NC driver needs help....

[Sik-Wit-It]

I been reading this board for about 2 weeks trying to get the best info on what RD I need to get. I live in Raleigh and do lots of traveling to Greensboro, and RTP which is in the 40/85 corridor. Lots of NC State police traps out there and some speed sensors for traffic flow. I think the state police use lots Ka of which I believe is 35.5ka band radars Ka and in Raleigh there is a lot of K band. I want to know what you think the best RD would be for this area. Maybe three times a year I travel north to PA which takes me through Va/Dc (stealth not a deal breaker) and I go to Atlanta and Florida about 4 times a year. Thanks in advance...

[rocky2]

If you have a lot of those annoying speed sensors I would get a Escort Product. They all now have TSR software to eliminate these alerts. The Redline is the most sensitive if you do a lot of highway driving and don't mind falsing it's a great RD. If you do mainly city driving or have no tolerance for falsing get a 9500ix. In NC and GA they use a lot of laser no RD will save you from laser. Look into a Laser Interceptor or Blinder Laser Jammer.

[sx4dude2013]

If u want the most sensitivity and you are ok with spending. $500 the the Redline would be your best bet. I have one and love it!

[partsfreak]

I live in GSO and travel to RDU on occasion. I prefer the V-1 for the arrows, sensitivity & bogey counter. As you should well know by now there are many local PDs in addition to the SHP in any area and all types of enforcement strategies are used. X is still used but very rarely since the new chargers have come into use. I use the V-1 with the remote display for easy mute of the falses.I am not bothered by the falses and thats where the bogey counter is your friend. The arrows are absolutely necessary because they do well at hiding. Before I got the V-1 I used mainly Belsort stuff but they cant touch the V-1 for my preferences any more. Good luck with your choice but remember that any RD is just a tool. dont rely on it to save you. Most of the LEO's here are good at their jobs and know how to use the terrain.

[SpeedUp]

I traveled I-85 and I-40 all the time in 2009. NCSHP are a bunch of sneaky bastards. They still use Vascar and pacing, so no counter measure will save you from those except your eyes.

V1 is the best route to go since NCSHP does use quick trigger. Do a search on quick trigger you will find out what I mean. They also use Laser like crazy from bridge overpasses and rear shots by backing up on the on ramps. They still use X band, along with K and Ka. There are only a few traffic flow sensors on the bridges that shoot X band, but you'll quickly figure out which bridges they're at. I was in NC for a year and figured it out within a week. You need to invest in some laser jammers if you really like to speed, otherwise in the summer months you will get owned by laser. Most of the time cops put away their laser guns when it gets cold out, but not always.

Also, sorry to tell you but you have one of the worst drivers licenses in the USA. North Carolina will suspend your license for going 15 over the PSL for 30 days, or anything above 80 MPH you will get your license suspended. NC also reports all out of state violations and treats them as if they happened in NC. So if you get convicted of going 15 over in any other state or going 75 mph in any other state your license will be suspended.

http://www.ncdot.org/dmv/driver_serv...spensions.html

Your driving privilege will be revoked for at least 30 days if you are convicted of:

• driving any vehicle more than 15 mph over the speed limit, if you are driving at a speed higher than 55 mph.

Your driving privilege will be taken for 60 days if you are convicted of:

• a second charge of speeding over 55 mph and more than 15 mph above the speed limit within one year; or
• speeding plus reckless driving on the same occasion.

The DMV can also suspend your license for the following:

• Two convictions of speeding over 55 mph within a 12 month period;
• One conviction of speeding over 55 mph and one conviction of reckless driving within a 12 month period;
• A conviction of willful racing with another motor vehicle, whether it is pre-arranged or spontaneous.
• A suspended court sentence or part of a sentence mandating that you must not operate a motor vehicle for a specified period of time; and/or
• A conviction for speeding over 75 mph.

[sx4dude2013]

Dang. Those rules are crazy!

[SteadySpeedin]

I traveled I-85 and I-40 all the time in 2009. NCSHP are a bunch of sneaky bastards. They still use Vascar and pacing, so no counter measure will save you from those except your eyes.

V1 is the best route to go since NCSHP does use quick trigger. Do a search on quick trigger you will find out what I mean. They also use Laser like crazy from bridge overpasses and rear shots by backing up on the on ramps. They still use X band, along with K and Ka. There are only a few traffic flow sensors on the bridges that shoot X band, but you'll quickly figure out which bridges they're at. I was in NC for a year and figured it out within a week. You need to invest in some laser jammers if you really like to speed, otherwise in the summer months you will get owned by laser. Most of the time cops put away their laser guns when it gets cold out, but not always.

Also, sorry to tell you but you have one of the worst drivers licenses in the USA. North Carolina will suspend your license for going 15 over the PSL for 30 days, or anything above 80 MPH you will get your license suspended. NC also reports all out of state violations and treats them as if they happened in NC. So if you get convicted of going 15 over in any other state or going 75 mph in any other state your license will be suspended.

http://www.ncdot.org/dmv/driver_serv...spensions.html

Your driving privilege will be revoked for at least 30 days if you are convicted of:

• driving any vehicle more than 15 mph over the speed limit, if you are driving at a speed higher than 55 mph.

Your driving privilege will be taken for 60 days if you are convicted of:

• a second charge of speeding over 55 mph and more than 15 mph above the speed limit within one year; or
• speeding plus reckless driving on the same occasion.

The DMV can also suspend your license for the following:

• Two convictions of speeding over 55 mph within a 12 month period;
• One conviction of speeding over 55 mph and one conviction of reckless driving within a 12 month period;
• A conviction of willful racing with another motor vehicle, whether it is pre-arranged or spontaneous.
• A suspended court sentence or part of a sentence mandating that you must not operate a motor vehicle for a specified period of time; and/or
• A conviction for speeding over 75 mph.

And I thought VA was bad...LOL

[Sik-Wit-It]

Thanks for all the input, I have all the info I need to make an informed decision. I borrow a friend’s V1 for a trip to GSO and back to Raleigh and I did pick up a LEO with Ka C/O sitting buy a bridge that had a speed sensor and that was up hill and on a curve and it did pick it up. It showed 2 bogies one K and the other Ka. I have read that the V1’s seem to be a little weak in the Ka 35.5, but it seem to work fine on that occasion. Yeah the laws are tuff here but to their greed, if you are less the 15 over they drop it to 9 over and you get a point, but as long as you have less than 2 points it will not affect your insurance and if you go over 15mph you can choose a driving school for the weekend and you get no points as long as you stay ticket free for a year. Thanks for all the info and keep up all the good advice you guys put out there. This is the best forum for RD’s info. I am ordering my V1 today! I think I will be adding some M24 blinders to the car this summer