[brie]

Now are you talking guesstimate as, they pace you and say you were going 45 mph, based on their speed..or guesstimate as in , you drive past them while they are pulled over, and they guessimate how fast you were going?

Both from my research. I got my last ticket from this. It's bull but they can get away with it.

I've thought about radar detectors but I have yet to be caught by a cop sitting on the side of the road (yet I've got 6 points on my liscense) so I don't think it would help me. I think the best way to avoid tickets is to learn to see cops before they see you, for the most part it has worked for me but it takes a lot of attention.

I happen to know that around here most speeding tickets are not the result of traditional radars. Speed cameras, radar vans and such take up a good chunk of the tickets and I have yet to see a detector that works with those.

 

[brie]

If the cop cant read your speed he'll just write you for wreckless driving. The cops have a way around every thing (they write the laws that way for a reason) and it comes down to your word against theirs and we all know how far that gets you. I wouldn't waste the money on a radar detector/jammer.

You have 2 ways to beat a ticket: #1 Run and don't get caught or #2 pull over and be as friendly and honest as you can possibly be... I would suggest #2 :2cents:

:withstupi: Two of my uncles were cops and some of my customers at the car parts place I worked at. They will get you for something if you give them the opportunity.

 

[brie]

CB1.... yeah I'm serious... I was quite surprised at the change in attention when I went from the rocket to the chop. When on the rocket... the cops are just looking for you to break the law. They know you will... they just want to catch you doing it. On the chop... they are just checking out the bike... that's all. Its nice...

I've heard this before. It's kinda like the difference between a teen driver and an older drier.

I still won't buy a chopper though

 

[brie]

Yeah well.. as my wife pointed out... I'm closer to thirty than twenty. And I'll point out that I'm not a teenager anymore THANK GOD!

Hey, being a teenager isn't that bad






haha. Just kidding. :wink: