I have always wondered about the effects of radar on big tires and lifted trucks. If you think about it, its possible that the agressive tread of a spinning tire could cause the radar gun to report a speed up to twice as fast. They point the radar guns near the bumper line of a car which would happen to be a little above the centerline of a spinning tire which would be exposed if it was lifted or had a cut away bumper like the hummers do. Especially if the po-po is driving straight at you, the head on surface area is mostly just spinning tire..half of which is going twice as fast as the truck. Just a thought and pretty unlikely to happen but if somebody could prove it, precidence could save everybody with mudders and a lift from ever getting a speeding ticket!!

 

It's hard to say about the lifted truck ideas etc..

I've been driving lifted trucks since the mid 80's , and my normal speed is faster than the speed limit most of the time... yet I've only had a few tickets in my 23 years of driving. Then again, since I've been in the FD there have been a few times when I probably would have gotten one, and didn't since they saw that I was a firefighter. But I did get one from a state trooper, the one and only time I was ever stopped in uniform.. [&:] LOL... what can you do, right.

I guess I've gotten away with a lot more than I've been nailed for.. so it all equals out.

 

I wonder how many HUMMERS this guy has gotten?

 

Since a yellow H3 is always going to to stick out like a sore thumb, might be wise to invest in a good radar detector. Last time I looked into them, Valentine was the best.

 

Ironically I get away with far more in the H2 than I did in the Avalanche or the SRT-10 ...

 

i really doubt a spinning tire is going to make a difference on radar. one, it's made of rubber, which a pretty nonreflective surface. the tread gives it a crappy profile, so what is reflected is going to be diffracted away from the gun. two, the radar is moving at the speed of light, so it sees a tire at rest, not moving. all it's doing is measuring the time it takes for consecutive pulses to hit the target and reflect back to the gun. these days, most radar isn't left on all the time, so a radar detector is only going to tell you it's too late, you've already been clocked. i drive a massive yellow brick, and haven't been stopped, but i typically drive the speed limit anyway. my 2 cents, your mileage may vary

 

It ain't yellow but it's definitely a brick ... I too have learned it's not worth $120 dollars worth of ticket to save 5 minutes on a drive down town. Plus not having to stand on the brake every time Miss Piggy is out trying to bust speeders during rush hour .... price less :-) And if I've offended a cop with that comment... If you've ever been pulled over by someone who is NOT a complete jacka$$/jerk/d*ck/a$$hole/condesending sh*t in the Cinci area ... I guess you got the good one LOL!

 

this is the one i bought.

http://www.escortradar.com/solo.htm

 

One of the prime reasons most states require a front license plate is it gives Johnny Law a gauranteed reflective surface to aim thier speed detection devices at. As explained to me along side the road while I was trying to unsuccessfully talk my way out of a ticket, the beam from a lidar, or Vascar is about the size of a pencil at a mile away, but the guns are used at less than half a mile for accuracy. Like Shortbus said, once the detector goes off, you are screwed.

 

to tell you the truth i think he was full of it. i asked him if he was using radar and he seemed to get angry. he said i was doing 51 then he walked away came back a few seconds later and said i was doing 58 further back. i know how the hummer feels with those tires when i am going that fast. i was doing around 40. he was probably just trying to scare me. it seems weird to that he gave me a ticket for 21 mph over the speed limit. that is the exact number that gets you really screwed. oh well maybe i need to invest in a radar detector....but wait i don't speed i guess our hummers do stick out like sore thumbs and can get us picked out by jackass cops but i wouldn't drive another car no matter how many tickets i get!!!