My wife does not understand why I purchased an Escort 9500ix Radar Detector. If you are unfamiliar with this model, it's certainly in the top 1 or 2 of the best detectors in the world. With shipping and handling it runs about $525. I have been using it for the last 6 months.
Now, she claims that I do not drive wrecklessly, I do not speed, I have not received any moving violations in the last 25 years, but nevertheless, I bought one. I like the idea of knowing that at the bottom of the hill or around the curve is a cop hiding with radar before I get there. I believe that with most police budgets being cut short, that tickets are the easiest and biggest money maker for the police. Consequently, the gray area of a few miles over the speed limit is certainly up for interpretation.
What if I'm going down a hill where the posted speed is 45 MPH. The car, due to gravity starts to pick up speed. At what point should I put on the brakes? At 46? At 50? At 52? Obviously, each police department and perhaps each officer has their own idea of how fast over the speed limit someone can go without being cited with a ticket. My point is: Wouldn't you like to know that there is radar at the bottom of the hill so that you don't have to endure the possibility of getting a ticket for going 52 MPH? If my radar detector warned me at the top of the hill, I would certainly make sure that I was going no more than 45 or perhaps even less when going down the hill. Yes, I would rather wear out the brakes a little bit then be late to work, and then having to go to court and pay a fine.
Now, she claims that I do not drive wrecklessly, I do not speed, I have not received any moving violations in the last 25 years, but nevertheless, I bought one. I like the idea of knowing that at the bottom of the hill or around the curve is a cop hiding with radar before I get there. I believe that with most police budgets being cut short, that tickets are the easiest and biggest money maker for the police. Consequently, the gray area of a few miles over the speed limit is certainly up for interpretation.
What if I'm going down a hill where the posted speed is 45 MPH. The car, due to gravity starts to pick up speed. At what point should I put on the brakes? At 46? At 50? At 52? Obviously, each police department and perhaps each officer has their own idea of how fast over the speed limit someone can go without being cited with a ticket. My point is: Wouldn't you like to know that there is radar at the bottom of the hill so that you don't have to endure the possibility of getting a ticket for going 52 MPH? If my radar detector warned me at the top of the hill, I would certainly make sure that I was going no more than 45 or perhaps even less when going down the hill. Yes, I would rather wear out the brakes a little bit then be late to work, and then having to go to court and pay a fine.
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