling at about 65k heading into an 80k area. (the 30k road works were inside an 80k area.)

I ran smack into his microwave unit (no detector, or else I would have seen him well around the corner). He pulled me over and explained, frowned, and said "hrm a bit of a grey area, that" and simply turned and walked back to his car and drove away. Pretty sure he could have written a notice out for that if he had the time or the inclination.

Steve

[Pixie]

Many US built tractors have SWS transponders fitted:
http://gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/SWS.html

[CHOPPA]

Police want people to slow down yeah? Why do they turn there radar off and on? Shouldnt they just leave there radar on and encourage radar detectors cause when our radar detectors go off we slow down.....

[scumdog]

Well my detector has allowed me to "check my speed" prior to a cop doing it for me on innumerable occassions.It has also warned me of slow moving tractors on the road prior to me seeing them at least three times/
I guess in the south,people are too busy fantasizing about their sisters to remember to turn on the detectors.

Nah, mostly northern visitors who are not use to our uncluttered roads (probably down here looking for their sister)

And I wouldn't trust you new fangled devide to save you from the antiquated farm machinery still in use down here..and don't forget the mobs of dairy cattle being moved across the road in the dark...the list goes on..

Oh well it is YOUR life after all, YOU worry about it.

[scumdog]

Many US built tractors have SWS transponders fitted:
http://gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/SWS.html

Unlike the plethora a Chinese etc items now out there...don't forget the olde ones too.

[fliplid]

Many US built tractors have SWS transponders fitted:
http://gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/SWS.html

Was wondering how your detector picked them up!

[MarkH]

A very common (MOST common) line on handing a speeding ticket to somebody who has a radar detector:

ME: "Well that thing certainly didn't do it's job very well, did it, - almost a waste of money don't you reckon?"

If a cop said that to me it would be hard to not burst out laughing!

I don't actually have a radar detector, but I used to quite a few years back. I did get some tickets while the detector was on, but it did its job very well and was far from a waste of money. It saved me more in tickets than it cost and it saved me enough demerit points to let me keep my license. Of course when you get ticketed for speeding and the cop tries to suggest that your detector is worthless you can hardly explain "oh no, despite getting this ticket the last 8 times that I almost got caught and this gadget saved me makes it well worth having!"

Usually being saved one or two tickets is enough to make a detector worth its money - when you consider both the fines and the demerit points.

last time i got "caught" with instant on i reduced my speed by 40hm/hr

That probably only took 2 metres to do.

[scumdog]

That probably only took 2 metres to do.

Yeah right, Skidmark!!!

[Goblin]

bout 2 metres

[Little Miss Trouble]

Hrm, no I have had a detector in my hilux for about a year. I don't speed in that because I just can't be bothered. It's just too much like hard work.

I have never had a "warning" from any speeding fine of any type - ever. I don't have reason to believe such a thing exists. I was stuck on the front of a long queue of traffic (including a truck and trailer) at 105k towing a trailer, and the cop just looked at me and wrote the ticket out. I was doing my best to balance not holding things up with being safe about it, but nooooo.

Steve

I'd say you failed the attitude test on that one.

I've been stopped twice & ticketed once. Funnily enough, the time I got given the warning was the MUCH naughtier offence

[Morcs]

Radars slow you down. I have never had a ticket since ive started using radar detectors, and i ride a LOT slower than i used to because of it.

[marty]

I'd say you failed the attitude test on that one.

I've been stopped twice & ticketed once. Funnily enough, the time I got given the warning was the MUCH naughtier offence

Db with an attitude problem? No. Not DB.