Instant on radar.
#1
Instant on radar.
I was driving today to my office. Speeding a little(maybe 10 over), When I see a cop on my right about 500 feet ahead, sitting in a parking lot and facing the street. My radar detector is not going off, but I proceeded slowly anyway( I have to slow down to pull in my lot). When I get into my lot my detector level meter pins on K band. I realize he is instant oning his radar gun. I sit there a few more minutes and every once in a while it just pins.
I thought to myself, with or without this detector I would have been snagged if I had been coming the other way and/or had not seen him. Instant on is almost always deadly with no traffic ahead to draw fire in advance.
I thought to myself, with or without this detector I would have been snagged if I had been coming the other way and/or had not seen him. Instant on is almost always deadly with no traffic ahead to draw fire in advance.
#3
In my area its really unusual to see a city cop using instant on. They almost always turn it on and point it douwn the road and wait for some unsuspecting, unprotected motorist to drive through it.
#6
Instant on is almost always deadly with no traffic ahead to draw fire in advance.
And laser is even more deadly since it's ALWAYS instant-on. And to make matters much worse, laser's beam width is so much smaller than radar's beam width.
#7
Around here it is not the ticket that is bad but the rise in your insurance rates after. I have classic insuance, I have often wondered what they would do if I got snagged for 150 in a 65???? I guess it wouldn't matter, my license would be gonzo.
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#9
CHP must use some seriously stealthy radar equipment, because with both my V1 & my K40, I *rarely* detect CHP radar until I'm too close to slow down.
Luckily I'm normally a slow driver
Luckily I'm normally a slow driver
#11
Originally posted by Shawn C
I just got nailed by instant on on an overpass. My V1 had no clue untill I was on top of the s.o.b. ticket for 102 in a 70. >
I just got nailed by instant on on an overpass. My V1 had no clue untill I was on top of the s.o.b. ticket for 102 in a 70. >
#13
Originally posted by collin996tt
Hey guys. You gotta make a run for it. Dukes of Hazzard style. That's the only way to beat the ticket and insurance.
Hey guys. You gotta make a run for it. Dukes of Hazzard style. That's the only way to beat the ticket and insurance.
Yeah - and shoot their tires out or fire sticks of dynamite at them with a bow and arrow if they try to come after you!
#14
I was only half joking because I've done it twice in my TT. It worked both times
Both times I made eye contact with the sitting officer in his car tucked in a driveway. I'd come around the bend too fast, spot him spotting me, knowing it's too late to slow, I look at him again as I whip by, then apply full throttle to let him know I'm going for it. I immediately roll the window down to detect the siren. But it never came on and so I quickly take a detour and "hide" for awhile in case he calls his buddies up ahead. I make sure I don't take the same path again for a few weeks
Of course, it only worked because there was no traffic around where I worked during those times so I can afford to make a dash without public safety issues. Otherwise, it's not worth it.
Both times I made eye contact with the sitting officer in his car tucked in a driveway. I'd come around the bend too fast, spot him spotting me, knowing it's too late to slow, I look at him again as I whip by, then apply full throttle to let him know I'm going for it. I immediately roll the window down to detect the siren. But it never came on and so I quickly take a detour and "hide" for awhile in case he calls his buddies up ahead. I make sure I don't take the same path again for a few weeks
Of course, it only worked because there was no traffic around where I worked during those times so I can afford to make a dash without public safety issues. Otherwise, it's not worth it.
#15
Originally posted by collin996tt
Hey guys. You gotta make a run for it. Dukes of Hazzard style. That's the only way to beat the ticket and insurance.
Hey guys. You gotta make a run for it. Dukes of Hazzard style. That's the only way to beat the ticket and insurance.