Busted for speeding

wbjones wrote: http://www.valentine1.com/ FTW won't save you in all situations , but has made a lot of difference for me

WB, I haven't carried a detector in about 20yrs. But there's a new tax law here in GA..

http://www.safespeedsgeorgia.org/

So, I'm looking. I've heard great things about the Valentine (created by one of the original founders of Cincinatti Microwave, right? My Escort & Passport kept me ticket free for years), but wondering what your experience is in regards to laser with it (lots of laser guns in the Atlanta Metro county forces).

Lower to mid three digits is like 350.

friedgreencorrado wrote:

wbjones wrote: http://www.valentine1.com/ FTW won't save you in all situations , but has made a lot of difference for me

WB, I haven't carried a detector in about 20yrs. But there's a new tax law here in GA.. http://www.safespeedsgeorgia.org/ So, I'm looking. I've heard great things about the Valentine (created by one of the original founders of Cincinatti Microwave, right? My Escort & Passport kept me ticket free for years), but wondering what your experience is in regards to laser with it (lots of laser guns in the Atlanta Metro county forces).

you gotta get lucky to beat a laser shot... if the man is shooting you you're toast, shooting someone in front, there is/canbe some splatter that the newer detectors will pick up... but for the most part the only time my laser warner goes off is when I'm near certain signs or cars with LED type tail lights

wbjones wrote:

kcmoken wrote: lower to mid three digits. .

lower to mid three digits.... and you got off with a warning ? would love to know how to do that...

Got pulled over by a WI state trooper with out of state (MI) plates doing ~105 in a 55 and got a warning once.

Ah, chick driving stories... I have a few:

One day, as me and my Other pulled into a parking lot, I told her to be careful not hit the door on the car next to us when she got out. So she opens the door and, "Bang", right into their door, and the driver was sitting inside. He was none too happen - and I absolutely couldn't blame him one bit. I get stuck trying to calm him down, defending my bone-head partner, while at the same time wanting to just blurt out, "You're right, WTF was she thinking?"

Another time we were going somewhere and have to make a left turn. She pulls into the left turn lane but not fully, such that the right tires were over the line. I'm cringing, and said, "You gotta pull all the way in or someone's going to side-swip us." Right then a car comes by and blasts his horn. As I exclaimed, "See!?," I knew, it would be all my fault. Her excuse? "I don't know this part of town." Incredible, and yes, it was my fault.

Waiting for someone in a store, I was sitting in my truck reading. A car comes to pull into the slot next to me and stops about half way in because they're crooked. At that point, the husband gets out to direct his wife into the parking slot. I swear upon a stack of bibles, it was 10 minutes before she was pulled in. Never had I wished for a camcorder like I did that day - it was incredible. You know, thinks like, Okay, the car's pointing wrong, so I'll back out, but don't bother turning the steering wheel at all, then pull back in, and be completely puzzled why it's just as crooked as before. It was truely incredible. The husband had incredible patience, though I wondered why he just didn't drive. I'd have shot myself long before.

Sometimes I wonder what goes on in their heads...

pigeon wrote: The trooper who stopped her confirmed what I knew. On the NYS Thruway, 10 over is safe, 11 over is ticket.

11 over will be fine, as long as you stay in the right lane. Troopers are a PITA on the thruway, and they were out in droves last weekend.

Wally wrote: Apparently it was a good day for the state of NY.The Mrs got popped for 73 in a 55 on the Taconic passing an underpass where they sit four or five deep. "It was so nice out I wasn't paying attention to my speed" This is becoming an annual event.

That's another strip where the Troopers are plentiful. The majority of speeding tickets I've gotten were on the Taconic

A lot of people I know get tickets on the Taconic but there are only a handful of places they can hide. Luckily in 8 years I've yet to be ticketed although I drive rather quickly in the places they are not. My best time so far is 64 minutes from Flushing to Poughkeepsie

wbjones wrote:

friedgreencorrado wrote:

wbjones wrote: http://www.valentine1.com/ FTW won't save you in all situations , but has made a lot of difference for me

WB, I haven't carried a detector in about 20yrs. But there's a new tax law here in GA.. http://www.safespeedsgeorgia.org/ So, I'm looking. I've heard great things about the Valentine (created by one of the original founders of Cincinatti Microwave, right? My Escort & Passport kept me ticket free for years), but wondering what your experience is in regards to laser with it (lots of laser guns in the Atlanta Metro county forces).

you gotta get lucky to beat a laser shot... if the man is shooting you you're toast, shooting someone in front, there is/canbe some splatter that the newer detectors will pick up... but for the most part the only time my laser warner goes off is when I'm near certain signs or cars with LED type tail lights

I installed one of those Lidatek le-30 LIDAR Jammers on the E30, and it seems to work well. Both times it went off, there was a cop pointing a gun at me, and it jammed it. I wouldn't pay the $600 for it (If the company is even still in business) but I found it unopened in our attic, and it doesn't take up any dash space. I even wired it to the fog light switch, so you can't tell its there.

I think its the only way to beat a laser shot.

EastCoastMojo wrote: Lower to mid three digits is like 350.

You are correct sir, that should have been lower to mid 100's.