xUnKnOwNx

how likely is it for a cop to pull me over if i were to tint my windows ALL black?

and is it legal to have white (with blueish tint) turn signal/reverse lights? i see alot of cars have em.

jonesfromindia

sweet thanks. i went there today, and the lady i talked to(not officer) gav me an extention for the changing of my addy ticket. as for the license plate, she acted like it wasnt a big deal i went past the due date. it took me 45 minutes to find out where the cop stands who checks fix it tickets so i couldnt get my car signed off..

but if i dont get proof that i got a plate on my front its $151. or $15 if i do. and $10 for the addy ticket.

.....**** lines!!!!!!!!

optimus prime

Ok i got a few good questions for you officers.

1: According to the california vehicle code, guages which diplay the overall health and functionability of systems which are required for proper engine function are ALLOWED to be added (i.e. coolant temp, oil pressure etc.)

Question: Can a police officer pull me over, and in seeing my gauges, use them as probable cause to pop my hood, even though they are legal?

2: The U.S. constitution guarantees us certain rights as citizens of the U.S. of A. One of those rights is the right AGAINST illegal searches and seizures. Now, there is the little part called the "plain sight" clause which allows officers to search a vehicle if he could see something which gives him probably cause to search (i.e. drugs, a weapon etc), but this has to be in "plain sight" from outside the vehicle.

Question: I am currently undergoing a formal complaint for a police officer who did the following, I already got his watch commander's feedback, I'd just like to see what you think:
I was stopped at a red light, it was twighlight out. My g/f was in the passenger seat. A officer walked up to my vehicle (he was parked on his bike at the corner,) and he stuck his upper torso IN to my vehicle via. the passenger window. Keep in mind, at this time, I still haven't noticed him. He is hovering over my g/f, who is speechless, and he proceeds to shine his flashlight around my area of the car -- I jump out of surprise only to find a cop with the top half of his body in my car, shining a flashlight looking around. He pulls me over for having dealer plates (new car) and proceeds to be a complete *******.

So did he violate my right against illegal search and seizure? You be the judge...

boyee

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what is the maximum penalty for speeding at 125 mph on a freeway. will there be an arrest?

DomFD3S

Here is a guy on ClubLexus that got busted for 103mph.
http://www.clublexus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=262840

DomFD3S

If you tint the windows dark black...you can expect guns to be drawn on you EVERY TIME you get pulled over.

It's safety for the cop first.
You second.

And this already puts the cop in a bad mood to start.

slo

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Almost this exact same situation happened to me. I was sitting in the back seat of my friends new explorer (dealer plates just like you said), I was drunk, my friend was completely sober. A bycicle cop rode over and stuck his head in the car, only without the flashlight and started looking around, it was dark and there are allot of homless with bikes around that area. My friend saw the cop in his periferal vision and nailed the gas, this knocked the cop in his ***. The only way we new it was a cop is another friend was behind us, and stoped to offer help, the cop was fine BTW. This was very bad judgment on the part of the cop, this is an area where car jackings are common.

Fumanchu

No.

Fumanchu

Serious?

ratboy

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I have a possible solution for you that I used back in high school. I got a no front plate ticket in houston but since my car didnt come with one I figured I was screwed or had to buy new plates. I took my rear plate, covered it with aluminum foil, rubbed it until I had a nice 3D rubbing and painted it up to look real. I took pictures of the front and back and the Judge took it as proof I fixed it. suckers!!!

jonesfromindia

well no matter what i do, i still have to wait in line lol. i already have the plate on so no biggie.

but thanks for the suggestion!

pshaw118

I don't think that'll work. Judges in California aren't dumbasses.

