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insistent on going faster or slower is the hazard, but not the victim often enough
This is a true statement.
So who is more of a hazard to the public
1. 35 year veteran of the highway wars that pushes upwards of 90 mph at 3:30-4:30 am on his way to work.
2. The early twenty something in a $169/ mo lease shitbox, that is putting on make up, selecting a playlist on a iPod or phone, fiddiling with all the 8 million different settings in the car. Staying at or below the limit.
Saying you don't speed IS a arrogant and elitists attitude. 5 over is speeding, will you get a ticket for it, no but you are still guilty of the same crime.
Go turn yourselves in you are bad people, because you speed and you lie!
Cruise control may work for out in the middle of nowhere. Anywhere else it is a gas wasting PITA, adaptive cruise is worse and creates long lines of traffic all going the same speed with inattentive drivers behind the wheel. No matter what speed they are going.
 
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Texas must be full of blood spewing accidents.
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There’s the facts about speeding.
Do you really think you should be allowed to drive as fast as your vehicle is capable of? That’s fine. Just remember, sauce for the goose.
If it’s ok for you to do it, it’s ok for everyone else as well. Do you want your kids to be driving around in a world with no speed limit?
It’s a safety thing. That’s all.

Thank you for proving it's about the dollar . So, break that down. How many were speeding while not paying attention ( distracted) OR fell asleep Or was inebriated ? Those numbers are scare tactics and published to frighten, they are skewed for the sake of money.
 
Thank you for proving it's about the dollar . So, break that down. How many were speeding while not paying attention ( distracted) OR fell asleep Or was inebriated ? Those numbers are scare tactics and published to frighten, they are skewed for the sake of money.
If you had actually read it instead of your usual knee-jerk,red x reaction, your questions are answered.
Theres money involved? Gee whiz, who’d have guessed that.
 
That is a list of some capitian obvious stats there.
<5 year old are highest death in back over deaths.
Really I would hope that grandma and grandpa are not crawling around on the ground behind a car, when the unattractive parent backs the car up.
More likely to die as a pedestrian getting hit at 40 than 20. Huh, who would have thought.
Talk about just spewing scary facts that in reality if you were paying attention in H.S. physics you would perdict 90% of those stats before reading them.
 
That is a list of some capitian obvious stats there.
<5 year old are highest death in back over deaths.
Really I would hope that grandma and grandpa are not crawling around on the ground behind a car, when the unattractive parent backs the car up.
More likely to die as a pedestrian getting hit at 40 than 20. Huh, who would have thought.
Talk about just spewing scary facts that in reality if you were paying attention in H.S. physics you would perdict 90% of those stats before reading them.
Why does it have to be an “unattractive” parent? Do attractive parents have better driving skills?
The point of the stats is that speed is a factor in fatal car accidents. Those of you who advocate abolishing speed limits and everybody just go as fast as they feel they can handle, just keep in mind, others might not be the expert race car drivers that you are. They’ll get to try their hand at others expense!
 
Why does it have to be an “unattractive” parent? Do attractive parents have better driving skills?
The point of the stats is that speed is a factor in fatal car accidents. Those of you who advocate abolishing speed limits and everybody just go as fast as they feel they can handle, just keep in mind, others might not be the expert race car drivers that you are. They’ll get to try their hand at others expense!

It's all because they don't care about other people, or the law. They are selfish, self centered, it's all about them and the hell with everybody else. They are the accidents that are waiting to happen.
 
In my experience, the major cause of crashes, deaths, etc. is Aggression.

Congestion, slow drivers, brain dead drivers, restrictive things like speed limits, traffic lights, construction zones etc. cause frustration which really cranks up the aggressive driver. Then all hell breaks loose when they tail gate, honk horns, wave finger signals out the window and try to pass when it's not safe to do so. They are so cranked up they drive with tunnel vision, the perfect example of a distracted driver.

I've driven just over 60 years, accident free!! Yay me!! Why, I'm laid back and basically couldn't care less if traffic is slow or idiots are about. i just roll the right lane and watch the circus.

As for driving over the speed limit by 5 or 10, sure, but more important, I always drive with the pack. I stick towards the end of the pack and let the leaders meet the fuzz first. They also get to meet the wildlife first as well. Nothing will screw up your day more than hitting a 2,000 lb Moose!

Take a chill pill!
 
Why does it have to be an “unattractive” parent? Do attractive parents have better driving skills
Damn auto correct. LOL
Those of you who advocate abolishing speed limits
I would not advocate this, stupid people need to be told what to do.

