Originally posted by CAP1
hey...another tip.....IF you're gonna keep driving fast.....and i am NOT reccomending it.......but pace yourself about 1/8 of a mile behind someone doing the same speed...combined with a decent radar detector, you're covered. also...on the highway...if you're over the speed limit....stay slow enough that there's trafic passing you
Cap1,
If you want to copy or quote a post while you respond to it that's great but you really need to learn how to differentiate from the original post vs what you want to say. The way you quoted and responded to mine makes it look as if your response is part of my post.
Assuming you really intended to say something I figured I ought to reply to what you spliced to my post.
Originally posted by CAP1 and do you REALLY think a 40 old man will be driving a honda civic with a 5 foot tll wing on its trunk, and slammed to the ground with dual fart cans sticking out the back? it IS very easy to pick out younger drivers
1)actually some do.......i had a 12 second mustang.......drove it just like an old man, as it was no sleeper,,,,it looked the part and sounded it too.......once i got it to the track though........[/B]
Going back to my post you might notice I was talking about sports cars and not specific "ricers" most of whom spend their night sitting rather than driving. That's fine as long as they have permission to do so. No go back again the the original post I quoted in my response. It was about racing and driving fast. The allegation is that the Cops target sports cars because the drivers age.
Let me be specific. Once again, you don't see the drivers face until the stop in the majority of the cases. Since you can't see the driver you can't be targeting the age of the driver. You are targeting the
BEHAVIOR of the driver. That behavior might be tied to the fact that they like to drive fast and aggressively and that would also color their choice of vehicle to drive.
Most folks who have a sports car get them because they are trying to impress folks and or just like the performance. Now that performance is also demonstrated on the roads because few of them are loathe to spend the $ to rent track time. Demonstrating that performance can get you a ticket when you violate the traffic laws. Now I'm sure you want to blame that on the Cops instead of the person behind the wheel. That causal relationship doesn't fly very well.
Drivers also range from the young to those trying to recapture their youth and in the older folks who are in the middle of a middle age crisis. It really doesn't matter as it's not the age of the driver that's the issue, it's the
BEHAVIOR of the driver that is the problem.
Originally posted by CAP1 2)most detectors now DO pick up "instant on" radar.,.i know..i had/have one, and it's not let me down yet. it also saved me from a lot of tickets from the haddonfield nj fundraisers....warwick rd, 25 mph limit.....do 26 or 27, they nail ya........and they had instant on and laser,,,,,,both of which are defeated by decent detectors. THIS is why i originally bought mine, not because i wanted to do 90 there......[/B]
You can make all the claims you want for the detector. My actual experience in using the equipment is what I base my statement on. The detector goes off just in time to let you know you have been clocked. Before you can react I would already have your speed.
A detector does work in those cases where there is a stationary unit just pointing down the highway like a lot of Highway Patrol units work. You get advance notice from the signal splash and beam being transmitted down the road towards you in advance of the return range.
We had a suburb to the North that had a reputation for issuing tickets for 2 MPH over the limit. The Chief of Police in that little town finally got tired of it and got on the news, print and TV. He stated that if anyone could bring him a ticket for that speed or even 5 mph or less over the limit in his jurisdiction he personally would pay the fine for them. No one ever took him up on the offer or ever produced a ticket for 1 to 2 mph over the limit. Frankly I'd love to see one, I've never known of one being written although there are a lot of claims about it.
