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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
Driving for fe, ya won't need that radar detector any more.
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Valentine One radar and laser detectors
Ah, funny you should mention that now! Guess what just happen to me a few hours ago in the daylight? A few miles up the road from here is a very large hill that is fairly steep and sort of curves on the way down. With 3 lanes it's actually one of the safest places I have found to run EOC all of the way to an intersection near where I live. The problem is IT'S EASY TO FIND YOURSELF GOING 68MPH for a few seconds as you bottom the hill, and with this speed I can make it all the way to the 4 way stop sign about 1 mile further on, and it normally works perfect. Read on....
I was driving down this hill in EOC today and had a couple cars about 1/2 a mile ahead of me moving in the same direction. I was half way down the hill in EOC and my Valentine One directional radar detector started beeping with an arrow pointing ahead of me. I was at almost 60, and could of been moving over 65MPH and drove right past that state boy's radar gun, and they WILL give people tickets here for moving ten over. Well, I had plenty of time, but hated to have to hit my brake, and was moving 53 past the state boy going uphill past me. Without that radar detector I would of been clocked at somewhere around 65 to 70-tops in a 55 zone!
So even when trying to drive in a manner to save gasoline we still have these situations when we are trying to get all of the speed we can get in the mountains in which one could get a speeding ticket cruising 70MPH or better in what is otherwise a very safe way of saving gas until we need to either stop/slow down/ or bump start. My Valentine One saved me today for sure.
In fact, this is so off topic I might post another thread about this issue.