Why people who speed don't buy one...
 

...I will never know.

My detector caught 4 ChPs on the way to Vegas. However on the way back is when it really saved me...again.

He was using that instant-on POP crap--I think. I was going about "xx" speed and this Hyundai, yes a Hyundai, was doing like 15mph faster than me. Way too fast. Near felony speeds coming up behind me.

So as I brace myself for the humilation of being passed by the Hyundai my detector gives me a quick, single, KA bleep, then nothing. I remember I have POP turned off so I assume that I might have just been hit with a quick low power flash of POP. (if the officer sticks to protocal he's supposed to then do a full on trigger pull to confirm) I downshift and get to around 75mph and then my detector goes nuts, but in the K band this time. The Hyundai is behind me and falling back.

About a mile up under an overpass I see the officer *just barely* poking out in his patrol car. I pass him doing 70mph, the limit. However in my rearview I see the Hyundai is accelerating as if to correct his mistake of slowing down! He quickly starts slicing traffic, wooshes past the patrol car...and yup...he's nailed.


My detector is a Bel RX65Pro model but I also have a V1 waiting to be installed.

I know, i know...i need to get one before its too late.

I have one, and need it......but am not sure what I should be looking for or listening for.....in other words, not sure how to use it. Duh....!

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The V-1 saves me on average....2 times a day....for the past year and a half that I've had the Z. I love driving fast :)

0 tickets to date

If you end up installing the V1, sell me your Bel. :)

Those machines are expensive. How much is a speeding ticket?

Considering I've never gotten a speeding ticket in about 9 years of driving, I don't think it would've been worth the investment.

But if the cost of the detector is less than the cost of a ticket, it would be worth it. Hmm ;)

+1...I'll take it!

Its not just the cost of the ticket, its the time you have to take for traffic school, court hassles, etc. My ticket for 10 over the speed limit was $220 plus traffic school fines, plus the time to take the stupid at home traffic school (which is a complete waste of time IMO). I think the radar is worth it if you know how to use it...

we are not allow to have one..

Well, mine was $350.00, and my first speeing ticket, along with driving school, etc, totalled $230.00. Glad I have one, but I need to learn more about the yelling and screaming sounds it shouts out at me.....:icon11:

No offense, but what part of the "Southern California" forums interests you, living in Virginia?

Can you blame him? He is from Virginia......He needs our influences.

Edgar (Love's killer Cali)

Was the Hyundai silver in color I think it was an Elantra? The same SOB past me like I was standing still and disappeared into the blue. He overtook me just before we reach the stateline. I later caught up to him going down the Cajon Pass which I thought was weird. I hope it was him cause he was in and out of the lanes like you said.

Hey, hey now!!! We can't show some love? LOL:icon18:

I need one also................whats a good brand and whats pricing like? Whats legal and whats not?

I use to talk the same way as I had a clean record for ten years, but just got a speeding ticket on PCH a few weeks ago. I think it's just bad luck. He said he got me with laser, so a detector probably wouldn't have done me any good. Even with a detector, being aware of ones surroundings is always key.

For the OP, where was this particular overpass? On my way to and from vegas, I try to keep it around 90-100, but try to make sure to stay under 100 as the severity of the ticket would be much greater.

Was that the one we both got the same day on the canyon run. I was pinched also but fought the ticket in court and WON...