Got my first ticket in the RL
#1
Got my first ticket in the RL
83 in a 65. Cop was pretty cool even though he still gave me a ticket. My first ticket in over a year. I haven't been using my radar detector because the cops around the Denver area use instant-on laser in the city and a detector won't save you in those cases. This one was on the highway and a radar detector probably would've saved me. My detector had been acting up lately too so I just stopped using it back when I was still driving the Prelude. I'm trying to decide now if I'm going to send my Passport 8500 X50 in for servicing or just trade it in on a 9500ix. I think I'll probably go with a laser shifting system eventually.
#3
X50 uses the same technology as the 9500ix, waste of money to upgrade if you ask me.
Keep the X50, send it in for repairs if necessary, and get a ZR4 jammer. Assuming they are legal of course.
If they aren't...drive speed limit.
Keep the X50, send it in for repairs if necessary, and get a ZR4 jammer. Assuming they are legal of course.
If they aren't...drive speed limit.
#4
Do any of you have experience with the ZR4 or any of laser jammer/shifter. Most of the police in the DFW including State Troopers use laser, so getting a speeding ticket is a common occurrence.
#5
I have had ZR3 on my cars for over 3 years and currently am using ZR4. I got hit with laser the same day I bought it and once more two weeks ago. Works great
I still have my ZR3 and a Blinder M47-x up for sale soon.
I still have my ZR3 and a Blinder M47-x up for sale soon.
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Alpha Geek
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From: M@$$hole
You know I used to have a detector...and it just made me lazy....I've been driving without for about 5 years now, and the only difference is I'm much more alert as to potential places for the Police to sit, and I haven't got a ticket since...and yes I exceed the posted limit quite often, but usually only on limited access, divided roadways.
#11
You know I used to have a detector...and it just made me lazy....I've been driving without for about 5 years now, and the only difference is I'm much more alert as to potential places for the Police to sit, and I haven't got a ticket since...and yes I exceed the posted limit quite often, but usually only on limited access, divided roadways.
#12
an alert person is mandatory, detector or not. Detector helps when your eyes can't but there is no substitute for plain common sense. If you got a car staying on your butt, slow down and let it pass, confirm it's not a cop and then blow them away.
Never leave the house without a detector and jammer. Either one of them broken I drive the speed limit and watch EVERY single car pass me.
Never leave the house without a detector and jammer. Either one of them broken I drive the speed limit and watch EVERY single car pass me.
#13
Outside of the city limits, a Laser is VERY rare in TX. In my county, the Sherrif drive with their K bands on all the time, and they can be picked up a mile away IF you have a detector. There is no amount of persuading you can use to make me believe you can speed without one and always avoid tickets. I know because I've been caught by Ka band at night with the detector (he had the radar off until he was close). That said, stay with 5 mph, and you will not get a ticket. Stay under 10 over, and you can talk your way out if you know how to kiss ass. Over ten is just what mood the officer is in.
#14
I've never received a ticket or even been pulled over for doing anything less than 10 over. I typically drive 10-20mph over depending on the area, traffic and situation. I haven't used a radar detector in a few years. I'm very watchful of my surroundings and always on the lookout for cops. Yes, I do get tickets once in a while. I pay them and go on with life. I look at them as the nominal fee that I pay to drive over the speed limit. I probably get let go on a warning half the time I get pulled over regardless of how fast I'm going.
#15
Me too, 53 in a 35, which I still cannot believe. What a waste of a way to get a ticket. There is an interstate here which is tons of fun to drive fast on. There are always a few meat heads in BMers and Benzes and Chargers going the fastest, way too fast, and making me feel safe accellerating between 60 and 80 without much risk. Now I find myself hitting the brakes at yellow lights and letting go of the gas a 5 mph over the limit. My head tells me the RL is just a machine, but it really feels disapointed when it can't be driven the way it clearly wants to be. I fear that I let it down after only 3 months of ownership. Never happened in my Highlander...
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