Radar Detectors
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
So even if you don't want to speed, you may sometimes be forced to.
I'm not buying this. Unless you are trying to avoid an accident (where speeding up would keep your rear end from getting crunched), there's never a reason to exceed the posted speed limit.
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DavidCrow wrote:
Unless you are trying to avoid an accident (where speeding up would keep your rear end from getting crunched), there's never a reason to exceed the posted speed limit.
Well, I haven't driven around a lot in the States, so my experiences may have been exceptions then.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
See http://www.motorists.com/pressreleases/montana.html\[^\]
But where does the article mention that radar detectors help improve safety?
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DavidCrow wrote:
But where does the article mention that radar detectors help improve safety?
Sorry - that one doesn't. And a quick googling does not return the article I read that said that. But here's a snippet from Wikipedia[^] In some countries and areas, such as those listed below, using or possessing a radar detector is declared illegal and may result in fines, seizure of the device, or both. Generally these prohibitions are introduced under the premise that a driver who uses a radar detector will pose a greater risk of accident than a driver who does not. Not all research agrees with that premise, such as the 2001 Mori report which suggested that radar detector users on average posed a 28% less risk of accident and also traveled far more miles. That is interesting, to me anyway.
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