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patrick_b
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I've been driving so much more since I got my FX last month. I've also been pulled over twice in the last month after going the last 10+ yrs w/out a ticket.
It's just so damn easy to do 80MPH. Couple of weeks ago, I got caught by laser at 81MPH up near Bangor, ME. Trooper was very nice and told me to keep it slow...no ticket.
Then this week I'm way up in upstate NY near Plattsburgh on I-87. Once again, 81MPH by radar this time. The breakdown lane is virtually non-existent so i pulled way over into the grass to give the Trooper enough room.
Upon knocking on my window, he says, "I appreciate the way you pulled over onto the grass. Usually people leave me standing in the lane. Are you 'on the job' up here?"
"Yes," I replied.
"What agency are you with?"
"Pardon me...did you say agency," I responded. "Oh, I misunderstood. I'm in the area for business but I'm not in law enforcement."
I proceeded to tell him that I work for a pharmaceutical company and I'm just in the area for business. He eventually came back and gave me a ticket for 'stopping/standing on the highway' (non moving violation) rather than the speeding ticket (moving violation).
It was really nice of him but I really gotta either slow down or get a radar detector. It may not have helped me in Maine with the laser but definitely would have helped me this week in NY.
Around home (Boston area), I usually stick with traffic which moves at 80MPH, but when you are in the middle of nowhere like upstate NY or Maine, that's not always an option. I was originally thinking V-1 but after a bit of research here, it looks like the Escort is just as good.
I just don't like the idea of keeping it out on the windshield. I'd much rather have it permanently mounted out of sight with a separate dash display. Any FX'ers go that route? It may be too much of a PIA so I see recs for Mike's mount and invisicord. Invisicord I figured out but I gotta find out what the Mike's mount is.
It's just so damn easy to do 80MPH. Couple of weeks ago, I got caught by laser at 81MPH up near Bangor, ME. Trooper was very nice and told me to keep it slow...no ticket.
Then this week I'm way up in upstate NY near Plattsburgh on I-87. Once again, 81MPH by radar this time. The breakdown lane is virtually non-existent so i pulled way over into the grass to give the Trooper enough room.
Upon knocking on my window, he says, "I appreciate the way you pulled over onto the grass. Usually people leave me standing in the lane. Are you 'on the job' up here?"
"Yes," I replied.
"What agency are you with?"
"Pardon me...did you say agency," I responded. "Oh, I misunderstood. I'm in the area for business but I'm not in law enforcement."
I proceeded to tell him that I work for a pharmaceutical company and I'm just in the area for business. He eventually came back and gave me a ticket for 'stopping/standing on the highway' (non moving violation) rather than the speeding ticket (moving violation).
It was really nice of him but I really gotta either slow down or get a radar detector. It may not have helped me in Maine with the laser but definitely would have helped me this week in NY.
Around home (Boston area), I usually stick with traffic which moves at 80MPH, but when you are in the middle of nowhere like upstate NY or Maine, that's not always an option. I was originally thinking V-1 but after a bit of research here, it looks like the Escort is just as good.
I just don't like the idea of keeping it out on the windshield. I'd much rather have it permanently mounted out of sight with a separate dash display. Any FX'ers go that route? It may be too much of a PIA so I see recs for Mike's mount and invisicord. Invisicord I figured out but I gotta find out what the Mike's mount is.
