Radar Detector Recomendation

On 2008-02-08, Elmo P. Shagnasty <elmop.TakeThisOut@nastydesigns.com> wrote:

> But if you're driving properly--anonymously--and letting the rabbits run
> ahead, you get the warning from the cop hitting the idiots and losers
> who are happy to rabbit for you. Then you can safely slow down from
> 75-80 back to 65-70 before you go past that particular cop.
>
> This works whether the cop is using instant on or is running it full
> time.
>
> Speeding without tickets isn't just about a radar detector; it's a
> system. Please note that the above works only when you're doing it
> properly, in a pack. If you're out on the highway alone with little
> traffic, with nowhere to hide and no rabbits ahead, just slow down.
>

In a pack is the least of the times I want to drive fast. I generally
drive fast during the times that the cops don't mind. If I am driving
late at night or on a road with little to no traffic, I drive a bit
faster. On a busier highway, I stick to 5-7 over the limit, and the
police are fine with that.

I drive an 06 Si, am 35 years old, and have never had a speeding
ticket. Not that it won't happen eventually, but I try hard to drive
with some common sense, and it seems to work...


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Butch Haynes wrote:
> "Tony Hwang" <dragon40 RemoveThis @shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>
>>Butch Haynes wrote:
>>
>>>For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500 mile
>>>round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to range from
>>>$50 on up to$500 or more.
>>>
>>>I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best"
>>>one. Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had for
>>>breakfast when he lights me up. I just want a little advance warning of
>>>cops in the area if the old needle creeps up too high-- real easy to do
>>>in my '07 Accord EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.
>>>
>>>So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any
>>>specific recommendations?
>>
>>Hi,
>>I never saw perfect one or dependable one. More like a nuisance causing
>>distraction. Just dirve sensibly. In my driving days, I had one ocasion
>>where detecotr prewarned radar ahead, then did not matter any way, I was
>>not speeding. If you have money to spend on radar detecotr, I'd get a GPS
>>unit(more helpful).
>
>
> Lemme see if I got this right. Based on the fact that the one time your
> radar detector went off you weren't speeding, you recommend that I should
> install a device that tells me my exact location instead of warning me of a
> cop's speed gun? Huh??
>
>
Hmmm,
What I meant was spending money on GPS may be wiser than on detector.
Today there are so much eoctronics noise every where, detector goes off
on false signals so much.
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rjdriver wrote:
> "Butch Haynes" <Butch@huntsville> wrote in message
> news:RbSdnUDnXeKG2jbanZ2dnUVZ_oytnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500 mile
>> round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to range from $50
>> on up to$500 or more.
>>
>> I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best" one.
>> Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had for
>> breakfast when he lights me up. I just want a little advance warning of
>> cops in the area if the old needle creeps up too high-- real easy to do in
>> my '07 Accord EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.
>>
>> So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any specific
>> recommendations?
>>
>
> Amazing how many people waste their time, and yours, and newsgroup space,
> responding but NOT answering your question. A few years ago I would have
> recommended Bell, but now - Valentine is the only one worth considering.
>
>
> Bob

The OP asked for specific recommendations. I gave him mine: Don't speed.
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Jeff wrote:
> rjdriver wrote:
>> "Butch Haynes" <Butch@huntsville> wrote in message
>> news:RbSdnUDnXeKG2jbanZ2dnUVZ_oytnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>> For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500
>>> mile round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to
>>> range from $50 on up to$500 or more.
>>>
>>> I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best"
>>> one. Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had
>>> for breakfast when he lights me up. I just want a little advance
>>> warning of cops in the area if the old needle creeps up too high--
>>> real easy to do in my '07 Accord EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.
>>>
>>> So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any
>>> specific recommendations?
>>>
>>
>> Amazing how many people waste their time, and yours, and newsgroup
>> space, responding but NOT answering your question. A few years ago I
>> would have recommended Bell, but now - Valentine is the only one worth
>> considering.
>>
>>
>> Bob
>
> The OP asked for specific recommendations. I gave him mine: Don't speed.

given that the title of this thread is "radar detector recommendation",
we have to assume from your answer that "don't speed" is a brand. but i
can't find that one at my local radar detector retailer. do you care to
say where they are sold? sanctimoniousclaptrap.com perhaps?
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"Butch Haynes" <Butch@huntsville> wrote in message
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> For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500 mile
> round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to range from $50
> on up to$500 or more.
>
> I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best" one.
> Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had for
> breakfast when he lights me up. I just want a little advance warning of
> cops in the area if the old needle creeps up too high-- real easy to do in
> my '07 Accord EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.
>
> So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any specific
> recommendations?

