I decided it was probably time. The detector I have now is a Whistler that I bought new in 1982!

skywarrior3 wrote:One word: Montana. I don't need this.

Not 100% true.

As I am sure you know, we do currently have speed limits. No more "reasonable and prudent."
The tickets are fairly cheap, but it is still illegal to speed.

alco251 wrote:FCC law says you cannot receive signals "for personal gain" i.e. avoiding a ticket. It's a stretch, but that's why there are lawyers.

America - Where at least we think we are free. Just remember this freedom fighting forum moderator government has the ability to take all our rights away for a profit if people allow it to.

dabomboo7o wrote:America - Where at least we think we are free. Just remember this freedom fighting forum moderator government has the ability to take all our rights away for a profit if people allow it to.

Ever just think about breadsticks? it subbed in that BS for the word F-a-s-c-i-s-t-

I pulled the trigger, so we'll see how it does for me here in Cali. I'm an over-50 female, regular speeder. The only thing age got me was a bit more patience - you know some idiots are going to try to block you so you wait them out and blow past at the first opportunity. No more getting up on their tail and switching lanes back and forth.

You can't change a passive/aggressive's habits anymore than you can change the habits of a person who is chronically in a hurry.

My main question is Ever just think about breadsticks? happened to Woot's boards? I'm seeing intelligent conversation, helpful advice about the product being sold, and not ONE single picture of a half naked teenage tennis player or an ahuhu cat.

I'm liking it!

Damn...except for Rob's lack of hair that video took me back to HS. Oh yeah and the lack of black concert t-shirts and people smoking in the audience

I'm really thinking about getting it. I'm in Gainesville and while it's not that bad in the city, once you get outside the limits there's a whole lot of small towns where the cop's sole purpose is to produce revenue for the town.

There's a town called Lawtey that really is just one big speed trap. It's about a mile or two long, so you're through it quick. When you're about 5 miles out from the town limits, there's a big billboard that says "Lawtey speed trap coming up". And coming up to every light, the limit goes from 65, to 55, to 45, then to 35, and then back up very quickly. Google it. There's a lot of towns around here that shouldn't exist.

moufsnafa wrote:Oh, now with the personal attack, mister one woot.
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries.

The problem is not only speeding, but that most people who speed by much also drive recklessly in other ways, such as passing unsafely. And it kills people.

Yeah, that's a problem AND bummer. I stick strickly to speeding.

- Mister One Woot OUT! xD

I purchased one of these during the last woot and have been very pleased with its performance. I highly recommend it for this price....since I paid more.

JohnnyLemonhead wrote:frankly I'm surprised they aren't illegal in all states. I mean, let's be honest, we're talking about a device whose SOLE function is to help you break the law and endanger the public in the meantime. I think it is incredible that it is ONLY one state and the capitol that prohibit it.

You can file this in the same bin as a claim that I read Playboy for the articles, but I really and truly use it to keep from rear ending all the idiots who slam on the brakes when they see a cop, as if he wasn't already looking at your speed on his display...

halnwheels wrote:And, I believe, Connecticut.

Legal now in CN; still illegal in DC and VA.

In for one. Got my last ticket in South Carolina. Driving from NY to GA. Only had like 80 miles to go

meh3884 wrote:Nope, illegal here in NY state, too.

Not true.

jonez176 wrote:I'm not the kind of person who speeds intentionally but I have a $109 ticket on my desk at this very moment for going 35 in a 25 down hill right before the speed limit turns to 40.

So now I don't see why I shouldn't get a radar detector and go as fast as I flipping want.

EDIT: I'd like to add that I was never pulled over or involved with the law in any way before this incident. Nothing chaps my ass more than oppressive law.

Put on a suit; go to traffic court; plead not guilty; speak truthfully to the judge and ask for mercy.. Maybe eight times out of ten, with a clean record they'll let you do safety school or somesuch and expunge the ticket. Look nice, be respectful, tell the truth, and good things often happen in traffic court for offenses like these.

