I got pulled over. Radar detectors?

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I got pulled over. Radar detectors?
Oct 8^th, 2009 at 6:07pm

I was driving back from Abilene today and got popped driving a dangerous back road 76 in a 70. He was nice enough about it and gave me a written warning. It looked like the "I want to know what you are up to" stop and when he found that I was but a humble salesman tired from driving too damn much, he let me off.

But this could have been avoided with some beeps from a detector. Anyone have some reasonably priced favorites?

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horns98 Austin Boater Offline Hook 'em horns! Posts: 192	Re: I got pulled over. Radar detectors? Reply #1 - Oct 9^th, 2009 at 6:18pm I always love getting pulled over in the middle of nowhere driving a safe speed. I suppose technically it is illegal, but why aren't they pulling over every one of the cars driving that speed? Which would be all of them.
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Wake man Lake Captain Offline Austin Boater Posts: 687 Gender:	Re: I got pulled over. Radar detectors? Reply #2 - Oct 19^th, 2009 at 8:17am I have never liked radar detectors, all the beeping and false positives makes them more trouble than they are worth.
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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: I got pulled over. Radar detectors? Reply #3 - Oct 19^th, 2009 at 3:43pm That's actually the biggest thing holding me back. I always hate riding with people whose radar detector is beeping constantly in neighborhoods and near shopping centers. I don't want to add extra frustration to my few thousand miles a month for work!
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Wake man Lake Captain Offline Austin Boater Posts: 687 Gender:	Re: I got pulled over. Radar detectors? Reply #4 - Nov 2^nd, 2009 at 11:06am you can get them cheap, like 30 bucks. Return it if you hate it.
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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: I got pulled over. Radar detectors? Reply #5 - Nov 4^th, 2009 at 7:07am I didn't think they were that cheap, maybe I will give it a try! It's just funny though, I can pass cops going just as fast or faster since and noooooo worries.
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Nitro1 Austin Boater Offline Faster than you Posts: 244 Devil's Cove	Re: I got pulled over. Radar detectors? Reply #6 - Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 10:47am So how did this idea work out for ya Capn'?
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Re: I got pulled over. Radar detectors?
Reply #7 - Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 12:44pm

I put this one in my daily driver and got a second one for my toy car. My friend also purchased one. It looks cool, has some cool features and seems to work good. I have had detectors every since I first started driving. The last one I had went off all the friggin time and seemed to just go off every few seconds at random. This one is more reliable and trustworthy. I paid around 130.00 for each one of mine.

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Cobra-XRS9955-Radar-Laser-Detector-XRS-9955_W0QQitemZ200...

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Nitro1 Austin Boater Offline Faster than you Posts: 244 Devil's Cove	Re: I got pulled over. Radar detectors? Reply #8 - Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 7:29pm That's a really cool display. How often is the highway patrol using laser around here?
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Re: I got pulled over. Radar detectors?
Reply #9 - Jan 18^th, 2010 at 2:40am

Nitro1 wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 7:29pm:

That's a really cool display. How often is the highway patrol using laser around here?

Typically when your detector reads laser... you are busted. Laser is a small diameter beam with no reflections that can be detected. So weather the highway patrol is using laser alot or little... you don't stand a chance. Radar however, bounces around all over the place, that's why we can pick up radar and slow down before a direct hit. Personally I have never had a laser detector go off, on ANY of my radar detectors over the many years of owning one.

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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: I got pulled over. Radar detectors? Reply #10 - Jan 18^th, 2010 at 8:16am I've decided not to get one, I've been driving for ten years and that's the first time I got pulled over for doing six over. I'm going to play the numbers on this one.
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Re: I got pulled over. Radar detectors?
Reply #11 - Jan 18^th, 2010 at 8:02pm

Captain YARRR wrote on Jan 18^th, 2010 at 8:16am:

I've decided not to get one, I've been driving for ten years and that's the first time I got pulled over for doing six over. I'm going to play the numbers on this one.

ha ha, I have a friend that never used one, but every time he borrowed one from someone, he got a ticket. So, he says, "According to my past record, my chances are better not to own a radar detector", lol!

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Wake man Lake Captain Offline Austin Boater Posts: 687 Gender:	Re: I got pulled over. Radar detectors? Reply #12 - Jan 19^th, 2010 at 11:35am I bet it's a constant beep on I35 during the day. You know there are always a ton of cops, so might as well keep a realistic speed.
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Reply #13 - Feb 5^th, 2010 at 12:50pm

I've done quite a bit of research on this topic lately -- and am just about to pull the trigger. If you're looking for a radar detector that really works, and works for you, there are really only two choices in the markeplace right now. Steep on price ($500), but avoiding just 2 tickets would pay for. From the traffic enforcement presence I see in my area of town, and between my home and where I work -- I consider it a "when" not "if" I get a ticket....so a detector is mandatory driving equipment.

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I'm going to buy the Escort. Read the features this dynamo has -- and you'll see why the constant beeping issue goes away, and other cool things.

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Captain YARRR Admin Offline Doing the rain dance Posts: 2587 Round Rock, TX Gender:	Re: I got pulled over. Radar detectors? Reply #14 - Feb 5^th, 2010 at 5:01pm I got pulled over again in the middle of nowhere like last time. So I figure the odds are I'll get busted again. I bought one that looks like Frog's picture from Best Buy. It's 8000 series (I can't remember the exact number) from Escort. Has been working very well so far.
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