I would bet a meal that ALL law enforcement people…township, city , and state use visual observation a great deal of the time. …it makes the instant on so much more effective. It takes virtually no training to see someone coming at you at excessive speed. I would guess anything more than 10 over is a no brainer for anyone to see….thus triggering the officer’s propensity to push the trigger. That’s really the bulk of who gets tagged. They typically don’t care about 5,6,7 over. I worked for years with a retired state trooper who became a safety man for our company back in the late 90s…….and that’s exactly the way they used instant on once it came out.
Instant on was also the death knell for accurately using a rabbit or bird dog in front of you. I can’t begin to count how many times I’ve been shot (in any vehicle…much less a Viper) by instant on when he had shot no one in front of me for over a mile sometimes
Another hint………..don’t drive with the big driving lights on. They are big, low, and with a big gap between them….setting you apart from the rest….and many times arousing the curiosity of the officer approaching……and setting off his trigger finger.
Today, with instant on, no matter how much you spend on ‘equipment’….if you speed most/all the time, thinking you’re protected, you will eventually get a ticket…..period. ….To say nothing of the fact that you’re endangering others…unless done in good conditions, on open road where it’s likely only you, or your passengers, are the only ones you’re going to hurt.
I drove 50-60K miles for years and learned the above lesson many years ago. Allowing a couple extra minutes to get where you're going is no big deal. I run 6-7 over for sustained speeds, occassionally having an 'exposure time' event where triple digits pop up for a bit...and then I immediately brake back down to my 6-7 over. 7-8 seconds of exposure and it's all done. It's not fool proof, but greatly reduces your chances for a ticket.
Prior to instant on, it was pretty tough to get a speeding ticket if you ran a detector unless you were doing something really stupid…or were VASCARed
Steve