[DeTomaso] NM hazards.

[David in Durango]

"I wonder if you are burning through these things,
if some type of radar detector would be 100% (or almost) trustworthy?
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I do know my Valentine will pick up the CHP instant-on scatter from well over two miles out on a flat surface.

The trick is to always have another car visible in front of you so it will be the first target of the
instant-on so there is some scatter for your detector to register before YOU get tagged.

If also know if you are cruising at 106 on a lovely Nevada road with no one in front of you, the first
notice of the Nevada instant-on radar coming your way on the other side of the divided highway
will be when your Valentine lights up like a Christmas tree and by that time you are busted.

Larry "

Yes, the Valentine works great . . .  IFF (if, and only if) law enforcement is using radar.  I've never seen Tribal Police run radar (doesn't mean they don't).  My last trip to Alb. I was paced by a SUV for miles and miles and kept my speed under 80.  Eventually, the SUV passed me as I toodled along, at 79, and I was able to identify the lights behind the windshield and read the seal on the door. (BIG sigh).

Another tip I discovered in Iowa - don't wear your Texas Mile "NO SPEED LIMIT" T-shirt when you get stopped.  No sense of humor and expensive fines.

IMO, "hit a tree" doesn't always mean literally hit a tree.

Have fun, be safe.



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