Porscheforever

Thanks for the sympathy.

I think Japanese use similar system as the US. It's illegal to use laser jamming, but laser detector isn't. There are some brands with built in GPS, but not sure how effective they are. There are also no real car forums in Japan like here, so getting honest info just from product review is difficult.

97c2s993

I lived in Japan for 6 yrs - bought my 97 C2S 993 there and drove it there never getting any speeding ticket.

As the first response to your post implied, there are speed limits anywhere you go in the world, save parts of the autobahn. I think options for you to drive faster on highways in Japan are there, you just need to keep an eye out and be practical if you want to let the car go:

- identify stretches of road where the police can't hide or aren't known to (barriers or walls along the side of the road)
- like in many places in the US, unmarked cars are often of a same make/model (not always of course but often), and you can probably find out on the internet what they look like
- don't expect to go miles and miles at a constant rate of speed far above the speed limit, or you will almost surely get caught (this applies everywhere)
- is there an app like Waze in Japan? then you might have an additional advance warning from other 'Wazers' who may have spotted one around your location, whether in a fixed location, in motion or after stopping another unlucky driver

Nevertheless I sympathize with you. Traffic in most of Japan is such that owning Porsche often feels pointless, and except for the track the highway is the only practical place to 'see what it can do'.

That said, I apply the above tips when driving my 991 C2S here in the US since 03'12. I don't use radar, but keep an eagle eye out when I drive, on highways even looking far forward or back when passing onramps or entrance lanes. And yes, I've spotted many troopers, in marked and unmarked cars, and even a few officers standing at a distance next to a tripod (laser!), being (luckily) able to slow down avoiding any ticket.

Good luck and keep the Porsche, driving in good health (and speed!)

pvr

How long until you got the ticket? If it is years, then it might be years until you get the next one

Porscheforever

I really hope so!

My driving record was spotless for 15 years. Not exactly spotless because I was stopped twice by cops in US, but only got off with warning.

My 991 is 6 months old when I got this speeding ticket. So I think it has to do more with the car being "flashy" than my driving style.

But no point in me denying myself, I just got to drive slower and stop being too naive.

Porscheforever

Thanks for the valuable advice!

There is something similar to Waze but it's paid service that comes with the radar detector. I really should get this installed especially my eyes are like moles when it comes to spotting cops.

JSteve

I read that a few days ago (after getting passed by an old pick-up truck going far over the speed limit) and it really made me think—I hope this is helpful:

With great power comes great responsibility. Because we can does not mean that we should. And if we do not, we have not diminished what we are or what we drive in the least. The 991 is an engineering masterpiece. Everyone alive today is very fortunate to live in a time and place where such a thing exists. And we actually own these magnificent machines! Wow. So, I say there is a point. Maybe a 991 is not for everyone, but there is always a point for excellence.

maxpowers

I got a speeding ticket too and have a radar detector, but definitely play it safe and drive the speed limit (or within 5 mph of it) in residential areas. Some areas it really doesn't make sense. Everyone speeds at least 10 over so I feel a bit ridiculous. I finally saw a car going the same speed as me and we stopped at a light I saw it was a woman eating cereal. I tried going to speed limit on the highway, but was being passed left and right and think I was putting people in danger.

The whole speeding problem reminds me of this old Porsche commercial I stumbled upon

Cheekymonkeyman

Damn right.... Residential areas equals soft stationary people.... Highway/motorway equals hard fast cars going in the same direction.... and in the most part the police get that here in the UK... Shame the speed cameras are less discerning!

chuck911

One year, midway on a PCA Tour to Long Beach, we stopped for a break and I had a nice chat with a woman from England. She told me this was her first Porsche Tour and shared her developing fascination with the cars and the people. Her biggest surprise was discovering there are within the group of normal people who drive normal, obey rules and fear tickets, another group who seem just as perfectly normal except for the fact they somehow manage to drive exceedingly amazingly magically fast at times, then just as quickly revert back to appearing to be perfectly normal, back and forth, and that these people not only don't fear tickets they seem to regard them as just a cost of doing business. She found this both amazing and surprising, not least because all the messages she'd gotten all her life were that speed equals reckless and she was now seeing with her own eyes this simply is not so. Perceptive woman.

The capper was when she said its a shame those people aren't free to drive as they will, because they certainly are no threat to anyone- in fact since they all seemed to her to be so much more alert and aware they probably are less of a risk than the normal people droning along not paying attention because, after all, they're following the rules.

Like I said, perceptive woman.