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Passive detection and smart riding are going to do you the best good. Get a good quality detector and keep your eyes scanning. Don't rely entirely on your detector. Scan ahead, watch what traffic is doing (are they slowing down for some unknown reason?) and try not to be the fastest vehicle on the road.
Good advice.
Fellow Members: I am ready for a top notch radar and laser detector/blocker. any suggestions would be much appreciated. I'm ready to travel this season but don't need anymore tickets! Ton
Valentine1 is the gold standard-
That's all interesting Tom, it looks like V1 has some new wizz-bang going on also- http://www.valentine1.com/v1info/v1connection/......... which has a GPS database of red light cameras, speed traps......... and it locks out false alarms the third time you ride through them.......... It also has networking via smartphone, so anyone else with the "smartcord live" on the road you're on will auto-transfer his alerts to your device........ The other big advantage is monthly updates via downloads from Escort.
I've never really bought into the notion of "false alarms" as it's a receiver and something set it off. IMO a big part of operating such a device is the reception
You can mitigate ticket risk without a radar detector. It's not that I don't ride fast, I do believe in having speed separation with surrounding traffic, and I'm the one going faster. Just not blatantly so. I'm not a big fan of riding with others, mostly because they generally ride slower than I like.
I have always practiced "tactical riding". I probably pass 90% of the traffic and 10% passes me. There is a time and place to go fast. It doesn't include built-up areas, or where police potentially have cover on open stretches of road. With the current police radar and laser units that can be left turned off and then "blip" you, a radar detector doesn't help until it's too late.
I probably get pulled over going "sensibly" fast every couple of years, but haven't gotten tickets as the officers didn't think the circumstances warranted a citation. I'm rarely dissatisfied I can't go fast enough, but haven't had a ticket in over 25 years. For me, money on a radar/laser detector would be wasted.
Smart LEO's visually ID a hazardous violator, and then touch a button that confirms their speed faster than any human can physically react to the 'alert' that their vehicle has been electronically monitored.
You can mitigate ticket risk without a radar detector. It's not that I don't ride fast, I do believe in having speed separation with surrounding traffic, and I'm the one going faster. Just not blatantly so. I'm not a big fan of riding with others, mostly because they generally ride slower than I like.
I have always practiced "tactical riding". I probably pass 90% of the traffic and 10% passes me. There is a time and place to go fast. It doesn't include built-up areas, or where police potentially have cover on open stretches of road. With the current police radar and laser units that can be left turned off and then "blip" you, a radar detector doesn't help until it's too late.
I probably get pulled over going "sensibly" fast every couple of years, but haven't gotten tickets as the officers didn't think the circumstances warranted a citation. I'm rarely dissatisfied I can't go fast enough, but haven't had a ticket in over 25 years. For me, money on a radar/laser detector would be wasted.
So you've been using the transmitter and I've been using the receiver for 30 years or more and why is it that I get your perspective and experience, while you don't get mine? Pop alerts are nothing new. When they happen, every good radar receiver in the neighborhood knows there is a cop in the area. Yeah, instant-on can be a hazard, but there's a high probability the cop is around the bend, on a cross street, or targeting someone else. I get alerts all the time before there is visual contact between me and John Law. You've said how you travel at 7 or 8 over, and plenty of towns where I live nail you for that on secondary roads. That's why I use a detector. I need to keep my license to earn a living and I want to know when there's somebody around trying to take it away from me -- my riding and driving is conservative, but I don't always have my eyes glued to the speedo. Never had a ticket when using the detector -- 50k miles a year for the past 35 years.
I think the reason you and I don't see eye to eye is in your very own words "I want to know when there's somebody around trying to take it away from me -- ," refering to getting caught for speeding.
Your comment paints the law enforcement officer as the bad guy "trying to take your license away" and the motorcyclist who is choosing to break the law as the good guy. Not a philosophy I'd ever wrap my head around, so we go our separate ways on this discussion.
thanks to all for the new information. In response to Kevin, didn't know you were from the dark side. Still like your column. If only the officers who have pulled me over were as reasonable as you. It is so easy on a motorcycle to go over the limit by 10 mph without realizing any movement in the wrist. A little warning and all the other posts will help. thanks to all. Ton