How To Do Just About Everything
By eHow Cars Editor
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Nothing is worse than sailing along the highway, only to be pulled over and ticketed for speeding. By locating speed traps before you travel, you can avoid this expensive experience, which can also waste a lot of your valuable time.
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Comments
mrjameswells said
on 7/18/2007 screw that just use pigradar.com
Jezzamcbezza said
on 10/26/2006 There is a huge variance in the quality of radar detectors. Do your research, there's lots of bogus claims out there. As mentioned above, radar jammers (if they are active) are illegal in all states with huge penalties for getting caught with one. Passive radar jammers (they don't transmit, they only "reflect") are about as effective at jamming radar as having a tissue box sitting on your dash. Have a read about the bogus jammers at http://www.delonixradar.com.au/FAQ.html#Q12 or check out the video proof on radar roy's site where on two seprate occasions a news crew did a study with these type of products and found them to fail 100% of the time.
Laser jammers on the other hand do work, and are only banned in Minnesota, California and Utah.
Anonymous said
on 8/8/2006 Never speed through residential areas. It's just plain stupid. People, especially kids, may be out on the street on run in front of your vehicle unexpectedly. If you're pressed for time, don't make it up until you're out on more open roads.
Also, radar guns operate by wide angle sound waves. Turning on your windshield wipers will do nothing other than make you look even dumber once you've been pulled over. Same goes for putting tinfoil in your hubcaps and hanging a CD from your mirror -- short of using a jamming device, which is illegal, there is nothing you can do to "mess up" a police radar gun. Your best bet is to slow down as quickly as possible and hope that you didn't get tagged yet.
Anonymous said
on 8/8/2006 Do not fall into a sense of false security by following or passing a larger vehicle, such as an eighteen wheeler. By the press of a button the officer can lock the speed of a smaller car, even if it is beside a slower large truck.
Anonymous said
on 3/30/2006 Know the "buffer zone," the amount, if any, that you can comfortably exceed the speed limit without being pulled over. Generally, the easiest way to do this is to just observe the traffic flow and go with the cars that are moving faster (but not at speeds that are obviously excessive). Generally, this will run from 5 to 10 mph over the limit on freeways.
A police officer in a speed trap is generally more concerned with people speeding at higher speeds. After all, why bother pulling over someone going 5 over for a small fine, when you can wait a little longer and get the big fish pushing 20 or 25 over who is likely a repeat offender and a larger threat to the public safety? Just keep in mind that while you're usually safe staying within the buffer, any speed over the posted limit is still illegal -- so you're just playing the odds.