Outbraking radar

["Larry Mittell" <larry@circle-seal.com>]

I've got a technique that seems to be successful in evading "instant-on" 
radar, but only when one meets the patrol car head-on.  Here's how it's 
done:

1) Let the cruise control handle the throttle.

2) Maintain continuous awareness of any following
                    traffic that might be affected by your braking.

             3)  Poise right foot (or left, if you prefer) over
                   the brake pedal whenever a suspicious looking car
                   approaches. Ditto *any* group of cars, because it
                   may contain a lurking patrol car.  Ditto *any* big-rig,
                   for the same reason.

	3)  At the first hint of a "peep" from the detector, brake
                  immediately and heavily. DON'T DO IT IF YOU
                  AREN'T ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN OF THE
                  POSITION OF FOLLOWING TRAFFIC!

I hypothesize that it takes something like a second, or at least a goodly 
portion of same, for the radar gun to register your speed, thus braking 
quickly enough and hard enough enables one to beat the rap.  OTOH, maybe my 
speed wasn't high enough to bother the REOs I encountered, or maybe they 
had a hot date with a donut.  OTOOH, this earned me about 20 miles of 
slooow (55 mph) driving when one of Arizona's finest hung a "U" and 
followed me.

This is way too much of PITA to do in anything but sparse traffic, BTW, and 
potentially hazardous, especially if you've got a tailgater.  Additionally, 
it does nothing to prevent your being shot in the back, but this almost 
never happens, in my experience; this may not hold true in other locales 
(I'm in California).  It also may not help when you can't see traffic a 
mile or so ahead.  In any event, as a couple of other listers have 
observed, a detector is no substitute for continuous vigilance.

Larry Mittell
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At 03:00 PM 6/4/98 -0700, you wrote:
><Robert.Houk@East.Sun.COM> wrote:
>>
>> As with "triggered" (aka "instant on") radar [and notwithstanding the
>> allegations that you *can* outbrake triggered radar], yeah, if you're
>> shot, you're shot.
>
>By the tone of your post, I feel like this has been discussed before.
>
>However, I missed it.  Do some people believe/know it's possible to slam
>on the brakes when hit with radar, and be able to change your speed before 
>it registers?
>
>Please elaborate.  I'm only looking for theory, not facts, so I hope this
>doesn't start a big ole' thread from hell.
>
>Later,
>
>Ken
>