HAHA Stupid Pig

[Getsum3kgtsl]

Good thing you don't live in Arkansas, tal. I think they can shoot at you when you run there.lol

[3KGT98]

I think that radar detectors are great for in the day, but when it's night time out, and your speeding, cops dont put their radar on. They sit and watch for cars that they know are going to fast, and then they follow them. This happened to my friend and I while we were driving. A cop followed us for like 3 miles while we were doing 15 over and when he knew he was going to pull us over he turns his radar on and my friends detector starts going crazy. Turns out the cop is right behing us and we and he catches us going 14 over and make 4 illegal lane changes. I guess what I'm trying to say is be more careful at night, even if you do have a radar detector.

[Linebckr49]

Originally Posted by 3KGT98

I think that radar detectors are great for in the day, but when it's night time out, and your speeding, cops dont put their radar on. They sit and watch for cars that they know are going to fast, and then they follow them. This happened to my friend and I while we were driving. A cop followed us for like 3 miles while we were doing 15 over and when he knew he was going to pull us over he turns his radar on and my friends detector starts going crazy. Turns out the cop is right behing us and we and he catches us going 14 over and make 4 illegal lane changes. I guess what I'm trying to say is be more careful at night, even if you do have a radar detector.

if the cop pulled you over, having followed you for a good 3 miles, while speeding, then you deserve to get the ticket. did you think to check the rearview mirror? obviously radar detectors don't keep you from getting tickets, you have to react to the warnings, and just be smart. if you made all those illegal lane changes, i can't believe you didn't see someone behind you making those same lane changes (illegal or not). I don't mean to rag on you, but ya, i totally agree, at night we gotta be extra careful and use our vision (to what extent it has diminished in the dark) to watch for cops.... But we should ALWAYS watch for cops, regardless of whether we have detectors or not. ya man, sorry bout the ticket, that sux.

[Thourun]

Do cops have some sort of detector that works while they are in motion?

[Gateway]

yep. the radar gun they have accounts for their speed when they shoot you.

[Thourun]

Damn I need a radar detector then lol, they never get me on the highways, only on the back roads from a distance.

[talskinyguy]

Originally Posted by Getsum3kgtsl

Good thing you don't live in Arkansas, tal. I think they can shoot at you when you run there.lol

This wasnt a police chase, I went by him the opposite direction and then I floored it. After I lost him over the horizon I shut my lights off. he showed up at my house 10-15 min later. He never caught up, and I was on a county border. I was on the only road he can take without turning his cherrys on. I had a vehicle in my drivway that was warm. He had no proof and didnt even know what kind of vehilce passed him or what dirrection it went. All of which I got him to admit to while talking to him.

[Thourun]

So how did he know to show up at your door?

[talskinyguy]

He saw a large white vehicle, which narrowed it down to me and my 2 nieghbors, my truck was still warm. So he came to my door. Other than that he had nothing.

[Getsum3kgtsl]

My fear is not the cop cars, cuz I can usually see them a mile away and react. It's the little motorcycles. You can't see them. They will get on the opposite side of the interstate, the other side of the concrete barriers, pull out the gun and barely have their head sticking up, shooting people with the radar. You go a half mile down the road and it's 10 cop cars pulling cars over for speeding. And you never see it coming. If you have a radar detector and they aren't clocking someone (pulling the trigger), it won't pick it up. The cars' mounted guns are always on, so you'll always get a signal from them.

[Linebckr49]

ya, the thing to watch out for is LASER!!! when the Laser warning goes off on your radar, your basically screwed b/c its too late to slow down, he's already got you. The Laser detection systems works only if the cop has a straight line of sight between the radar gun and you, which means he's got you speeding. My Laser warning went off once, and the radar detector sounded like it was crapping its pants or something, it was an ungodly noise of every bell and whistle hooting and hollering. luckily, 1) i saw what i thought was an unusual person parked next to a concrete barrier and was slowing down and 2) there happened to be a car exactly between me adn the cop when i passed him and the Laser warning went off. Oh, and it was also at the very END of this huge construction zone on the highway. Sooo cheap, i hate it when they do that. But nontheless, he didn't pull me over...i was SOO lucky that day.

So when the Laser warning goes off (as compared to K, KA, or X band warnings), your basically screwed. UNLESS you spend about $1000 on an Early Laser Detection System.

Happy Speeding!

[xXxRocker5150]

Or you could just get a jammer... :-D Illegal they may be, but I've heard they do wonders.

[Thourun]

Lazer jamers are illegal? Thats screwy.

[talskinyguy]

cars radar detectors are not always on, they can be turned on and off just the guys on the bikes. and just like the cars the bikes can cruse around with them constantly on.

radar jammers are illegal because it is a radio frequency that is owned by the government. lazer jammers are perfectly legal as the FCC does not control light transmisions.

[uncutnick3kgt]

i got my funny cop story...... so i was on my way to a homecoming dance and my buddy in his kia specta thought it would be cute to go buy me at about 90.... so i let him go let a couple cars get between us and just hammer on it.... well i drive fast often and i'm not reckless just could drive a little nicer .... anyways i get by him then cut of another car and then go around another .... and by the time its all said and done... i am all alone doing about 110....... so i get to the dance go in come out an hour or 2 later to leave and there are 2 squads parked outside...... i figure there lookng for drunks.... so one rolls over when he sees me get in.... and i have to go talk to him... in the end he tells me he isn't giving me a ticket or a warning because the cop that saw me doing 90+ couldn't catch me....... i was like damn i didn't even see him.... in the end all the said they were going to do < after calling several police departments to look for warrants > idiots.... was call my parents which they didn't even do.... damn cops... not that smart!!!