Bestest radar detector ever please!

matt100 · 27 Feb 2006 at 20:33

Righty ho.. 6 points in 4 months has me thinking that I need to a) slow down and b) get a radar detector...

And before any do-gooder trashes the thread with a lecture I do in excess of 50k a year and haven't had an accident for 10 years (and I'm only 28, I plead idiocy when I was 18

) I consider myself pretty safe.

For example the latest lot were on the A417 nr Gloucester, an arrow straight dual carriageway with not a single house on it and I ws snapped doing 85 when I should have been doing 70.. big bloody deal. Where I live is a bit of a rat run between 2 sets of lights, every other house has a couple of kids and people drive down there at rush hour like total ********* and never a single copper to be seen :confused:

Anyway.. whats the best ever radar detector? I'm not interested in gatsos/specs etc, I'm not a moron I look where I'm driving, I want some sort of help against these godforsaken camera vans.

Please! before I daydream my way into being banned!

matt100 · 27 Feb 2006 at 21:27

james.miller said:
i think its the "its a clear road so i wanna do >70" attitude that you need to work on, not buying a radar detector. i know i know its not what you wanted to hear lol

oh shush.

The law is supposed to be decided by concensus, that's the whole point, it's the armoury the masses have against the indescretion of the miority.. so why is it projected that in a couple of years the majority of the driving population will have been convicted for speeding?

Just don't get me started, I wouldn't even mind if it were a £300 fine and they stayed on your licence for a year. Or a weeks ban every time you got caught.. or a dirty great fine for speeding where there's not supposed to be people walking and heavier punishment for where there is supposed to be people.

The time they stick around gives you time to regret, repent, forget and get caught again.. its a bloody nonsense and like I said built up areas fine (notice me not complaining about the first lot? I was caught doing 37 in a 30 it was stupid, I know it was and I stick to 30 religiously now, really not proud of that at all).

Anyways, I have a navman, can I download these sites for that or would I need to get a tomtom?

matt100 · 27 Feb 2006 at 22:50

adwhitworth said:
Cheap units have been crap in the past. The database tends to be poor so I think if you are going to buy one then save for the Origin B2.

As most people have said, once a detector has picked up a laser signal it means you have been zapped. Occasionally you can get lucky and pickup laser scatter if you are coming round a corner but it is reasonably hard to do. The only true way to save your license unfortunately is either stick to the limit or use a laser jammer but this is definately not advisable. No amount of detectors and/or databases will stop Mr. Plod.

oh arse..

You ought to get credits based on the amount you drive.. I need to ditch the company car and get a new one with cruise control.

I wonder if you can spec a focus ST with cruise???

matt100 · 27 Feb 2006 at 23:21

lol.. I spend too much time watching kids TV..

oh by the way, I see you're in Southampton.. my October set of 3 were delivered just under the bridge of junction 13 on the M3 going towards Eastleigh.

Thats the set I reckon are a fair cop.

matt100 · 28 Feb 2006 at 00:09

the worst thing is I was tanking down this road and I thought to myself "this is the sort of place you'd see a camera van".. looked up and saw...

A bloody camera van.

Its so hard to maintain concentration when you almost live on the road (I'm not a trucky by the way, I just manage a UK account) and that goes for speed limits, the concentration required to stay at any speed for 50k+ miles per year is pretty heavy. Especially when that is a change of behaviour.

matt100 · 28 Feb 2006 at 00:16

revoked for cumulative points?

what length of ban is it for that? Just got to think contingency!

matt100 · 28 Feb 2006 at 16:21

Dangerous said:
It takes time and I'm learning it slowly and I do over 50k per year. My licence has been revoked once and im on 7 points at the moment. Far from being any saint but I know what you feel like

how have you got 7 points?

matt100 · 28 Feb 2006 at 19:11

sorry, don't mean to pry but were you really taking the **** for the 4 pointer?

matt100 · 28 Feb 2006 at 20:04

lol.. puts me in mind of my first lot 10 years ago, 69.5 in a 40 and accelerating. How I skipped a ban then I've no idea.

matt100 · 28 Feb 2006 at 23:25

I think I'm just going to give this gps thing a crack and maybe slow down.. I might live longer. And even if I don't it'll feel like it because I'll feel like I'm walking everywhere!