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Originally Posted by Rodp
So you're suggesting that a device that alerts a driver that allows him to slow from infinity to the legal limit is a good thing?
Given the speed that have been clocked by morons and reported on the road recently, would you be happy with motorists driving at 120kph past your child's school where no police were policing?
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That's a mighty big brush you've got there.
If some moron is going to speed at 120kph past a school, they'll do it whether they've got a radar detector or not. AFAIK police don't even need a speed readout to book you for dangerous driving.
I don't have a radar detector. In the past eight years I've had two driving infringements: one on the freeway doing the same speed as everyone else in the same lane, and one on a bypass road at night with no other traffic on the road.
A radar detector could have alerted me to pay more attention to my speed and saved me $300, total. Given the cost of the unit in the first place though, I'd still be out of pocket.
But, given the sneeky tactics used by some police and camera contractors, and given that they are still legal to buy and use in WA (for the moment), I am definately considering buying one.
I rarely speed anyway, but it's good for the little man to feel he has a chance against a system that tries so hard to keep the deck stacked in it's own favour.
As for the carpark doughnuts, that's just sheer stupidity.
Cheers
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