Caught with RX-65 :-(

[oxxomxxo]

Hey guys, i was driving in North Carolina and a state trooper sitting on the onramp got me 91 in a 70. Nothing went off on my rx65 and i was surprised. I thought that this thing gave me 360 protection?? Is there something wrong with it or are there settings that are not right? i dont what happened

[v1user]

Hey guys, i was driving in North Carolina and a state trooper sitting on the onramp got me 91 in a 70. Nothing went off on my rx65 and i was surprised. I thought that this thing gave me 360 protection?? Is there something wrong with it or are there settings that are not right? i dont what happened

360 protection should read like 360 degrees of possible detection. 1. The trooper could have used a very quick shot of radar and not set your detector off. 2. Laser-detector didn't pick it up. 3. He could of used the vascar method.

The rx-65 or any other detector does not make you invisible like the box says.

[kpatz]

He probably used laser, which is hard for RDs to detect. Did you see him when he clocked you? Was he holding a handheld unit up to his face, like he was looking through it? That would be laser.

What does it say on the ticket?

Also, I've heard they use X band in NC so if you have that turned off, or had the detector in City No-X mode, it won't detect that band.

[v1user]

And it was probably shot from the rear which makes things harder.

[TahoeKid]

In most states, if he gets you with radar I believe it has to say that on the ticket. Is there a 'radar' checkbox on the ticket?

[TahoeKid]

I always visually check the onramps for parked troopers as I go by.

[mrcllusb]

I always visually check the onramps for parked troopers as I go by.

Me too!! Never know whats lurking from the rear.The V1 is the only one to give you true rear alerts.

[NissanA]

You got caught going 91 in a 70 in North Carolina? Ouch...
I'm guessing the LEO was using laser or vascar like others have said. Were you the only one on the road?

[sascuderi]

What road where you on? They use X in NC, was X detection on in you detector?

[supercowpowers]

You have a decent detector as detectors go, but it's not a license to go 21 MPH over the PSL in every circumstance. Search for "instant on" and "rabbit" before you go hauling ass again.

360 degree protection is a stinking load of BS. Any RD except the Valentine One only has a horn(s) facing frontward, and any signal you pick up from a source to your rear is because the radar waves reflected off of something in front of you that the detector could 'see'. Your detector also has a small plastic piece on the top that leads to a "light pipe" that is supposed to allow the laser sensor to pick up laser from the rear and sides but that barely works and you can't rely on it.