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Re: SPEEDER'S INFO: I95, DE to SC
Kayvon A Pirestani <kp2y+@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>I just took a car trip from Delaware to South Carolina and back (95 all
>the way) in a long wheelbase Benz. A friend of mine was with me to help
>look out for the 5-0s. I had a radar-only detector that saved my ass a
>couple of times. Here is what I saw along the way:
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>VA: lots of K band (detectors illegal of course); cops like to hide in
>the wooded medians (Official Use Only gravel turn-around strips); my
>dector picked up the bastards' K band every time
Here in Virginia, cradle of the United States, the state government still
doesn't trust its citizens to handle dangerous items like radar detectors, so
I guess they can get away with using a lot of K-band still. Like you said,
their favorite hiding spots (on I-81 and I-64 as well, not just I-95) are
the turnaround strips. They don't run moving radar real often, and seem
really big on VASCAR up around DC.
BTW, I-95 between here in Richmond and Washington is one of the most goddamn
insane stretches of highway in the universe, IMO. It's a dangerous combination
of high-speed out-of-staters coming through and locals that do stuff like
Mr. Minivan you describe later in your article. I'd like to apologize, on behalf
of those drivers here in the Commonwealth who actually have half a clue and
know not to hog left lanes, know how to signal, etc., for any time you run
into any idiots on our highways. We're not all elderly gentlemen wearing
hats, driving their Caprice at 51 mph in the passing lane. :)
(Gee, they oughta hire me in the Tourism Department, huh?)
(I'm a native Virginian, btw, and I love it here)
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