...if ya can't beat em, join em!

 

One of the police forces in the Macon, GA area operated an unmarked '79 vette which they had confiscated in a drug case. It was a white car which they painted black (in the parking lot with spray cans, or so it looked) and nabbed unsuspecting speeders on I-75.

Needless to say, they drove that vette into the ground.

 

If it is the book I read its called

A Speeder's Guide to Avoiding Tickets
by James M. Eagen

 

That's it!!!
A Speeder's Guide To Avoiding Tickets; The essential manual for life in the fast lane.... by Sgt. James M. Eagan, N.Y.S.P. (Ret.)

First printed in 1990, so the advice about CB radios may be a little dated, but the other information contained in it is perfectly relevant. It's an inexpensive paperback and worth the small cost.
Didn't you love the part about the attractive young nun??

Larry
code5coupe

 

Alternative? Just get yourself one of these, & program it to seek out radar guns
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We call it chasing the rabbit when you let them get ahead of you so they get stopped first, most of the time it lets you see the pursuit car before it gets you. If your in oregon and running up or down the columbia river on 84 you better be looking for a late model p.u., the lights are hidden in the grill.

 

I would say to know your surroundings is the best defense against a ticket. I don't own a detector, but when I see one on the dash of the car ahead of me, that is the car to back off of and pace

And now for my middle of no-where story, hehe Pre-vette, I was driving a RED 95 ford thunderbird. I live in Georgia and my father died in MO and was buried in IA last year. So I drove up to see him in MO and for the services in IA. All was well and good, until I got on the interstate 75 ( the one connecting KC and St. Louis) I set my cruise to 73 and thought all was cool. Then out of no where, a RED camaro zips by and I see alot of break lights in front of me. But I'm an idiot and didn't turn off my cruise. Next thing that happens is MO HP pull over me and the camaro (I am really hating those cars now ) And I get a ticket for 85 in a 65 and following too closely, Bah.. So they got a "visiting the state" tax from me. The rest of my trip through MO was at 60 locked in cruise

 

Getting a job in Law Enforcement works pretty well.

 

Alternative for radar detector? You can say a CB but just like they say above stick to the speed limit. Here in California just go with the traffic, AVG speed 75-95 MPH ....if traffic flows

Any radar detector pays itself withing the first beep.

 

Yeah SC has some crazy undercover cars.....when we went to dytona for my 18th, there was a state cruiser with one of those silver camaro's right beside it, the cruiser shoots you, the silver one nabs you......lol so i can account for bogus' storry - Roger

 

i have also seen ehre, a 84 pontiac unbird (unmarked), 02 suburban, 84 F-150, multiple unmarked Vans ( E350's....LOL) and on 270 and 495 they use a helicopter.

 

Or we could just drive the speed limit and not have to worry about it.

 

I think those were my exact words. And no, it didn't work...

 

And you know why it didn't work? Because while most of it is about enforcing the law (whether we want to believe it or not, and all of us have probably been stopped "unreasonably"), a very small part is about revenue, and most won't deny it. And they've got you and don't need to go chase down another.

 

i also have a valentine,so far no tickets.

 

I generally go with the traffic flow. When a speeder passes me I use him as my rabbit. I hang back and watch his brake lights. I open her up once in awhile but I mostly speed in packs.

Interesting stat, in Milwackie there were 14,000 speeding tickets givin in 2005. Only 7 were below 15 MPH over.[/QUOTE]


Walker

 

Huh!
Dau!

 

I have tried them all and forget the CB radio what a waste of space and time. You will be better off with a scanner especially against aircraft. It is fun listening to them from the air giving instructions and speeds to the ground units CHP. You will get other uses with a scanner too like traffic conditions direct from news aircraft or from a police/fire / ambulance dispatcher. You will also know what areas to avoid if possible or know why you are sitting in traffic because of a collision and you will know location of collision.
The problem is with a permanent neat installation where do you install this mobil scanner in a Corvette? Let me know.
You can use a handheld scanner but it is kind of messy with all of those wires plus you will want to use external amplified speakers to get over the roadnoise and you will have to contend with wires and a temporary installation. Also an external antenna makes the difference between night and day. On a corvette you really can't put an external antenna on so you are stuck with a rubber duck antenna or with the inside wire antenna. Point being you are stuck with an inside antenna. You can opt for one of those optional ducky antennas that are suppose to boost the signal but it is hit or miss on that and you end up paying more $$$ for something that may not work any better than the duck antenna..

 

make the $'s on both ends

 

It doesn't matter how much time you save by speeding... if you crash and die you'll loose time than you ever gained.