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lowdogtx wrote:

rotor wrote:86 in a 65 and he would probably not give a warning. Do you think the radar detector makes a ticket more likely though?

Did with me you played the game and lost . Most instant on radars beat them anyway unless you do a nose dive

Well mine was a laser based ticket, so a radar detector would not have worked at all. But, my detector also picks up laser, and it never went off, so either it failed, or my car was not actually hit by the laser. Laser detectors are usually pointless since it is hard to pick up that narrow beam unless it is hitting you, and then it is too late to adjust speed.

BTW, my detector routinely picks up instant-on radars. It has a range of 5 miles forward, so unless the roadway is empty, or no one is tempting fate at all, it will usually go off for repeated short bursts as I approach the LEO's position.

Abraham wrote:I've never understood the need to speed, even when I was a whippersnapper...

Just drive the darn speed limit.

Have a lead foot?

Use your cruise control or some meditation that'll aid you in the understanding going some faster won't make a bit of difference in your getting wherever your destination is by any serious time measurement.

But yes, whoever you are, you're the center of the universe and so special you can't drive the speed limit.

Love to get into high speed crashes and take out innocent lives?

By all means, speed, speed, speed.

Good point. And believe it or not, I usually do drive the speed limit. Sometimes I will get caught up with the flow of traffic and will find myself going faster. This was one of those times. Usually I am the guy that everyone is weaving around as I plug along at 5-10 mph less than everyone else.

Since we are veering slightly off topic here, let me make one request for all of my fellow drivers who are travelling at the posted speed limit. Please don't ever visit the left lane unless you are coming up on one of the rare exits from that lane. Slow drivers in the left lane are a much greater danger than speeders, IMHO. And by "slow drivers" I mean drivers who are travelling slower than the traffic around them, regardless of their speed relative to the limit. Basically if you can't see any vehicles for a quarter mile in your lane front of you, and you aren't in the far right lane, then move over.

rotor wrote:86 in a 65 and he would probably not give a warning. Do you think the radar detector makes a ticket more likely though?

My wife consistently gets warnings for these and a myriad of other things. Last time was changing lanes in the middle of an intersection, expired registration, no proof of insurance, and of course 15 over the limit. Who do I contact about this blatant bias against men?

Yesterday as I was on my way to work I got stopped by a Harris County deputy who wanted to have a chat about my speed. We were on a freeway (Westpark Tollway) and I stopped next to a concrete barrier, so not a lot of room. I was OC'ing a 1911 on my right hip and when he approached on the passenger side I had my window rolled down and handed him my LTC and DL. He told me that he clocked me at 86 in a 65. Supposedly Laser but my detector never lit up so I'm not sure he actually got my car as we came over a rise.

No mention whatsoever of my gun. Just a reminder to slow down and of course a citation (I almost never get warnings). Just wanted to report the positive contact.