jimbo01 0 Report post Posted January 20, 2009 (edited) My 10 cents worth. Owned a Valentine One, and currently own an Escort 9500. Are they worth the money anymore?. The cops leave their radar equipment off and zap you as they see you - if you are speeding they have you, and you know it as your Radar detector goes off - not sure how that level of detection justifies the expense of a radar detector. In a way if people assume they can speed with impunity coz they have a detector - given how the cops are using their laser and rader - this would mean they are probably more likely to get caught so Cops being against them is a bit strange. In car navigator with speed camera locations is probably more reliable - you know the speed limit for the bit of road you on on, and where the speed cameras are. Used our TomTom One in Europe and was warned many many times. In 3000km in France and Spain didn't see one Patrol car sitting by the road, all cameras, and painted grey with yellow and black stripes, and ofter with warning signs. It was great driving 130kph on the toll roads in France, getting past by Mercs and BMW's , who in turn got passed by Audi's (I think Audis are the Subaru Turbos of Europe). It seemd fast the 1st day then you just got used to it, what is insane is coming back to NZ, and finding you are having to drive 80-90kph on the open road in mnay cases as some morons are choosing to drive this speed. All i can say is thank god for V8 power and accelleration! The Escort 9500 is a GPS device so it gives you a read out of speed, which as it is mounted on the windscreen in line of sight helps keep to a speed that doesn't get you a ticket (like 109kph), however a Navigator does this and advises the speed. As I dscovered on holiday up north last year - doing 70kph past a speed camera van that your radar detector has alerted you to doesn't do you any good if the limit is 50kph (but where the sign?). The reality is the only relaible way to avoid tickets is to not speed - perhap we need more track days? Edited January 20, 2009 by jimbo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razmar 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2009 in the NT in oz there are places where there are no speed limets yet the cops will stop you for going to fast so you cant win any where. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huff3r 347 Report post Posted May 3, 2009 Thats beacaus they just recently enforced an open road limit of 130 in NT, it was quite well publicised and complained about a couple of months ago Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
