Radar Detector Questions...
07-31-2002, 12:55 AM
#31
Thinking outside da' bun...
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Both Valentine and Escort are based in Cincinnati. Ohio is pretty notorious for Smokeys.
Totally off topic but since we're talking speed, does the state of Montana still have the "prudent and careful" no max speed limit during daylight hours in non urban areas???
Totally off topic but since we're talking speed, does the state of Montana still have the "prudent and careful" no max speed limit during daylight hours in non urban areas???
07-31-2002, 02:01 AM
#32
Nordschleife Master
Regarding Big Sky Country, there is a Rennlister that lives there who can answer accurately, but I'm pretty sure they had to get off the farce they were doing on speeding as the Feds were going to cut them off from funds for highway repairs. Bastiches!
If you don't know, the farce was if a trooper decided to stop you for speeding you got a ticket which cost 5 bucks. With this ticket in hand, you could speed for the rest of the day/night and that was your passport - no more tickets. What a wonderful idea! <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />
If you don't know, the farce was if a trooper decided to stop you for speeding you got a ticket which cost 5 bucks. With this ticket in hand, you could speed for the rest of the day/night and that was your passport - no more tickets. What a wonderful idea! <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />
07-31-2002, 02:22 AM
#34
Three Wheelin'
All,
<a href="http://www.radartest.com/NECHSD.html" target="_blank">http://www.radartest.com/NECHSD.html</A>
I had mentioned the "bear tracker" in a previous thread about this topic - so this time I decided to get my lazy *** moving and actually look it up.
Here is an article from radartest.com that details what it is/does. Sounds neat to me
BTW, I heard that radartest.com was "not to be trusted" because of some sort of mud-slinging issue with Mike Valentine that led to radartest picking the Passport over the V1 in one of its tests. If I remember correctly, Valentine countered with a Car and Driver test that utilized detectors bought commercially (and not solicited) that showed the V1 being clearly superior.
BTW, I don't give a rat's *** about either b/c right now I use a cheap little Whistler
Yeee haw!
Here is a quote from article pertinent to the "bear tracker."
"But there's one added feature that gives this unit its name. About two-thirds of the state highway patrols now equip their officers with hand-held radios so that when away from the safety of their cruisers, they can remain in contact with the dispatcher or other units. But since the small radio often doesn't have enough power to talk to a distant transmitting tower, mobile extenders are employed. These small transceivers, mounted in the patrol vehicle, communicate between the officer's portable radio and the cruiser's more powerful police radio, giving him clear communication with the dispatcher. In most states, when the dispatcher keys the microphone, it sets off every mobile extender in the state. By listening for that specific frequency, the Bear Tracker sets off audio and visual alarms to let you know that a highway patrol car is within two or three miles."
Micah
<a href="http://www.radartest.com/NECHSD.html" target="_blank">http://www.radartest.com/NECHSD.html</A>
I had mentioned the "bear tracker" in a previous thread about this topic - so this time I decided to get my lazy *** moving and actually look it up.
Here is an article from radartest.com that details what it is/does. Sounds neat to me
BTW, I heard that radartest.com was "not to be trusted" because of some sort of mud-slinging issue with Mike Valentine that led to radartest picking the Passport over the V1 in one of its tests. If I remember correctly, Valentine countered with a Car and Driver test that utilized detectors bought commercially (and not solicited) that showed the V1 being clearly superior.
BTW, I don't give a rat's *** about either b/c right now I use a cheap little Whistler
Yeee haw!
Here is a quote from article pertinent to the "bear tracker."
"But there's one added feature that gives this unit its name. About two-thirds of the state highway patrols now equip their officers with hand-held radios so that when away from the safety of their cruisers, they can remain in contact with the dispatcher or other units. But since the small radio often doesn't have enough power to talk to a distant transmitting tower, mobile extenders are employed. These small transceivers, mounted in the patrol vehicle, communicate between the officer's portable radio and the cruiser's more powerful police radio, giving him clear communication with the dispatcher. In most states, when the dispatcher keys the microphone, it sets off every mobile extender in the state. By listening for that specific frequency, the Bear Tracker sets off audio and visual alarms to let you know that a highway patrol car is within two or three miles."
Micah
