North Carolina

[Carolina 5-O]

I'm in Lincoln County, Lake Norman area. I drive 1000 miles a week now, W-S, G-boro, Raleigh, Rocky Mount. My trusty old Escort original has done me well for a long time but I'm passing a lot of SHP cars with front/rear radar and getting no alerts. :shock: Just bought a Bel Vector 945, $100 to my door. I know it still leaves a lot to be desired but it'll be better than the old Escort. I'll upgrade again one of these days. Besides, I get paid by the hour so I don't have to go real fast, make more money going the speed limit! :wink:

[tenbit]

I live in Rutherford country and commute to Hendersonville every day for work (about a 90 mile round trip). On US 74 there is always a HP hidden behind the bridge near the Union Road exit. They too have Dodge Chargers waiting in the center median on occasions.

The other speed trap I've noticed is on the Saluda Grade on I 26. I would say 3 out of the 5 days I come home from work, a cop is waiting near the bottom of the grade to catch people not putting their brakes on!

There is also a section of that road which runs from 65 to 55mph on another grade. The cops like to hide away and hit you there on the bottom of the hill too.

I also travel to Charlotte once a week and the most obvious speed trap is in Shelby. It runs from 65 to 55 then to 45. I made my first trip with the detector their tonight and I was suprised at what I picked up. One cop in the Mcdonalds hitting people driving past (K band).

On the way back I got hit by a cop waiting in a closed truck stop. I am not sure where it is, but it was between the Charlotte/Douglas airport exit and the Kings Mountain/Shelby exit. It was the only truck stop we passed, so for those familiar with the area, it should be easy to identify.

I hope this helps some of you out - sorry if I'm a bit vague on locations, I haven't been living here that long!

[chapman89]

I live in Wake Forest (near Raleigh) and I have noticed that US-1 has been littered with cops recently more toward the area around the new bypass. Speaking of the new bypass, it's almost stupid to get above 55 mph cause cops are sitting at every intersection or along to tree line at night.


DMO1028 I know what you mean about the new Chargers, it scared the hell out of me when I stopped at the subway in Youngsville.

[Carolina 5-O]

I snapped this unmarked Charger in Hickory last week. You'd never know 'till it was too late!
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[Carolina 5-O]

Another heads up, SHP has a new paint scheme for their marked cars. They are to be silver on black instead of the old black on silver. I imagine that's to make them harder to spot.
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[dmo1028]

Carolina 5-0 great pictures! Yeah that blue Charger would sneak up on you if you're not careful-

I actually saw a SHP car with the new paint scheme sitting at a light across the intersection from me one day here in Raleigh and at just a glance I swear I thought it was a car for some random security company....Until I looked a little closer! It caught me off guard for sure. It actually looks really good in person. This car also had a big bull-bar on the front too.

Chapman89 I wonder if Youngsville got the HEMI for thier 25-35mph speed limits!?!?!

[Carolina 5-O]

I'm new here and I hope they don't mind posting a few photos or related but non-competing web sites. You can check out http://www.policecararchives.org/ for photos of a lot of current police car photos. I contribute NC departments there as I can and I'm sure they would appreciate anyone else contributions. There are still quite a few NC & SC departments not represented.

Steve

[dmo1028]

Steve thanks for the link!

[chapman89]

I don't know if the Youngsville Charger has the hemi but it still looks pretty mean as it is currently. Actually as I was coming down capital tonite after work the sneaky cop was right behind me and it scared the hell outta me seeing that Chager.

Just for my knowledge I tend to travel to VA often for business can a cop tell if I have a radar detector turned on even if I have it sitting on the center console of my vehicle?

[John_in_NC]

I like that new look of the SHP except for that sawtooth sticker on the rear bumper.

The Charger in Youngsville is NOT a SRT Hemi. I thought it made a great looking and quite intimidating unmarked until they painted the doors white.