At the same time I believe that 5 over 10 over and 15 over with or keeping up with the flow of traffic is fine. The asshat who drives along not keeping up with the flow of traffic and gets hit by the any number of possible people that are all 5-10 over in a traffic flow. They are now a speeding static that did not need to happen if the non speeder would do as the majority are doing or remove themselves from the "too fast" highway
I have to do it everyday pass the same DH over and over because ethey insist on going the limit and no more. They pass me on a uphill, I pass them on the flat or downhill. They usually get past me (barely) at the top of a grade come back over so close to the front of my truck I can't see half their car, putting me in a dangerous situation.
To generalize that speeding is a ticket to death is a stupid and ignorant statement.
AAA will mention over and over about how slim a chance you have to survive against a tractor trailer, but fail to mention that over 90% of semi and car crashes are not the fault of the truck. Any survey or study can be skewed or have ommitions or no follow up questions. Fact remains that speed is a easy scapegoat that nobody important is going to get behind.
 
I’m not saying that I don’t speed on a daily basis myself. I stay with traffic when I can. In my neck of the woods that means 80+ on the interstate where the limit is 70. I believe the only thing that keeps some people from going 100+ is the fear of getting in trouble.
The point I’m trying to make is that it’s probably for the best we have speed limits for the people who aren’t as good a driver as they think they are. A 70mph limit ain’t too bad folks. They let us get away with 80 around here most of the time. That’s plenty fast enough for a busy interstate.
 
Damn auto correct. LOL

I would not advocate this, stupid people need to be told what to do.

At the same time I believe that 5 over 10 over and 15 over with or keeping up with the flow of traffic is fine. The asshat who drives along not keeping up with the flow of traffic and gets hit by the any number of possible people that are all 5-10 over in a traffic flow. They are now a speeding static that did not need to happen if the non speeder would do as the majority are doing or remove themselves from the "too fast" highway
I have to do it everyday pass the same DH over and over because ethey insist on going the limit and no more. They pass me on a uphill, I pass them on the flat or downhill. They usually get past me (barely) at the top of a grade come back over so close to the front of my truck I can't see half their car, putting me in a dangerous situation.
To generalize that speeding is a ticket to death is a stupid and ignorant statement.
AAA will mention over and over about how slim a chance you have to survive against a tractor trailer, but fail to mention that over 90% of semi and car crashes are not the fault of the truck. Any survey or study can be skewed or have ommitions or no follow up questions. Fact remains that speed is a easy scapegoat that nobody important is going to get behind.
Lol, I knew auto correct got you! Far be it from me not to take advantage!
I got hit in the side by a distracted driver who was going about 20mph one time. Wasn’t too bad.
Another time I got rear ended by yet another distracted driver going around 45mph. That one was substantially more punishing. You’re not going to convince me that speed doesn’t make a difference in a collision. Heck, without speed, a collision is impossible!
 
I skipped pages two and most of three. I drive Laura's 2012 Charger SXT and I'll look down and I'm going 15+ over and it feels like I'm still going 50. The car doesn't feel like it's flying along about to shake or rattle apart like my Polara does over 100. I don't often purposely drive around 80, unless I'm on the highway and the speed limit is 70. They give me two more mph than Bob gets in Maryland. But I live in the country, where I can stretch any cars legs without risk to anyone other than me. I like to take the I'd cars up for a blast at higher speeds every now and again and always do so when there isn't any traffic.

Normal driving, no matter what it is, Laura's car, my Avenger, my truck, ten over, that's what I can get away with. The cops know Laura, they know me (and aren't afraid to pull me over) and I've gotten one ticket and some warnings. That's it. I must be a danger somehow, I'm sure. I have this behavior engrained in me from years of delivery driving in the big city. "Take chances, pass on the right" was the store moto for the driver's. I also learned HOW to drive, not just speeding, but purposely putting my work truck into a controlled slide, learning how to keep from spinning out, how vehicles handle. Was I screwing around? Damn right! But I was learning. Now it's just second nature, I don't need to think when **** hits the fan, I just deal with it and keep driving. I got to use bother lanes and should be of the freeway one winter after letting of the gas as we suddenly approaches a semi that was kicking up snow behind it. I didn't stop talking, throw my drink in my hand, I just gentle and calmly turned the wheel back and forth as the car slowed and got traction. Didn't even think about it. Laura looked at me and said we'd be in the ditch if she was behind the wheel. If you never put yourself in a position where you have to react, you'll probably have a bad experience if you ever have to. I did a lot of stupid driving in a parking lot to figure it out, but you need real world application to proof your theories, and I was able to do so in industrial park settings. Glad I did as I've had some times where all that paid off. Hate all you want. And no, I'm not advocating race car driving on city streets.

Not all cops love to tag speeders, it how you speed, be an asshat weaving in and out of traffic (like in Chicago for example) and you might talk to a trooper or local mount. Pass nice and polite like, then you can pass every car you see, like I do. No ticket on the way to Indy to get my '68 Monaco, and I was doing 90 almost the entire way, that's what traffic was giving me, so I took it. Much slower on the return trip. Like I said, I live in the country, and the roads are wide open, any way I point the car :thumbsup:
 
Well, that’s all we have time for today, folks! We covered a lot of ground, had a few laughs, and, I think we might have answered the op question!
Tune in tomorrow when we’ll see what the panel has to say about auxiliary driving lights!
 
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