what town was it? i am planning a trip to FL, and will pass through the NC... i got the V1, but the cops sometimes use those painted lines on the highways... i forgot how this method is called, but the V1 is powerless against those...

It was north of Charlotte. I was traveling west to east on I-85, at the time, so you wouldn't do that highway. You could be right about the painted lines. I covered so many miles that I don't know if that was used there...

My V1 came in very handy for this particular 'college visiting road-trip'...

OT...Terminator:
Living in NC, albeit far western NC, but travelling all over NC and the states you will go through to FL, it is a crap shoot.

The NC State Cops and county sheriffs all use radar and some use lidar. I have had several close calls, but I deserved the anxiety most of the time. For general 'above the limit' travel in NC, just use the usual common sense and methods.

Imo, VA is the worst, whether one is on 95 or more westerly on 81: the cops hide out on the long downhill sections, (usually in the middle trees/behind berms), and simply radar spray every batch of traffic, then come after that 'batch' and pick off anyone they feel like, with focus on out of state plates, in my experience. Also, radar is 'illegal' in VA, and some will ask if you 'possess one' and add a $100 appendage ticket whether it was 'in operation' or not...I know, lol!

It's a game and really a revenue game, as you know. Solo/lead car hauling azz is not rec'd.
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since it is illegal in VA to use the RDs, the cops are conditioned to this environment - it is like a hunter, going to hunt deer, and all deer have their legs tied up... in my opinion, it is not a hunt, it is a slaughter...

same with the cops just spraying the pack with the indiscriminate "shower" of unwarranted radio energy...

I was pulled over by a cop in VA when i had a fully operational V1 on the windshield, (in 2004) - he told me to turn it off and put it in the trunk... maybe my LE credentials helped at the time - hard to tell...

i just know that in PA, there are some towns that keep their taxes low and collect revenue off state or interstate roads passing through their proper - speed limit goes from 65 to 55 to 45 to 35 in a matter of 2 miles, on the same, 6 lane (3 in each direction), divided, sound-walled-off highway - and right there a cop, nailing folks...

I will try to stay on the good side of the law...

The cops on 85 are horrible about sitting on a bridge then calling down to a bunch of cruisers waiting ahead. Good call on the lawyer, thats what my friends all did in the situation themselves.

Isn't it true that NC drivers get their license suspended for +15 out of state?

I am not sure about reciprocity agreements between NC and CT, but I would check. Your speed in NC results in a 30-day license suspension, and theoretically if your license is suspended out-of-state, your home state will suspend it as well.

I'm going to take a wild guess and say your infraction occurred near Gastonia, where the speed limit is lowered from 65mph to 60mph north (east) of US 321. I have seen police "teams" set up underneath overpasses there in Gastonia as recently as a month ago. However, given that area is relatively suburban, the 60mph limit is not unreasonable, rather it catches people off guard.

I will agree with mD. VA is the worst state to drive in, with regards to enforcement. Every single one of my collegues and friends will agree with me.

AzN...

I have to get a driver history report in CT now (for the NC lawyer) and then I'll get another in a month, just to double-check, if nothing is showing. Hopefully, I won't get an unpleasant letter from my DMV.

No, it occurred on I-85 near NC-16; just north of Charlotte. The speed limit had dropped to 60 mph only for a relatively short stretch.

My driving through VA was fast (and relatively dangerous) in a rain-storm. Everyone was driving fast though... Coming back, I let my wife drive through VA.

i should dig my Russian driver's license, it is valid until 2019... i am sure there is no reciprocity between washington and moscow

Just wanted to provide update in case anybody else happens to have to deal with a North Carolina speeding ticket... Mine was for going 82mph in a 60mph zone.

I selected a law firm (Remington&Dixon) that covered all costs (their time for court appearance; court costs & fine) for a flat $375 up front. They were on AVVO.com and had decent ratings. No other estimates were below $400. The biggest time-waster for me was going to the DMW in CT to get a copy of my Driving History (which was clean).

This was the message that I got from the lawyer yesterday (and I've asked them to mail me "proof"):
"We appeared in court on your behalf today and were able to get your traffic charge reduced to a charge of speeding 9 mph over the speed limit. If you do not have any other moving violations or at-fault accidents in the previous three years, this reduction should not affect your insurance rates. All court costs and fines have been paid."

So it all ended as well I could hope for