I’ve waited for years for someone to make a post like this to launch the barb: no opinion on radar detectors, but why would ya wanna tell anyone that looks at ya scoot that you are a wannabe road criminal?
Tongue firmly in my cheek Playful 😉 ,

Cheers,
Bwucie.

Ill post it for ya Brooc Marshall even though u seemed to have missed my whole point. me rude, never. Steve living in the real world.

Brooc Marshall said:
I recently saw a thread
(https://www.bmwmc.nz/forum/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=1&Topic=142) on radar
detectors ~ in which ex-radarcop Steve Bell makes some comments which I feel
are misleading & inaccurate, as well as being kinda rudely stated.

A member (Tony) starts by enquiring from other members about the 'value' of
detectors, & Steve makes comments trying to completely dis-credit use of
detectors, plus that anyone who thinks they work is 'a wanker'.

That must be me then! My detector gives me more than ample warning of those
Mitsi vans disguised as radar cameracars, & it also warns me of the 75+% of
LAZY plods who cruise around with their radars set to constant broadcast (or
whatever it is called) advertising their presence WELL in advance.

It also sometimes warns me of the cop who is doing occasional spot-shots (or
whatever that is called, 'Instant On' mebbe) on cars that they may not
actually ping & stop, so again I know there's a snake in the grass then too
& slow down.

Of course the detector will NOT give me 100% 'protection', but it certainly
swings the odds in my favour ~ & when we have the present
bullshit-revenuegathering policy around road safety why shouldnt folks take
whatever steps they can to keep the gumment out of their wallets? In the
years I've been running a detector in my cars & bikes I've only been pinged
once ~ & that by one of the smart enforcers who insisted that as I was
towing a light trailer behind my 3 tonne 4WD I was to be fined for not
travelling at 20kph slower than the traffic stream, & thus adding to the
danger of the narrow road north of Te Kuiti. Smart stuff huh!

I'm no longer a financial member of the BMWORNZ (musta lapsed 10 years ago,
before there was even a website) but I would VERY much like to have the
above comments added to a post in that thread to refute Steves' heavy-handed
input ~ which is about typical of the present level of police 'intelligence'
around the subject (in MY humble opinion of course!).


Best Regards
Bruce Marshall





Steve In Hamilton

Evening all,
As the constable said.
Why does (seemingly) every biker website in the world have all this whinging about law enforcement in a public place where John Q. Plod can check who wants to do what and where? To me it seems to make as much sense as truckers who spend all night going, "Yada, yada, yada," on their CB's and then wonder why the God Squad seem to know what's going on.
I might, or might not have, exceeded the speed limit in Steve Bell's backyard on a very nice, sunny little tiki tour on the 1100S today, but I ain't gonna tell him if I did.
Radars aside, it was a superb day for a ride!

Cheers,
Bwucie.

tonys u r amazing. Brooc said I was rude and got it wrong, but u got it right first time, arrogant. Ya hit it on the head.

and ya not speeding n my book until ya get caught Bwucie so ya ok.



Steve In Hamilton

The above thread has degenerated to an unacceptable level. Mr Bell, please refrain from upsetting other people. We want this to return to a sensible discussion.

Radar detectors are legal. They seem to work, but are not entirely reliable, due to the cunning nature of the law and road-tax department. Use them at your own risk.

R1150GS

*test* Thanks Dean, that’s fixed it.
R1150GS