Like I mentioned above, my comments were geared towards you doing mostly highway driving. In towns, a radar detector saving you once will pay for itself. But if you're 90% of the time on highways, I wouldn't waste the cash.
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Originally Posted by HESH2
won't leave home without one.escort makes the best long range on the k band.if you get shot with a laser gun just pull over and get out your license.but with laser police have to be able to use laser through open window in their car,so they can't be on road shoulder.
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I remember it to this day. Driving down hill towards exit 68 heading back to UConn from working in Hartford. Pitch black, barely a car on the road. Came over a hill and as soon as I did, saw headlights turn on aways ahead of me. CT Trooper clocked me at 88MPH from almost half a mile away (they include the distance on the ticket).
Lucky for me, I had my EMT uniform on still and CT Troopers in the area provide a lot of professional courtesy as long as you aren't completely reckless. He ran my info, came back to the car, threw my info onto the passenger's seat and said "Go home and slow the F#&$ down." That was the last time I was pulled over for speeding.
Spent hundreds of hours in an ambulance driving US91, 84 and surrounding areas... CT Troopers are some crafty folks in where they hide and effective in how they position themselves for speed traps. Also remember seeing a CT Trooper on an overpass with the speed gun and a few troopers further down the road pulling people over.