freeflir29 0 #26 March 16, 2004 Ohhhh.....I almost forgot. I had a nice little passive thing that seemed to work well on my motorcycle. Back in the early 90's I was an aircraft mechanic on B-52's. They have this material around the edges of the radome. Not sure exactly what it is but it looks like a thin sheet of aluminum covered by a plastic type material. Supposedly it absorbs MOST of the radar energy that would normally be reflected back by the large flat surface behind the radome. Anyway......I happened to end up with a square of it that fit nicely right above my head light. Don't know how well it worked but I know it worked. Right outside Fairchild AFB their is a little speed trap called Airway Heights. Goes from 55 down to 45. Pretty sure I was hit with radar several times going 70+ and never got pulled over. Had they had a speed I have no doubt I would have gotten a ticket. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #27 March 16, 2004 Quotethe one thing all these gadgets can not prevent is a cop clocking how long it takes you to go between two lines drawn on the road. That is true, but that technique is rarely used, as it usually requires aircraft to view the vehicles from above. It can be done visually from the ground over a quarter-mile, but the angles and distances makes the readings unreliable, and easy to refute in court. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #28 March 16, 2004 Quotea properly trained officer in the right location will nail you before you even touch the brakes using either radar or laser...learning to recognize good areas of ambush is also key... Key words: "properly trained officer". Many aren't. And many vary from the appropriate guidelines when operating their radar. Thus, there are many times when a radar/laser detector *will* save you from a ticket. I used to get one or two speeding tickets a year. Then I bought a detector. In the 10 years since, I've had only one speeding ticket in 10 years. So from my perspective they are well worth the money. I often have the detector go off long before I can visually spot the police car. A quick slow-down keeps you out of harm's way. This works best if you are no more than 10 mph over the limit. And you also learn where the false alarms come from in your area of travel, and can ignore them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