84GSREX

See what you think about this one FU..... in December of 06 i was traveling to work on the this was in La Verne by the way. there is a RR crossing on the way there the speed limit is 45, which i was going. The lights started to blink thats it, guards weren't down yet i was about 30-40 yards away so about 2-3 seconds away so i went through it. There was a car in the next lane id say a car length or two back. anywho i passed the crossing kept going i see him pull out of a driveway after the crossing didn't think anything of it no lights wasn't hauling ***. about a 1/2 mile later just 100 yards from the driveway from work lights bust on. I pull over license registration insurance and what not...... he says" you know why i pulled you over" natural answer "NO"..... cop:"you ran that crossing" Me: "yeah i know i didn't think i was going to stop in time and i didn't want to slam on my brakes and end up in the tracks" cop: "Well the car next to you was able to stop" seriously WTF kind of defense is that. Anyways this is my second ticket ever. and for some reason i seem to attract cops towards the end of the year. Is this a quota ticket? Is there such a thing?

jonesfromindia

ok EFF the cop who looked at my car today. he wouldnt sign it because it was zip tied to the grill(im only gonna be driving this car for another week) he said its not "safe". so he said he cant sign it because of this.

so now i have to put two wholes in my completly destroyed bumper. not a big deal, except i have no tools but a ratchet and some sockets, so this is gonna suck.

reatrdedspleen

go to the dollar tree, buy a phillips head screw driver, and find some screws from anything. infact if you went to home depo and asked one of the guys if he had a couple of screws, anything... then just use your screw driver and screw them in. its easy to put them in the bumper.


or.. just use nails if you dont care about it.. its already destroyed.


sucks they didnt let you get away with that.. go back and talk to a different cop.

jonesfromindia

i think ill take you up on that nail offer lol. cus i dont give 2 ***** about my bumper now.

as far as i know, its been the same cop both days.

Fumanchu

I wouldn't of signed it off either. Imagine the damage a license plate could do if it flies off and goes through someones windshield.

jonesfromindia

i also told him that i was just driving it to get it signed off(which i am doing) i bought a volvo to drive instead of my broken 7. and thats what made me mad.

pshaw118

The quota question's been answered to death on so many different forums that it's not even worth answering. No hard quotas, but you don't want to have too little or too much. That's about the gist of it.

Other than that, I have no idea what you're talking about. Full sentences and correct punctuation really do help make your words understandable. They didn't teach it in grade school just for kicks.

pshaw118

So.... you half-assed your front plate, even told the cop that you half-assed it just to get the ticket signed off, and you expected him to actually sign off? Even if he believed that you bought the other car and that you're not going to drive the 7 anymore, why would he sign off on the ticket? You broke the law by not having the plate. Instead of spending $5 and about 10 minutes to fix properly, you spent 1 minute and $0.03. So what part of that puts the cop in the wrong?

Even if you really aren't going to drive the 7 anymore, you still need to properly attach the plate or pay the full fine. You got the ticket because you didn't have a plate, not because the state of California doesn't want you to drive your 7 anymore. You're the one that screwed up, and you're the one that tried to get away with a half-assed solution. Why are you getting mad at a cop that's PROPERLY doing his job?

jonesfromindia

actually it cost me more to zip tie it .....i didnt think about bolting it on to my bumper at the time, cus i dont have a powered screw driver. but im borrowing my friends and doing it right.

its not that i just zip tied it and called it a day, i actually made it look nice, you couldnt tell it was zip tied until he started pulling on it(clear ties)

stylEmon

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hey guys, cool thread. I am in the west, but not CA. I visit CA frequently, usually in my DD. I am thinking of taking my 7 next time when we got to laguna beach.

The 7 has all emmissions removed, sprays methanol, modified exhaust, standalone, replaced dash, upgraded turbo, relocated battery and oil filter... the list goes on.

Let's say, hypothetically, that I don't speed, and obey all traffic laws. Since the car is registered in AZ, I live in AZ; can CA police ticket me for the "modified car" laws?

DriftinG Z32

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Yes.

stylEmon

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how so. my car isnt, nor does it legally, have to be registered in CA

jic

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just think about it.
if cops cant give you a ticket for emissions just because the car is registered out of state
wouldnt everyone want to reg. their cars outside of CA?