Radar Detectors
I was in the middle of nowhere breaking in a CLK55 and I dropped from 140 to 110 in a sweeping curve. A Nevada highway patrol jeep came into view going the other way. I saw him, he saw me, my foot was half way to the brake, the V1 went wild, and I just pulled over. With 40 miles either way to get off that road, there was no way I could outrun radio.
He wrote me up for 80 in 70, "to not jack up my insurance," and that seems to have worked. But then, its the only ticket on my record in 16 years.
Here in California the V1 is a life saver. If the CHP has instant-on they are too lazy to use it that way. I usually get 2-3 miles of advance warning.


