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Originally Posted by milt (Post 6068049)

Screw the tax collectors. Drive in the right lanes doing the speed limit. We're way beyond having to prove one's macho by pushing the envelope. That's for knuckle dragging penis envy types of drivers.

And stock brokers at O'dark thirty on the 405 approaching LAX.

You meant to use green here, right?

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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile (Post 6068203)

Laser jammers aren't illegal - how do you propose to ban light?

The FCC doesn't regulate the light, but I suspect states can regulate the intentional circumvention of traffic law enforcement.

If you are still unsure, ask the folks in Virginia about radar detectors (I know there's another couple of spots that they are illegal besides Virgina as well).

Steve you take 45 to the belt to 288 or something like that?

I harly ever speed on the belt because I know the cops are awful on it....OR...Fly down the road, brake before the overpass, go by cop at 65 then speed back up. Works like a charm but tough on the brakes.

I wish some of these pelican's knew the beltway. It's a speeders dream.

My form of protection is RD and radar scrambler unit and on the front a stealth bra.

The stealth absorbs the radar and will not send it back until the signal is so close, if you haven't slowed down you deserve the ticket plus the scrambler gives them a confused signal until again they are on top of me before a signal locks in.

In 18 yrs of driving this 911S, I have gotten 1 speeding ticket and it was from laser, the first beep got me at 85 and the second beep got me at 75, the speed limit was 65. The cop wrote me for the first beep at 85 and I told him you have to use the second beep like the state law books says. When I sent the ticket in to the courts I stated to them that I was a reformed speeder and only go 10 mph and the Judge sent me half the money back and reduced the ticket to the second beep.

I have always been entertained by cars that suck on the tailpipe, I go into a radar trap and slow down only to watch the tailpipe sucker get a ticket for speeding but if the guy passes me and enters the trap in front of me they will go thru the trap un-noticed as long as they are no greater than 100 yards in front of me.

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Originally Posted by BRPORSCHE (Post 6068321)

These days I'm working inside the beltway off of westheimer, so I take Pearland parkway to the beltway to westheimer. Most of the south side of the beltway isn't bad. Not many places for them to sit, but once you get to the west side, it gets ugly. Usually, there's so much traffic, that it doesn't much matter.

Yeah, it's not unusual to slow down before you crest an overpass. I've been known to do that.

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Originally Posted by masraum (Post 6068300)

The FCC doesn't regulate the light, but I suspect states can regulate the intentional circumvention of traffic law enforcement.

FDA regulates laser. Unless there's some unusual law in TX that no where else seems to have, I don't think laser detectors are illegal.

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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile (Post 6067838)

If you're the guy "out in front" of the pack, you can't count on the protection of the V1. It is however superb if you're running with a group. You get the warning, the other guy doesn't and you can casually bleed off speed and drift over to the right. Make the other guy take the hit for you.

A couple weeks ago this scenario happened to me. The only difference was that I actually merged to the left, to use the truck in front of me to shield me from the CHP. I knew the CHP was there. Everyone in the pack was moving around 70 mph (65 limit). I let off the throttle to bleed speed, but the truck in front of me braked gently. So I made a slow lane change to the left to put the truck in between the LEO and myself. I heard the V1 go off the entire time as the truck got painted. I think we were doing 67 during that time.

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Originally Posted by pwd72s (Post 6068238)

You meant to use green here, right?

No, I didn't. Hey, if you really can afford the extra gas and the tickets to drive 80, be my guest. Someone said on the Jag forum that a 6 cyl Jag motor will get better gas mileage at 80 than 65. So, I switched over to the instant mileage read out and it was about the same, maybe a half MPG better comparing both on cruise control. It fluctuates between 25 and 27 at both speeds.

There would have to be more controls to the test to really see. Somehow I don't think there is any savings overall. But, to get one ticket would buy the difference for life. So, driving over the speed limit to save money is not an option. But, driving the speed limit in my truck definitely saves gas.

Frankly, by my own observation, the people driving the fastest look to me by their actions in general to be the least trained and prepared to handle the speed. When I first was getting into enduro karts and lapping Willow at an average of 80 MPH I found no need to drive any faster than to got out of traffic's way when street driving.

I still feel that way today. Once you get it all out of your system, driving fast is nothing more than an increased liability. I don't care if the road is straight, the visibility is perfect and there are no other cars, there will be a cop or there might be a blowout of one of your tires.

Why play with fire? It's only because you want to push the envelope.