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My first and foremost recommendation is to avoid speeding. In general, if you stay 9mph over the limit or below on most roads you are safe. Clearly school zones and other more restrictive areas are different. I also suggest that as speed limits increase, LE tolerance for speeds above the limit decreases. For example, on an interstate outside of cities with a 65 MPH limit, you would probably be safe at 74; however, on an interstate with an 85 MPH limit (like we have in Texas), you would probably not be safe at 94.
When running a radar detector there are several methods to avoid even instant-on. If you have a clear line of site and get are getting warnings that start and stop, it is likely instant-on is being used over a hill or around a curve ahead of you, watch your speed. If cars ahead of you are cresting a hill or rounding a curve and you see taillights, either traffic is slowing there or there is something else making people react, like maybe LE running LIDAR (laser) or other such.
If you are alone with no traffic in front, watch your speed as you top hills or round curves. Watch overpasses. See painted stripes on the shoulder that are perpendicular to the roadway at regularly spaced intervals, watch your speed and check for aircraft.
Or just maintain reasonable speeds.
Drive safely, the life you save could be mine.
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