[Shotimes] Re: Laser Speed Monitoring

[Alan M Yutzy]

Very true, I've found my detector to be more useful on city streets and 
very open interstates.  Urban freeways, at least around here are way too 
close-quartered for your detector to give you any amount of fair 
warning.  The fuzz usually will sit against the inside wall, over the 
edge of a hill and as the freeway turns left.  Even if your fuzzbuster 
goes off, it's already too late, but anyone who is from the area knows 
better than to go more than 60 in these areas anyway.

Ron Porter wrote:
> As I've told folks for years, if you don't exceed the limit by more than 10
> mph, don't bother with a detector. That can also be expanded to include
> doing 80 or less in a 65-70-75 mph limit Interstate. But, you better know
> how your speedo reads and make sure it is not over 80!! It took me a few
> years (and a couple of 81-in-a-65 tickets) to realize my '89 SHO, as well as
> my two subsequent Gen 2 MTXs, all under-read by 3%.
>
> I will put mine in rather frequently, but on the Interstate, it's more of a
> notification system, as many times I might just kick off the cruise.
>
> Now, where I have found more benefit for many years is on surface streets.
> Especially when you get into the 35-40-45 limits on 4-lane divided roads.
>
> Almost saw a minivan get nailed during rush hour in Lake Orion last
> Thursday, but the cop couldn't get around the median quickly enough. He was
> stuck in bumper-to-bumper NB traffic, and I and the minivan were doing 65-70
> in a 55 zone going SB. I backed it off when I got the beep, but the van just
> kept going, and I saw the cop look out his window at it, and he had his
> lights on, but couldn't squeeze over to the median.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Paul L Fisher
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:43 AM
> To: 'Alan Fanning'; 'SHOtimes'
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: Laser Speed Monitoring
>
> I haven't used one in 15 years or so. While I had a radar detector I got
> over 20 tickets in an 8 year period. Since then, I believe (old age and all)
> I've gotten 3 or 4 tickets. When I lived in St. Louis, I would break 100 MPH
> several times a week. Here in the more sedate state of WI, I only go over
> 100 once or twice a month.
>
>
> Paul L Fisher
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Alan Fanning
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 12:20 AM
> To: SHOtimes
> Subject: [Shotimes] Re: Laser Speed Monitoring
>
> Are radar detectors passe' now?
>
>     Alan
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