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Old 01-06-2011, 01:16 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by chrisjoe13 View Post
My passport 8500 has saved me many times.
In some towns (RI), it seems like the cops always have their radar guns on (s. king, gansett, n. king, scituate). In these places, I get plenty of notice of their presence. I have never encountered laser in RI (even the staties still use Ka). There is of course the "false sense of security" that can occurr.
I used to be the rabbit, now I only follow the rabbit (like John said).
I agree, my passport has saved me many tickets over the years. Most cops don't shut their fixed mount radar guns off, ever. So you'll get a lot of false alarms. Poorly adjusted burglar alarms will also give you false alarms. I have the one that differentiates between the K and X bands by the sounds it emits. Easy to tell which is which. Most false alarms come on the K band, the only falsies you'll get on the X band are from police cars that have the radar on for no apparent reason. Most local police depts in RI and CT still use x band radar.

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