waterinthefuel
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I know this might be a volatile thread and I hope it doesn't turn out to be that way.
First off, I want to start out that I don't condone speeding, and heck I made a thread on some forum, maybe this one, about how I was told by someone that I can't drive (because I was going so slow presumably. The thread was removed by the mods). So I don't drive fast and that's not why I have one.
My truck doesn't have cruise control. I've taken it on road trips and after a while, your foots cramps up and your speed starts to wander a bit. I found myself, in a 70mph zone, going anywhere from 61 to 82, all without conscientiously doing it (and this over a several hour period). While you could say that I'm doing it to avoid a ticket, I say that I am doing it to make me more aware of my speed in case I'm zoning out while driving, that thing will kick me in the tail and warn me of possible radar zones ahead. I am fully aware of the detector not being able to warn me really of being hit with a laser gun in time to help, and I can't change that. Louisiana doesn't really use laser to my knowledge, I have yet to get hit by a laser in our state.
I've never been pulled over for speeding and I can't really say in 12 years of having one (before someone stole it out of my truck) that it saved me from a ticket but I can say that it woke me up and got me to look down and make sure everything was ok. I think its fun to see if you can find the smokey after it goes off.
To those who say they are useless because they pick up automatic doors and have false alarms, they have largely eliminated that by letting you be able to completely disable the popular bands that these doors operate on. My new one (a 3 year old refurb) actually shows you a digital readout of battery voltage while you're driving. It's pretty darn handy too. It will give you a voice alert if your battery voltage drops while you're driving (your alternator goes out) in addition to the voice alerts for the different radars. It will also alert you to emergency vehicles in the area if those vehicles are carrying the safety alert radio system.
I'm curious to know what people think about them. I'm going to post a poll and see how this does.
First off, I want to start out that I don't condone speeding, and heck I made a thread on some forum, maybe this one, about how I was told by someone that I can't drive (because I was going so slow presumably. The thread was removed by the mods). So I don't drive fast and that's not why I have one.
My truck doesn't have cruise control. I've taken it on road trips and after a while, your foots cramps up and your speed starts to wander a bit. I found myself, in a 70mph zone, going anywhere from 61 to 82, all without conscientiously doing it (and this over a several hour period). While you could say that I'm doing it to avoid a ticket, I say that I am doing it to make me more aware of my speed in case I'm zoning out while driving, that thing will kick me in the tail and warn me of possible radar zones ahead. I am fully aware of the detector not being able to warn me really of being hit with a laser gun in time to help, and I can't change that. Louisiana doesn't really use laser to my knowledge, I have yet to get hit by a laser in our state.
I've never been pulled over for speeding and I can't really say in 12 years of having one (before someone stole it out of my truck) that it saved me from a ticket but I can say that it woke me up and got me to look down and make sure everything was ok. I think its fun to see if you can find the smokey after it goes off.
To those who say they are useless because they pick up automatic doors and have false alarms, they have largely eliminated that by letting you be able to completely disable the popular bands that these doors operate on. My new one (a 3 year old refurb) actually shows you a digital readout of battery voltage while you're driving. It's pretty darn handy too. It will give you a voice alert if your battery voltage drops while you're driving (your alternator goes out) in addition to the voice alerts for the different radars. It will also alert you to emergency vehicles in the area if those vehicles are carrying the safety alert radio system.
I'm curious to know what people think about them. I'm going to post a poll and see how this does.
