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#41 of 1206 Poman by poman Feb 17, 1999 (3:39 am)
The only way to protect yourself from laser is always staying behind someone. Pass them and stay behind someone else for a few sec again. That ensures you if the laser ever hit, the guy in front of you gets it. And never speeds too much on an long, straight open road, especially on the highway (where there's no one). Listen to the pro I started driving since 15 with learner license and now I'm 23 with no speeding ticket, no traffic accident, and only 3 parking tickets (no choice). Average speed on city is about 65mph. Average on highway is about 85-95mph. I don't think this is an showoff...it's actually pretty bad. (might kill someone someday). Have been slowing down alot lately for self-consciousness. Don't speed if you don't have to, value your life.
#42 of 1206 Poman by poman Feb 17, 1999 (3:44 am)
err..sorry with the "an"...n goes well with the a tonite -"V1 rocks if it has the visual warning English character like BEL instead of LEDs with label."
#43 of 1206 V1 Upgrades by Airwolf Feb 17, 1999 (7:23 pm)
Oh I KNOW I need the upgrade! My friend has the new one (bought it a few months ago) and I really like it. We took his and mine in the same car on a trip and his was more sensitive... I really liked it, but the $250 upgrade is a little much for me right now. Besides, since I used to be a cop, I usually mention that... Cheers, Ryan
#44 of 1206 Poman by poman Feb 17, 1999 (11:04 pm)
Hehe I guess your buddy won't give you a ticket!!
#45 of 1206 MongoaPawn by MongoaPawn Feb 19, 1999 (1:52 pm)
An interesting sidebar about laser.... It was reported that over 100 speeding tickets were recently thrown out in several counties in the Atlanta area over questioning the accuracy of the laser measurements. Although they are highly accurate (we sell the LTI laser rangers...same hardware but different firmware), apparently there was some legal argument made that allowed this to happen. The bottom line is if you need to beat a ticket given by laser, some legal research may provide a basis for beating the ticket.
#46 of 1206 johnQPublic by johnQPublic Feb 23, 1999 (5:32 am)
Poman, golf464: get a laser jammer...the K40 and Laser Blinder are supposed to work & be able to jam that pesky laser all the way to the gun. As far as legally beating tickets, you have to be in a jurisdiction where the theory of operation hasn't recieved judicial notice. The prosecution is obligated to prove the theory of operation of the device in court. You'll need to pay for a lawyer to get this one done, or do some hefty reading on jury trial procedure. And Poman, slow down in the city...if you mean city streets, 65 is way too fast - people pull out without even looking. I am what is called a "professional speeder." I've gone with 2 radar detectors before, in front & in back (no V1 back then). I averaged 82 mph over 9h:30m from Tennessee to DC, and 85 mph over 4:05 between Century Park, Los Angeles and Stockton both *without* a detector. If you do the math on speed averages (total miles divided by total hours), you'll see that regularly driving 85 gets you an average of around at most 75, because all those times you slow down for the morons in the left lane just chews up your actual average. For the 85, I was cruise controlled at 95 mph (I stopwatch timed it with the mileage markers) for over 3 hours. All bragging aside, 65 is *too fast* for the city, man...I'm all for speed on the open road, but 65 downtown is reckless. Be smart.
#47 of 1206 Poman by poman Feb 23, 1999 (7:17 pm)
Hehe nono, from where I live city means state roads. I don't do 65 in the actual downtown Orlando, no way!! Talk about professional speeder, I guess you're pretty good, but I have made from my house in Orlando to Daytona Beach on Interstate-4 in 33 mins. That's about 60-65 in the small roads and 115max, 95 average on I-4. That was crazy. But I never have to put 2 radars in the car, I had BEL 745STi which was pretty good. I have gone through a couple of radars already. Now I have V1, still no speeding tickets, and I actually drive safe (in a way) I speed only when there's not many cars around, or like you said, open road. And I'm 23.
#48 of 1206 C13 by C13 Feb 23, 1999 (11:23 pm)
Poman: http://www.bondurant.com/
#49 of 1206 Poman by poman Feb 24, 1999 (3:35 am)
Yea...I always want to go to one of those racing schools!! Thanks!
#50 of 1206 dmk by dmk Feb 28, 1999 (1:45 am)
I have owned a V1 for almost 2 years. Have owned an older Escort, Uniden 6399, Bel 645i, and Bel 745STI. The V1 is by far the best! As one of the car mag. said "once you use another regular detector you'll never leave the V1". I sent my V1 back to be repaired and used my Uniden and was constantly wondering where the radar was coming from! Without the arrows I was lost. Great detector!

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