JBlakeRamey wrote:yeah... VA... got a ticket (almost a felony for going 80 in a 65 and the radar)... kept me from getting two badass jobs fresh out of college. so watch out... i didn't even know anything about it... cop was a complete prick.

over the years I have been pulled over by state troopers all along the east coast (my younger days). But I must agree the trooper I had in VA was the kind of a jerk. I live in MD now and have to travel to VA for business. VA has a well known reputation for anyone stopped for speeding. And whatever you do, DO NOT get caught with a radar detector there.

JBlakeRamey wrote:yeah... VA... got a ticket (almost a felony for going 80 in a 65 and the radar)... kept me from getting two badass jobs fresh out of college. so watch out... i didn't even know anything about it... cop was a complete prick.

over the years I have been pulled over by state troopers all along the east coast (my younger days). But I must agree the trooper I had in VA was the kind of a jerk. I live in MD now and have to travel to VA for business. VA has a well known reputation for anyone stopped for speeding. And whatever you do, DO NOT get caught with a radar detector there.

JBlakeRamey wrote:yeah... VA... got a ticket (almost a felony for going 80 in a 65 and the radar)... kept me from getting two badass jobs fresh out of college. so watch out... i didn't even know anything about it... cop was a complete prick.

Edited: Sorry, for the double post..I am having trouble with my wOOt posts going thru.

If you live in Pennsylvania, don't bother to get one of these. Cops here don't use radar.

hausmaster wrote:West Texas I-10 is moved up to 80 now as well.

Let's be specific: I-10 from Kerr county western boundary to El Paso county eastern boundary has an 80 mph speed limit. My son recently got a ticket approximately 1 mile inside El Paso country for doing 80 in a 70 mph zone. Several state troopers were out making people wish they had seen the signage for the new speed limit. I got him a radar detector from Costco for $99 for his birthday, and am thinking of wooting this for myself. His lead foot is hereditary.

JohnnyLemonhead wrote:frankly I'm surprised they aren't illegal in all states. I mean, let's be honest, we're talking about a device whose SOLE function is to help you break the law and endanger the public in the meantime. I think it is incredible that it is ONLY one state and the capitol that prohibit it.

Its only illegal if you get caught. We have many laws that are just asking for us to break them. Speeding actually makes you a better driver because it makes you more focused on the road because you are searching for cops. C'mon JohnnyLemonhead, you know you are a lead foot.

WickedAndTorn wrote:How about just not speeding! *gasp*.. what a concept.

Many years ago, I formulated a theory which I call "The 15-mile-per-hour rule". It postulates the following:

1. Highway design engineers plan for roads to be traveled at a certain normal, safe speed, taking into consideration such things as sight distance, curve radius, road width and bank, pavement texture and smoothness, natural terrain, and a multitude of other factors;

2. Once the engineers design and build a section of road, they turn it over (along with their statistics for what normal speed of travel the road was designed for) to the policymakers who set speed limits for it;

3. Those lawmakers arbitrarily deduct 15 miles per hour from whatever figure the engineers give them. For example, if the engineers say "this road, being straight and wide with limited access, can be traveled safely by a normally competent driver at 85 miles per hour", then the lawmakers set the speed limit at 70. If the engineers tell them the road is designed for 50 mile per hour travel, they set the speed limit at 35, etc. etc. They do this because they realize that -- incredibly -- not everyone in the country is as good a driver as I am. They must compensate for those less-than-outstanding, sub-average drivers who lack my precise control ability, lightening-quick reflexes, and advanced situational awareness. For example, there might be some damn old fool who will get all flustered going at 55 miles per hour down a perfectly straight, level, dry road because he's afraid he can't control his own bowels let alone a two-ton automobile, and the powers that be better de-rate that speed limit down to 40 so a tree doesn't jump out in the middle of the road and bite his car, boy howdy!

Therefore the conclusion: since I am not only an accomplished but may I say excellent driver, EVERY STRETCH OF ROAD, ANYWHERE IN IN THE UNITED STATES, CAN BE SAFELY (if not legally) TRAVELED AT 15 MILES PER HOUR ABOVE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT BY ME. This is the speed that the designers of this highway -- and dare I say, God himself -- intended for me to go.

I do believe the little sphere is bouncing;

Post Sitters; the time has come to pull de trigger....


or, not.

Mmmmm....looks sweet. I've got a few of these already for various situations, so no need to get another.

