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I have an Escort 8500 radar/laser detector. I don't deliberately set out to speed most of the time....I set out to drive at whatever rate the flow of traffic is moving at, unless traffic is moving slower than the limit and I can work my way clear of it. Then, I'll increase speed to the limit + 5mph and cruise from there until I get some space between me and the clot of cars, after which I'll slow down to the limit. If I have cruising room, I'll use cruise control.

For me, the detector not so much about speed trap evasion, as it is keeping my eyes open. Often, a radar alert is an alert to something happening on the shoulder of the road, and I need to be aware of it. It is a caution in case I gradually "wander" into higher than posted speeds. The detector has saved my bacon more than once on long downhills where, even with cruise control on, the car can gradually gain speed above the limit.

About the ONLY time I purposely drive at what might be considered "elevated" speeds—say 80-85 mph—is on those long open sections of Interstate where the limit might be 75, and where my detector will pick up the police car before its radar can pick me up. But I only do that on the long barren stretches, where there aren't any other cars around me..........unless they are going 80-85 too...... But even in those situations, I usually just set cruise control to whatever the limit is and go by that. My vehicle (2002 Pathfinder SE 4x4) doesn't get great fuel economy, and so it usually just doesn't pay for me to speed.