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So, I was riding in my car, heading on out to buy a loverly dress for a formal occassion, when on the radio, on comes the world's STUPIDEST COMMERCIAL EVER.
This is not a title to be taken lightly, especially if you've seen the 'Yaffa' commercials.
But this one was advertising a police radar detector.
It went something like "Oh Bob, slow down! We'll get picked up! No, don't worry honey, with my new radar phaser 2, we're invisible for up the 2 miles! Oh, step on it Bob! We're going to be late"....

It was SOOOO LAME.
And I loved the part that follwed. "Radar phaser 2! Illegal in 8 states! (it actually said that, not kidding)
Try it risk free for 30 days, if you get a ticket, we'll pay it!"

Its important to remember the phrase "risk free" while you go barreling down the highway 50 miles over the speed limit.
I have a gadget thats even better for keeping cops off your tale, its called OBEYING THE BLANKING SPEED LIMIT.
Honestly, I hope these people get into some sort of horrible speed related accident that send the radar phaser smashing into their skull, leaving them unable to speak.
Grah!
Its almost as bad as those skin rash medications, you know the ones, ("side effects may include lymphoma")

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I've seen a news clip showing what happens if all four lanes obey the speed limit (four cars next to each other driving at the speed limit). Trafic was backed up for miles.

Then they can increase the speed limit so that everyone's travelling at that speed, instead of some buggers going too fast and running down all the sensible people.

It's not that its a stupid commercial to me, rather it pisses me off that a company is advertising a product to fool the police force, so that you can speed along without any concern for the lives of others.

The problem is that the speed limit isa impractical for the slowest lane, so people don't want to be made an example of for not wanting to spend an eccesive amount of time in the passing lane (even if someone is driving fairly slowely, you need to drive very quikly so you can reenter the driving lane in a timely fashion).

What is even more annoying is an old woman traveling 30 on a 55 STRADDLING THE MIDDLE LINE TAKING UP 2 LANES WITH A COP RIGHT BEHIND HER AND NOT PULLING HER OVER AND INSTEAD TURNING TO TAKE A BACK ROAD TO AVOID HER!!! WTH!?

No joke- happened 2 weeks ago. Then you have the idiots that drive 20+ under the speed limit- in the passing lane, or how about 2 cars full of 16 year olds driving side by side going 10-20 under so they can talk to each other while driving? Eh? "Your going to fast man! I cant hear ya! Oh cool! A stop light- now you can repeat it again."

No problem with people using illegal machines to fool cops- because they are stupid enough to think paying the speeding ticket is really going to matter - it goes on YOUR record even if they pay- you can still do jail time possibly, and- they arent going to pay the fine for having an illegal radar detector in your car, they also have "Radar detector-detectors" - sounds silly but they have em.

Eh I hate those devices, friends of mine always complain about them not working cause they interfere with one another or get set off by other sources. Yeah given I speed, I have to drive about 30 miles to get from my home to where I go to school, and I'll admit I'll normally do about 80 in a 60. I don't drive recklessly and I don't put other people at risk. I hate my town, speed limit is 25 straight through, if your caught doing 30 any time, even in in the middle of the night your toast. I go faster because it's more efficient for me, no I don't think I'm above the law, but I'm not going to let it hinder me when I'm running late cause I got stuck behind some jerk going 10 under. Yeah I could afford one of those devices and it'd be legal, but I think their just stupid, if I get caught then I get caught, if I'm going to take the risk then I'm going to accept the chance that I could get pulled over.

P.S. I've NEVER gotten pulled over.

What gets me is that people argue against raising the speed limit because the new one will be unsafe in bad weather, even though the speed limit is intended for ideal weather! Of coarse, I don't care, I'm from rotary-ville.

another annoying commercial: Latex Condoms. BLASTED!! I WANT TO LISTEN TO MUSIC FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!

"And even though Iran captures more British soldiers every time they hear us say it, this is NPR, National Public Radio." Okay, they didn't actually say this exact one when I was listening, but you must admit this is a very good technique that more stations should attempt to emulate when naming sponsors.

OOps,....sorry :oops:
I hate when I do that.