To those fine folks who answered the question I asked, thanks for the good
advice and suggestions! To the rest of you sophomores-- OK children, recess
is over, go back to your homerooms now...
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"Tegger" <tegger DeleteThis @tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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>
> Intelligent driving does not necessarily entail adhering to the posted
> speed limit.

Not driving within the Posted Maximum Speed limit is not intelligent.
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Brian Smith wrote:
> "Tegger" <tegger.DeleteThis@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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>>Intelligent driving does not necessarily entail adhering to the posted
>>speed limit.
>
>
> Not driving within the Posted Maximum Speed limit is not intelligent.
>


Not driving at the prevailing speed of surrounding traffic is dangerous.
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Brian Smith wrote:
> "Tegger" <tegger.DeleteThis@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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>> Intelligent driving does not necessarily entail adhering to the posted
>> speed limit.
>
> Not driving within the Posted Maximum Speed limit is not intelligent.

around my neck of the woods, slowing down to the posted limit would
cause a 50 vehicle pile-up - and that's /really/ not intelligent.
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:00:55 -0800, jim beam wrote:

>> Not driving within the Posted Maximum Speed limit is not intelligent.

> around my neck of the woods, slowing down to the posted limit would
> cause a 50 vehicle pile-up

Bullshit. Poor attempt at rationalization.


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Dan C wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:00:55 -0800, jim beam wrote:
>
>>> Not driving within the Posted Maximum Speed limit is not intelligent.
>
>> around my neck of the woods, slowing down to the posted limit would
>> cause a 50 vehicle pile-up
>
> Bullshit. Poor attempt at rationalization.

sorry dude, it's not bullshit. you're just so enraged in your argument
with dave, you're not thinking straight.

come to the san francisco bay area. 580 oakland is posted 55. if you
go much slower than 80 outside of rush hour, you'll cause an accident.
it's 4 lanes, bumper to bumper. rush hour is slower - about 35. 280 is
posted 65 and 80 is the rule. if you drive the 15 into las vegas from
l.a. on a friday night, that's posted 65 and prevailing is about 95.
that's bumper to bumper too.
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:58:54 -0800, jim beam wrote:

>>> around my neck of the woods, slowing down to the posted limit would
>>> cause a 50 vehicle pile-up

>> Bullshit. Poor attempt at rationalization.

> sorry dude, it's not bullshit. you're just so enraged in your argument
> with dave, you're not thinking straight.

Wrong. I'm not "enraged" about anything. You apparently are, which may
explain your need to speed on the highways. It's called "road rage".

> come to the san francisco bay area. 580 oakland is posted 55. if you
> go much slower than 80 outside of rush hour, you'll cause an accident.
> it's 4 lanes, bumper to bumper. rush hour is slower - about 35. 280 is
> posted 65 and 80 is the rule. if you drive the 15 into las vegas from
> l.a. on a friday night, that's posted 65 and prevailing is about 95.
> that's bumper to bumper too.

More bullshit. I lived in Alameda for 6 years, and frequently went to
S.F. I also go to Vegas at least 6-8 times a year, and that's just not
the truth. Keep trying to rationalize your speeding, though.


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"Brian Smith" <Halifax RemoveThis @NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in
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>
> "Tegger" <tegger RemoveThis @tegger.c0m> wrote in message
> news:Xns9A3DB72D26A8Ftegger@207.14.116.130...
>>
>> Intelligent driving does not necessarily entail adhering to the
>> posted speed limit.
>
> Not driving within the Posted Maximum Speed limit is not
> intelligent.
>
>
>



Suppose the posted maximum was set for political reasons and is set too
low?


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"Tegger" <tegger RemoveThis @tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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> "Brian Smith" <Halifax RemoveThis @NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in
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>>
>> "Tegger" <tegger RemoveThis @tegger.c0m> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9A3DB72D26A8Ftegger@207.14.116.130...
>>>
>>> Intelligent driving does not necessarily entail adhering to the
>>> posted speed limit.
>>
>> Not driving within the Posted Maximum Speed limit is not
>> intelligent.
>>
>
>
> Suppose the posted maximum was set for political reasons and is set too
> low?
>
>

Good point. There's a 10 mile stretch of westbound I-20 about 35 miles east
of Birmingham, AL where the S/L is 55 for no reason other than so the local
cops can bag "speeders". The S/L on either side of this speed trap is 70 and
the road there is wide, in good repair, has gentle curves and hills only.
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