These radar detectors suck. Using one gives you a false sense of hope.

Go buy a good one

Headparot wrote:You, sir, are a fool. It is the lonely patrol cop that keeps the drunk driver from killing your mother when she is going to pick up more pizza pockets for your basement lan party. It is the detective that busts the pervert serial killer than is going to use your pasty skin to make his next human suit that saves you. it is the narcotics officer that stops the bikers from poisoning you with meth. People that make blanket statements about hating the police are mostly idiots (or criminals). Sure, there are jerks among us, but there are jerks programming computers and bagging groceries and playing football and going to college. So what. If you have a problem with a cop, file a complaint, but show a little respect or compassion to someone that works long long hours in a dangerous job for low pay in order to keep at dumbass like you safe from harm.

and yes, these work okay, but there are plenty better ones around. You will get a ticket for sure if you get caught with one.

Thank you for saying exactly what I was thinking. Police officers put their lives on the line every day to protect YOU. Would you hate a firefighter for doing his job? Don't let the actions of a few police officers or the fact that you got a ticket you didn't want but probably deserved get in the way of appreciating cops and I won't let my opinion of the entire human race be changed by the fact that you're an ungrateful dip who has no respect for such an honorable job.

Yeah, it would. But it would go slow because everybody and their mother is watching that big game...what's it called...something about foosball?

dabomboo7o wrote:name one that has front and back detection...

my escort 8500 has both, no external rear unit required. still needs line of sight out the rear window though, which kind of dictates where you can install it on your dash.

dabomboo7o wrote:how the hell is driving a privilege and not a right? Driving is a right, just like walking down the street is a right unless you violate a law.

you don't have to be licensed to walk down the street.

I bought this last time it was on woot, and it is not very effective. I see the cops shooting their radar before it even goes off.

kc0iet wrote:My first woot!

congrats new birdy

It... Sold out? There is no God. :/

(j/k... Sorta. :-P )

oelschlegel wrote:you don't have to be licensed to walk down the street.

rotflmfao..... I was thinking the same thing.

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Yes. Click here for instructions how to fix this problem.

skywarrior3 wrote:One word: Montana. I don't need this.

I'm gonna have to fight you on this one. I definitely had a speeding ticket in Montana for going 73. And since I was in the process of moving and technically lived elsewhere, I had to pay on the spot. In cash.

In the city I lived in, cops were also very good at finding ingenious places to hide and use radar.

There've been regular speed limits in Montana for a decade now, folks.

fvehonsky wrote:I bought this last time it was on woot, and it is not very effective. I see the cops shooting their radar before it even goes off.

That's because we was shooting you with LIDAR...you are tagged and bagged before you detector knows what hit them (which they usually don;t).

Nothing more satisfying than writing a ticket to a radar detector owner.

they are also illegal to even have on a military base. other than that though if a cop gives you any trouble you can reference the federal communications act of 1934(and its revision in 1996). its not illegal to receive any type of radio waves. (i had a cop try to tell me that they were illegal. then he tried to say that my particular model was a jammer and wanted to confiscate it.) technically a radar detector is no different than a tv or fm radio receiver. btw i think that in VA they are inadvertently illegal. you cant attach anything to your windshield at all.

ionizer wrote:yup.... once you see laser, it's too late..

but for non-laser it still can provide a huge benefit.

Kinda true, but if there's some other cars and the cops are trying to get their speed with laser, you'll get some advanced warning.

fortgeorge wrote:ahuhu, here you can go 75mph which is plenty fast however no matter the speed limit there's always people that just HAVE to go faster, probably because they need to make up for other things...anyway I like to pull along side a long haul truck(which has a limit of 65mph) and slow down when I see some genius flying up up from behind me.

The faces they make and yelling they do is great.

Also, you burn more gas because you are gunning it, not because of them, you choose to speed.

Ahhh, I love people that try this, I just pass ya either in the white line area or wait for an onramp. That way maybe you'll just move for the next person. I may be an ahole driver, but even I move for someone that wants to be going faster than me. You never know what type of emergency may be in their life. Just move over.

Hurry and ship. I want to safely drive un-safely.

Got mine today!