Originally Posted by
Blackbird
I bought a radar detector in 2005 and stopped using it in 2010. Totally agree that good situational awareness was and still is the first and best line of defence and the detector was just an adjunct to that. I mainly stopped using it as it wasn't as useful as I thought it would be for the sort of riding I do. Not a good look being an IAM mentor either
Not being an IAM mentor I'm not thus encumbered. There have been a number of times the detector has saved me when the source of the signal was just not visible because it was down a hill, around a bend, behind an obstrction, or similar.
As long as you don't rely on the detector totally. All of which reminds me I need a coupla betteries for the helmet receiver unit...
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
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