Radar detector....your opinion
08-18-2006, 10:25 PM
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i got another question... i was readin stuff and there was this like viel coating (jammer) to put on your headlights and license plate cuz thats what the cops aim for with the radar gun.... well what do they aim for with my car!? i have no front license plate and my car has the pop up style lights... lol
08-19-2006, 12:04 AM
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How is it safer to speed on a highway than in town? At speed you are far more likely to kill yourself or someone else, you have far less chance to avoid a collision with a moose for example. It is unsafe to speed wherever you are, to think it is safer on the highway than it is in the city is absurd. Does the drunk driver not drive on a highway or just in the city?
A laser needs a reflective surface to get a accurate reading. True the license plate and headlights are the best reflective surface, but unless you are driving the stealth bomber or similar, you are one big moving target and the reading can come from the sheetmetal, a grill, the window even.
A laser needs a reflective surface to get a accurate reading. True the license plate and headlights are the best reflective surface, but unless you are driving the stealth bomber or similar, you are one big moving target and the reading can come from the sheetmetal, a grill, the window even.
08-19-2006, 02:03 AM
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I agree with you on that...Speeding on lonely roads or highways where you can hit a moose or a deer is not a good idea. However, I dont think there're any moose that'll chance moseying across 16 lanes of traffic on the 401. I did however see a video of a herd of cows loose on the 401 @ the 400 but those cows were being transported not grazing on the embankment...lol...
You should have seen the cops chasing these cows and wrestling them...
You should have seen the cops chasing these cows and wrestling them...
08-19-2006, 02:10 AM
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Actually it is safer to speed on the highway because velocity differential is not that great between any two vehicles. 20 maybe 30 km/h whereas on city streets if youre doing 55 or 60 km/h velocity differential is greater especially with the chance of hitting stationary objects or pedestrians...or a moose
Thats why I always OBEY the speed limit on city streets...
Thats why I always OBEY the speed limit on city streets...
08-19-2006, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by MR2NR
How is it safer to speed on a highway than in town? At speed you are far more likely to kill yourself or someone else, you have far less chance to avoid a collision with a moose for example. It is unsafe to speed wherever you are, to think it is safer on the highway than it is in the city is absurd. Does the drunk driver not drive on a highway or just in the city?
A laser needs a reflective surface to get a accurate reading. True the license plate and headlights are the best reflective surface, but unless you are driving the stealth bomber or similar, you are one big moving target and the reading can come from the sheetmetal, a grill, the window even.
A laser needs a reflective surface to get a accurate reading. True the license plate and headlights are the best reflective surface, but unless you are driving the stealth bomber or similar, you are one big moving target and the reading can come from the sheetmetal, a grill, the window even.
thanks i understand now...
and it definatly isnt safe to be speeding anywere! Although i still do... i usually only speed or drive like a dumbass when its only me... i dont like taking risks when there r others around.
08-19-2006, 02:13 PM
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Personlly your not speeding if your foot isnt to the floor. 
But another point of view is you may not be speeding with someone else in the car but what about the other people on the road? You put them in Danger.
I cant say i dont speed, im a looney on the ****IN road.
yes yes i need anger managment.......haha or licence pulled whatever comes first.
Cheer.
But another point of view is you may not be speeding with someone else in the car but what about the other people on the road? You put them in Danger.
I cant say i dont speed, im a looney on the ****IN road.
yes yes i need anger managment.......haha or licence pulled whatever comes first.
Cheer.
08-19-2006, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by twistedsickness
Personlly your not speeding if your foot isnt to the floor.
But another point of view is you may not be speeding with someone else in the car but what about the other people on the road? You put them in Danger.
I cant say i dont speed, im a looney on the ****IN road.
yes yes i need anger managment.......haha or licence pulled whatever comes first.
Cheer.
But another point of view is you may not be speeding with someone else in the car but what about the other people on the road? You put them in Danger.
I cant say i dont speed, im a looney on the ****IN road.
yes yes i need anger managment.......haha or licence pulled whatever comes first.
Cheer.
yea i know were your going with that... but the thing is i live in the middle of no where ... lol i dont see many vehicals... i can go 1 n a half hours without hitting any busy traffic....if i pick the right route... haha
08-19-2006, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by smpl_gy
Actually it is safer to speed on the highway because velocity differential is not that great between any two vehicles. 20 maybe 30 km/h whereas on city streets if youre doing 55 or 60 km/h velocity differential is greater especially with the chance of hitting stationary objects or pedestrians...or a moose
Thats why I always OBEY the speed limit on city streets...
Thats why I always OBEY the speed limit on city streets...
