Escort Passport x500 not picking up cops?

**rapid van cleef** · 8th July 2010, 09:54

thanks. camera vans are easy to spot anyway. its those dam cars. i found that my first ride out with the x50 on made me much more paranoid on the open road, especially after pasing a few patrol cars and 'nothing'. nothing replaces good old spidey senses!

**SMOKEU** · 8th July 2010, 10:20

Originally Posted by scumdog

Are you a cop or something??

Like maybe a troll?

I wish! I'm not a troll though, I'm just telling it like it is.

**scumdog** · 8th July 2010, 16:52

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

I wish! I'm not a troll though, I'm just telling it like it is.

Hmmm, somehow all your 'like it is' is a whole lot different to my experience!

(And the 'experience' of all those KBers that rant about the speed ticket they got)

**SMOKEU** · 8th July 2010, 18:49

Originally Posted by scumdog

Hmmm, somehow all your 'like it is' is a whole lot different to my experience!

(And the 'experience' of all those KBers that rant about the speed ticket they got)

That must be why the only infringement notice I've had to pay was for a noisy exhaust. The other fine I received got dismissed after a few polite letters I send to NZ Police gang HQ.

**scumdog** · 8th July 2010, 21:20

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

That must be why the only infringement notice I've had to pay was for a noisy exhaust. The other fine I received got dismissed after a few polite letters I send to NZ Police gang HQ.

Give it time....give it time...

**SMOKEU** · 8th July 2010, 22:28

Originally Posted by scumdog

Give it time....give it time...

5 years of driving/riding, and so far so good.

**onearmedbandit** · 8th July 2010, 23:07

I was like that when I was younger. Then the cops stopped giving me chances.

**j_redley** · 13th July 2010, 19:24

I've been lucky enough not to be pinged by the cops lately, however I have noticed that the Camera Van's around these ways have started being much more sneaky than they used to be. They park just around a corner hiding behind trees, even saw one parked in a long line of cars which I thought was random. Not such a biggy on a bike with no front plate, but a bitch in the car.

**rapid van cleef** · 13th July 2010, 19:30

well, picked up a cop car a couple of days ago, radar detector went off, no wirries its still working! funny. twice in the last 2 days ive been sat at traffic lights side by side with a patrol car and expected them to pull me over just cos ive got a detector mounted. they didnt bother...........must have been happy hour at dunkin donuts!

**EZAS** · 14th July 2010, 15:06

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

5 years of driving/riding, and so far so good.

5 years of riding and you're still only on a 250?

**SMOKEU** · 14th July 2010, 17:20

Originally Posted by EZAS

5 years of riding and you're still only on a 250?

I only started riding about 2 years ago. I've been driving for 6 years to come to think of it.

**imdying** · 15th July 2010, 18:12

Originally Posted by EZAS

5 years of riding and you're still only on a 250?

15 years and I went back to one... what of it?

**Swoop** · 19th July 2010, 15:36

Originally Posted by marty

most detectors including V1 and Bell won't pick them up

Not quite true...

**rapid van cleef** · 19th July 2010, 16:23

wow. it actually works

was driving through te puke yesterday and i was approcahing the brow of a hill and the ka band alert went off. i went over the hill, still no cops in sight, then around 10 seconds in total from the alarm going off, a cop car came round the corner around 3-4oo metres in front of me........plenty of time to check and make appropriate adjustments.....if needed.

what a cool gadget!

**scumdog** · 19th July 2010, 21:27

Originally Posted by rapid van cleef

wow. it actually works

was driving through te puke yesterday and i was approcahing the brow of a hill and the ka band alert went off. i went over the hill, still no cops in sight, then around 10 seconds in total from the alarm going off, a cop car came round the corner around 3-4oo metres in front of me........plenty of time to check and make appropriate adjustments.....if needed.

what a cool gadget!

Just don't depend on it - or one day Mr Instant-on will get you.