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Old 03-01-2012, 09:57 AM   #1
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Have any of you been pulled over with the V working? If so how did that go over? One would think the officer is going to conclude that you speed all the time and write a few.
a state trooper who was driving around the local roads followed me as I went onto the state Parkway. My top was down and he was tail gating. And kept following.
I'd already muted the device the minute I saw him following me. This went on for about five minutes. He gets on his speaker and says "Porsche guy, radar detectors make you look guilty." and sped away.

I guess they hate it when we know that they're watching us.

I think you have to be nuts to be driving a flashy car without a radar detector.
You don't have to be going fast to get a speeding ticket and have to waste a day going to court to fight a ticket that gets settled down to no seat-belt 9 times out 10. All it takes is going five miles over the limit and they got an excuse to TRY to mess up your clean record. Strnage thing is that since going through high perfomance driving instruction and doing a few season of autocross my desire to ever go more than 10 miles over the limit vanished. I realized there are too many poor drivers on the road to justify not giving myself at least two car lengths and even if I clear road ahead some jerkoff can just as easily try and jump in front of me on the fast lane. The roads have be pretty close to empty for me to go fast.
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Old 03-01-2012, 11:19 AM   #2
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a state trooper who was driving around the local roads followed me as I went onto the state Parkway. My top was down and he was tail gating. And kept following.
I'd already muted the device the minute I saw him following me. This went on for about five minutes. He gets on his speaker and says "Porsche guy, radar detectors make you look guilty." and sped away.

I guess they hate it when we know that they're watching us.

I think you have to be nuts to be driving a flashy car without a radar detector.
You don't have to be going fast to get a speeding ticket and have to waste a day going to court to fight a ticket that gets settled down to no seat-belt 9 times out 10. All it takes is going five miles over the limit and they got an excuse to TRY to mess up your clean record. Strnage thing is that since going through high perfomance driving instruction and doing a few season of autocross my desire to ever go more than 10 miles over the limit vanished. I realized there are too many poor drivers on the road to justify not giving myself at least two car lengths and even if I clear road ahead some jerkoff can just as easily try and jump in front of me on the fast lane. The roads have be pretty close to empty for me to go fast.

Same here...I told the policeman it keeps me honest.:dance:
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Amazing, it only takes three years for people to post a comment on my thread.

I ended up using the visor clip for the unit and the concealed head is pinched between the steering column and instrument cluster. As far as getting any tickets...got one. I was traveling through OKC with clear five lanes wide ahead of me. The road was going into huge interchange with a left then followed by a big right hand sweeper. Music was cranked, foot was heavy and the V1 was muted with the sun behind me. As I entered the left turn from the left lane I saw a motorcycle cop next to the inside wall...gun in hand and pointing right at me...a glance at the concealed head unit and all I saw was RED LIGHTS! $165 dollars later I now drive with the volume turn up.


Since then my V1 has NEVER let me down. I trust, whole heartedly, the V1.
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Old 03-01-2012, 03:43 PM   #4
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Amazing, it only takes three years for people to post a comment on my thread.

I ended up using the visor clip for the unit and the concealed head is pinched between the steering column and instrument cluster. As far as getting any tickets...got one. I was traveling through OKC with clear five lanes wide ahead of me. The road was going into huge interchange with a left then followed by a big right hand sweeper. Music was cranked, foot was heavy and the V1 was muted with the sun behind me. As I entered the left turn from the left lane I saw a motorcycle cop next to the inside wall...gun in hand and pointing right at me...a glance at the concealed head unit and all I saw was RED LIGHTS! $165 dollars later I now drive with the volume turn up.


Since then my V1 has NEVER let me down. I trust, whole heartedly, the V1.
Sounds like you needed a laser jammer in that situation. I have laser interceptor front and back and its served me very well
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