[jeremicium]

Slowing down will become an option when your license gets suspended.

If you have not figured out how to avoid tickets, after getting three of them in a month, maybe you aren't as aware as you think you are.

Find a place to speed where there is practically no chance of a copper hiding...and no chance of you, with your 18 year old driving skills, crashing into other drivers.

[07E92TT]

Originally Posted by jeremicium

Slowing down will become an option when your license gets suspended.

If you have not figured out how to avoid tickets, after getting three of them in a month, maybe you aren't as aware as you think you are.

Find a place to speed where there is practically no chance of a copper hiding...and no chance of you, with your 18 year old driving skills, crashing into other drivers.

Wow that's highly offensive, I already said I don't endanger other people's lives I do it on back country roads, and I wasn't looking for driving advice I was looking at seeing what the best radar detector was. As for my "18 year old driving skills" I can't help how old I am but I do know the capabilities of my vehicle and what it can and can't do. So eff off

[Sara]

Originally Posted by 07E92TT

I'm 18 with a 335i and a JB+ turned all the way up, I'll grow up when i'm ready, as for everyone else I guess the V1 it is, thanks guys!

With that mind set you shouldn't be allowed to drive. You're going to kill someone's child or yourself. But that's ok right? You know since you'll wait to grow up when your ready.

[fernande-bmw]

Wow. Was everybody a perfect driver at 16, 17, 18 years of age?

Give this guy some useful advise. Not the "cop talk" crap.

People buy fast cars because they want to drive them fast. Bad drivers with fast cars kill themselves and other people. That's a fact. How do you solve that issue? Not by saying "grow up" or "drive slower".

Parenting is a big factor, but if you parents were not good drivers, then you already have a bad start.

Provide people the tools and means to drive faster safely, e.g., better cars, driving clinics, race tracks, amateur races.

Drive across the point that not all conditions are beneficial for fast driving, e.g., don't drive drunk, slow down in residential areas, commuting traffic is not the place for speeding, etc.

Learn to control road rage, if you are one of those.

The best advise I can give is what uncle Ben told Peter Parker: "with great power, comes greet responsibility". Treat your car like a weapon. With proper training and usage you will be able to enjoy many years of fun and excitement, but beware that is dangerous and that you can cause irreparable damage is not handled properly.

Use the V1 wisely!

'nuff said!

[anowlan]

1. Valentine 1
2. iPhone, with Trapster. Pretty useless in the city, but on the open, unfamiliar road, it'll notify you of common resting places.

[RedlineSi]

OP is a D-bag.

SLOW DOWN.

[hhkim]

Didn't realize op was 18. In that case, I would tell him to slow down. You're just going to get in trouble or end up hurting other people.

[myfirstbmw335i]

With a radar detector, from age 16 to 30, I had had 23 speeding tickets.

Then I met a police officer that offered a piece of advise - He told me "An officer has to be able to see you to radar you and if he can see you, you can see him"

I threw away my radar detector the next day and started paying attention and I have only had 5 tickets since and 4 of those 5 were at night. That was 14 years ago.

[-=Hot|Ice=-]

Originally Posted by 07E92TT

I'm 18 with a 335i and a JB+ turned all the way up, I'll grow up when i'm ready, as for everyone else I guess the V1 it is, thanks guys!

Yeah, you're an idiot.

[kgb1637]

http://greensboro.injuryboard.com/au...oogleid=231086

I think this is appropriate for the OP

[07E92TT]

Originally Posted by kgb1637

http://greensboro.injuryboard.com/au...oogleid=231086

I think this is appropriate for the OP

I certainly don't have an M5, thats about 200 extra horsepower. And I would NEVER endanger my friends lives like that. You guys obviously don't get what I'm trying to say. I am not one of those stupid teen drivers that does over 100 on 45 streets weaving in and out of traffic, these tickets aren't doing 120 in a 65 the worst one was 48 in a 35 so please calm down with all the insults, I am just not use to there being all these speed traps everywhere in this small town and seem to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I just needed to know a good radar detector to save myself of 200 dollar tickets and points.

