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  1. #1
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    Default Got nailed yesterday and the V1 didn't make even a chirp?

    I was coming home yesterday from a looong day 474 miles round trip. Prior to my encounter the Old Girl saved me 5 times already that day so I am positive that she was in tip top shape. I have the lastest software which was updated last October.

    I and met a trooper in the median facing me. I was doing around 88 and was talking on my bluetooth and the question from my customer had me thinking and not scanning the landscape as I normally do. When I finally spotted him I hammered the brakes and did a mini nose dive to take off some speed. The speed limit is 70 in WV and by the time I passed him I was around 75. He immediately pulled out but kept his distance. After a 1/2 mile or so he accellerated up to me and hit the cherries and berries. I then hit the signal and pulled over.

    He was cordial and my V1 was stowed in the glove box by the time he approached the car. I told him I was trying to get home, etc, had a long day. He took my license and registration and brought it back to me. As he handed me the yellow paper he said, " This is a friendly reminder that the speed limit is 70mph. Take it easy." I Thanked him graciously and asked him how fast I was going and he replied, 83. On my warning ticket there is no 83 or number, only Speed with a circle around it.

    A few minutes later after I pulled back onto the interstate she sniffed out a Ka band trooper lurking about 5 miles down the road. Another thing that was weird about the trooper as I was pulling out he jumped out and got an 18 wheeler that appeared to me to be speeding and again not a chirp.

    What is going on here? My prediction is that he saw my nose dive and new that I was speeding and estimated my speed. He gave me a warning because he had no proof. This happened several months ago to a friend of mine when we were running the V1 and no chirp but the Trooper busted the median and hammered him good. Wrote the ticked for 99 but dropped it to 83. Still a ticket and no warning. If it was an instant on thats OK you got me but atleast I know that I was shot if the detector goes off.

    Is there any chance that the troopers radar couldl slip by the V1 or could there be a new band that it is missing? All of the troopers I see in WV have 50% K band and 50% ka band. I have seen 2 guys with laser that I don't really like seeing. I know that I got a warning ticket but this is wearing me out I wanted to see what ideas or experiences you had.


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    I have 0 points on my license and work for a large company in sales so I need my license in good standing. Also I drive 50K plus miles per year and haven't been pulled over in 18 months.

    Thanks and keep the shiny side up~

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    Default Re: Got nailed yesterday and the V1 didn't make even a chirp

    Quote Originally Posted by WVAudi
    I was coming home yesterday from a looong day 474 miles round trip. Prior to my encounter the Old Girl saved me 5 times already that day so I am positive that she was in tip top shape. I have the lastest software which was updated last October.

    I and met a trooper in the median facing me. I was doing around 88 and was talking on my bluetooth and the question from my customer had me thinking and not scanning the landscape as I normally do. When I finally spotted him I hammered the brakes and did a mini nose dive to take off some speed. The speed limit is 70 in WV and by the time I passed him I was around 75. He immediately pulled out but kept his distance. After a 1/2 mile or so he accellerated up to me and hit the cherries and berries. I then hit the signal and pulled over.

    He was cordial and my V1 was stowed in the glove box by the time he approached the car. I told him I was trying to get home, etc, had a long day. He took my license and registration and brought it back to me. As he handed me the yellow paper he said, " This is a friendly reminder that the speed limit is 70mph. Take it easy." I Thanked him graciously and asked him how fast I was going and he replied, 83. On my warning ticket there is no 83 or number, only Speed with a circle around it.

    A few minutes later after I pulled back onto the interstate she sniffed out a Ka band trooper lurking about 5 miles down the road. Another thing that was weird about the trooper as I was pulling out he jumped out and got an 18 wheeler that appeared to me to be speeding and again not a chirp.

    What is going on here? My prediction is that he saw my nose dive and new that I was speeding and estimated my speed. He gave me a warning because he had no proof. This happened several months ago to a friend of mine when we were running the V1 and no chirp but the Trooper busted the median and hammered him good. Wrote the ticked for 99 but dropped it to 83. Still a ticket and no warning. If it was an instant on thats OK you got me but atleast I know that I was shot if the detector goes off.

    Is there any chance that the troopers radar couldl slip by the V1 or could there be a new band that it is missing? All of the troopers I see in WV have 50% K band and 50% ka band. I have seen 2 guys with laser that I don't really like seeing. I know that I got a warning ticket but this is wearing me out I wanted to see what ideas or experiences you had.


    BTW,
    I have 0 points on my license and work for a large company in sales so I need my license in good standing. Also I drive 50K plus miles per year and haven't been pulled over in 18 months.

    Thanks and keep the shiny side up~
    Could be that the trooper was using Vascar or aircraft or nailed by an unmark police pacing your speed? Your Valentine One would not go off. It's also possible that you were hit with laser and your unit didn't detect it? Does your Valentine One have POP detection and if so is it turned on?

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    Default I do have pop and there is no Vascar or Aircraft in WV......

    Also no one was pacing me that I know of. I see these guys all the time and the K and Ka band is so predictable. I don't think any of the Troopers on the WV Turnpike have Laser. I have several trooper buddies that keep me in the loop.

    Could he shoot me with laser and it not go off? I have been shot a few times by the city LEO and I get sick everytime I hear it, def didn't get a warning if I got shot. I think my POP is turned on as it says P O P when it turns on.

    Good ideas but I am still confused.

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    If he was set-up in a radar position I highly doubt he just estimated your speed. Why get all set up correctly, estimate someone is speeding and not whack them with instant on ? Doesn't make sense.

    This guy is probably the smartest Trooper out there and is using Ku band......

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    Default Re: Got nailed yesterday and the V1 didn't make even a chirp

    Quote Originally Posted by WVAudi
    What is going on here? My prediction is that he saw my nose dive and new that I was speeding and estimated my speed. He gave me a warning because he had no proof.

    That is the most likely case. I was coming around a corner on back road not long ago before my V1 and saw a light bar coming over the next hill, slammed on the brakes (small car so not tooo much front dip) but im sure he saw that and he just pointed at me to pull over. No ticket , but that may have been because of the t-shirt i was wearing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by teeto
    If he was set-up in a radar position I highly doubt he just estimated your speed. Why get all set up correctly, estimate someone is speeding and not whack them with instant on ? Doesn't make sense.

    This guy is probably the smartest Trooper out there and is using Ku band......
    I agree that is why it was so weird. Maybe he was day dreaming and by the time he saw me slow down it was too late? That or he hit me with the mentioned and feared Ku band :?

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    Maybe your V1 is out of tune...send it back to Valentine for repair

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    I think there have been videos on here where detectors would miss really quick instant on shots. The officer could have been really good. Although the V1 missed a few it was a lot better then the rx65 if I remember correctly.

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    You have not disabled X band have you? Contrary to popular belief, it is still in use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lordhamster
    You have not disabled X band have you? Contrary to popular belief, it is still in use.
    lol that might be a bummer

 

 

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