Another reason I use a radar detector. The ones on I-40 are just a single white line. They’re in almost every state I’ve driven through.
Back in the day when I drove 18-wheelers, I knew a guy that used police scanners instead of radar detectors. He claimed that he didn't trust radar detectors because out in the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, the instant-on radar wouldn't be picked up soon enough. He didn't stop to think that the police and highway patrol might not use their radios until they had already lit him up and started pursuit to stop him.
But, he found that out anyway, because about 50 miles down the road he got pulled over.
Personally, I've never used either a radar detector or scanners. I tend to set my cruise at 5 mph over the speed limit and have only been stopped once for that bit of rebellious nature. That one time was a Nebraska highway patrolman south of Valentine, Nebraska. I even told him that with 61 years of licensed driving under my belt, he was the first. I think I surprised him with that one.
Oddly enough, the only 3 tickets I got in my late teens, early 20s, I was using a radar detector. I think you get comfortable with thinking they’ll save you. The last one I got, I gave the detector away and never used another one.
The new radar detectors are way better even from a few years back. They have 360 degree detection, red light camera detection, laser, pulse and instant on. Hell, the one I have now even detects VG-2 detector, detectors.
But the key to success in using one is to never be the rabbit on long stretches of desolate areas.
I followed a trooper back from okc once, and picked up his pattern when he would hit his switch. Learned the rabbit and the dog trick from him.
But the key to success in using one is to never be the rabbit on long stretches of desolate areas.
I followed a trooper back from okc once, and picked up his pattern when he would hit his switch. Learned the rabbit and the dog trick from him.
I was driving a old wore out broke down Nova once when a State trooper stopped me saying i was doing 65 on a county road, well i argued with him finally i handed him the keys and got out and told him to get in and if he could get that pos up to 65 he could have the car and write me the ticket he turned around and walked off, cause that car couldnt do 65 going downhill with a semi pushing it it was so wore out.
So I was driving down the road the other day and this guy passed me. As he passed me he seemed to be fuming and flipped me off. Brought back memories from 40 years ago when I was in my 30's-I would do the same thing to the dottering Old fools who who were driving too slow down the road, and should turn their licenses in...hey! Wait a minute!
I don't get irritated except people going slow in the left lane, or people who go to pass in the left lane and then hold up traffic for MILES because they're not going any faster than the people they're trying to pass, or at most 1mph difference. Ran into this with truckers on our recent road trip and it irritated me to no end.
Stupid truckers getting in the left left of a 2-lane highway to pass another truck, but the passing truck can't even manage to get up to the speed limit consistently due to hills, speeding up to maybe 1-2 miles over the limit on downhills, but 5-7mph UNDER the limit during uphills.
Literally dozens of cars lined up behind him in the 10+ minutes it took to get to the next clear spot when he could move over.
Stupid truckers getting in the left left of a 2-lane highway to pass another truck, but the passing truck can't even manage to get up to the speed limit consistently due to hills, speeding up to maybe 1-2 miles over the limit on downhills, but 5-7mph UNDER the limit during uphills.
Literally dozens of cars lined up behind him in the 10+ minutes it took to get to the next clear spot when he could move over.
A couple of weeks ago when I was returning from Hughes county I saw 3 Highway patrol with people pulled over on I40 East of OKC. The three HP cars looked like regular 4 door cars that any family might be traveling in... no black or white models but colors like blue, red, grey....pretty sneaky but it got the job done for them...you could only tell they were HP when they fired up the lights....
We just call that the Turner Turnpike.
I always thought they weren't supposed to pull people over in unmarked cars, but you see that all the time anymore.
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