Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!microsof!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!houxa!hound!rwhw From: rwhw@hound.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: RE: radar detectors (a typical response from a consumer) Message-ID: <157@hound.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-May-83 09:23:54 EDT Article-I.D.: hound.157 Posted: Thu May 26 09:23:54 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 28-May-83 16:22:04 EDT Lines: 45 The following is a typical response from a person that buys a radar detector. ******************************************************************************* >From **RJE** Thu May 26 11:43 EDT 1983 >From **RJE** Thu May 26 11:43 EDT 1983 forwarded by **RJE** >From bdot Thu May 26 11:42 EDT 1983 remote from hogpd FROM: j.a.barrett TO: hound!rwhw DATE: 26 May 1983 11:30 EDT SUBJECT: re: You can't tell me that you obey all speed limits can you? I obey speed limits where it would be unsafe if I didn't, but some of these 25 MPH zones should be upgraded to 40 or so. I have been driving for 8 years and have 1 ticket, even with my sports car. And YES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I have been pulled over for absolutely NO REASON. When I asked the cop why he pulled me over, he can't give me a reason. I'm young and am driving a fancy sports car, therefore, 1) I must be drunk or drugged, or 2) I'm speeding even though his radar says I'm not. I've given a few cops a lot of shit for pulling me over with no reason (Hazlet and Middletown, especially) and this is probably the only time you can give shit to a cop and get away with it. A radar detector lets me know where the cops are to avoid being hassled. Face it, being pulled over is more a hassle and inconvenience than a hassle. With a radar detector, I can act like an angel (i.e. drive way under the speed limit) and give them absolutely no reason to pull me over. Am I a law breaker? NO, definitely not! Tell the asshole cops that!! ******************************************************************************* The above speaks for itself. I will however respond to the opening remark. I have received only one ticket in 32 years of driving. I deserved the ticket. The offense was disregarding a stop sign (known as a "California rolling stop"). I have never been caught speeding. I also don't believe that breaking laws will change them. As for the remainder of the above, all Traffic Enforcement officers have heard the same story many, many times. I think the answer to the last comment in the above is obvious. Signed Better Than Most