[McMuffin]

Originally Posted by Lenaxia

I have a sure-fire method: Don't speed.

I will never understand why speeding is even condoned. Track your car if you want to go fast.

Ok Grandpa! So are you saying you never speed? 1MPH over speed limit is considered speeding! Hate when people say dont speed

[Maestro]

As it was said anything less than a V1 your are wasting your money.

If you do not like in one of these states get a Laser jammer http://www.guysoflidar.com/usa-laser-jammer-laws.html. If the police are using LIDAR in your area, by the time the VI goes off you been tagged, you my be lucky and got some scatter off another car to give you enough warning, but you do not want to chance it.

Since I gotten my V1 and being a vigilant drive I have not gotten any tickets and that is over 10yrs and I can say I am generally above the speed limit.

[Pink Taco]

don't speed =] V1

[Maestro]

Originally Posted by kgb1637

http://greensboro.injuryboard.com/au...oogleid=231086

I think this is appropriate for the OP

Keep in mind this kid did not drive fast on the open road he actually was on an airstrip, which as some people always say if you want to drive fast take it a track. Obviously this kid knew enough not to top out the car on the highway but doing that with 5 people in the car was the really stupid thing he did. Lastly you do not go to the internet to learn to drive.

I wonder about parents some time putting an M5 in the hands of an 18yr, but then again, I built an 350HP hot road at that age and my parent had no ideal what i was putting into the engine.

[fdsasdasdf]

Originally Posted by 07E92TT

And please don't say slow down because thats not an option.

Can you not go under 45 mph at all times or your car will explode?

[iAerodynamic]

V1

[jeremicium]

Originally Posted by 07E92TT

Wow that's highly offensive, I already said I don't endanger other people's lives I do it on back country roads, and I wasn't looking for driving advice I was looking at seeing what the best radar detector was. As for my "18 year old driving skills" I can't help how old I am but I do know the capabilities of my vehicle and what it can and can't do. So eff off

My apologies tiger. Three tickets in less than a month = less aware of your surroundings than you should be AND a slow learning curve. I may have prematurely jumped to the conclusion that you might endanger other peoples lives while driving too fast on twisties. That is why I did offer advice...1)be sure you do this where no one else is around, and 2)In an area where there is no possibility of cops. Scout out the damn area before speeding, then push that car of yours to its limit for that thrill of doing 48 in a 35.

Originally Posted by 07E92TT

I certainly don't have an M5, thats about 200 extra horsepower. And I would NEVER endanger my friends lives like that. You guys obviously don't get what I'm trying to say. I am not one of those stupid teen drivers that does over 100 on 45 streets weaving in and out of traffic, these tickets aren't doing 120 in a 65 the worst one was 48 in a 35 so please calm down with all the insults, I am just not use to there being all these speed traps everywhere in this small town and seem to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I just needed to know a good radar detector to save myself of 200 dollar tickets and points.

Wow, lacking any semblance of a clue.

[Aurora Bearialis]

Originally Posted by Buegie

Slowing down isn't an option? Grow up man...

[Michael Schott]

OP, I understand the thrill of going fast and also of being 18 years old. Most here are just trying to give you some good advice. A radar detector is not going to save you from tickets unless you learn to choose the right times to go fast and where the local cops are. It's all about situational awareness. Be smart.

Speeding on 2 lane rural roads is not a good idea. I suggest that you save the speed for nice corners and go relatively slow on the straights. Straight line speed is boring and certainly not challenging.

You are tempting fate and your driver's license with your attitude and lack of common sense. You or your parents are probably paying high insurance rates now and soon even higher due to the tickets.

Thanks, Mike.

[hhkim]

Think about your daddy!!! He has to pay higher insurance cause you got 3 tickets!! Now, how is he gonna buy you all the mods for your car?!??!

[Quasimodem]

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...g=content;col1