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[Lessen]

Exactly. Common frickin sense.

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[Rolex]

The cop told me it had to be visible from 50 feet. I guess he needed his prescription renewed. He wore glasses.
I also noticed he made 3 mistakes on my summons. He spelled my name wrong, he had the color of the car wrong and he had my class of license wrong.

 

[alpinehyperlite]

must have had a bug in his eye. lol

 

[MustangMan]

Here in Florida you're lucky if the car next to you has four tires on it!

I always thought a safety inspection would be common sense and make the state a little money (and be safer on the road) but FL got rid of the inspection decades ago.

We only have rear plates too here. I've heard of people being pulled here for obscured rear plates too.

Mark

 

[Rolex]

must have had a bug in his eye. lol

...or at least had one splattered on each lens.
It's also common to see pickups with 3 different tow balls mounted on top of the bumper, completely obscuring the plate.

 

[alpinehyperlite]

Yea, I've never written one of those, but I've made people take them off. I would feel bad writing one of them because it is a factory part that they are utilizing. So they get informed, fix the problem, and are sent on their way.

 

[hamz9561]

Unfortunately, I have a single hitch-ball on my bumper. I can't get it off because I put it on there when I ate my Wheaties for breakfast one morning. Texas also requires front plates, though some people put them in their front windshield because they're too lazy to put a mount on their front bumper.

 

[alpinehyperlite]

Thats kinda like putting one in the rear window. Thats against the law as well.

 

[Rolex]

Lots of old pickups around here using duct tape to hold the tag on the inside of the rear window.

 

[hamz9561]

And a certain mod's Thunderbird?

 

[CptAwesome]

Well, time to take that cover off my license plate. I've seen a lot of people around here with dark tinted ones (mine's only clear), but ff it really is illegal or something, I'd rather not risk it.

I've been pulled over twice. The first time was because I was "doing 38 in a school zone." I nicely pointed out to the officer that the school had permanently shut down almost 6 months earlier, and they removed all signs and traffic signals saying it was a school zone. And the rest of that area was 40mph. He let me go cause it seemed like "I was a good kid."

The second time, it was because the cop saw the sign in the back of my window that said "For Sale." He actually pulled me over just to see how much my car was. (abuse of power?) He ended up taking it for a test drive, doing like 80 through a 25mph zone, and then slammed on the brakes HARD to avoid hitting someone who pulled out... causing the brake lines to burst! I still see him around every once and a while, but I figure now I should at least be owed a favor in the future... especially since the $100 to fix it came out of my own pocket.


For the most part though, the cops are pretty good around here. If you're nice to them, they're nice to you. Its the drug addicts and the reckless drivers they go after.

 

[mtaylortank]

I wish thats the only people they went after around here!!!!

 

[cwest3355]

Theres no inspection or emissions testing in florida, so you hear lots of cars with straight exhaust and fart cannons.
do you write tickets for loud exhaust alpine?

 

[Lessen]

There's got to be some sort of noise ordinance.

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[Rolex]

Has anyone else seen a black Dodge Charger Magnum with dark tinted windows?
I'm wondering if it's factory or dealer. I've seen more than one, and the windows are as black as the car.

 

[Lessen]

Just the rear doors and back window or everything? I'm pretty sure there are different standards for the rear doors and back window vs. the windshield and front doors. At least here.. at some point.

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[Rolex]

Nothing on the windshield. That's totally illegal. All other windows were black. Keep in mind that it's a sport wagon, so there's even more glass on it.
In broad daylight you can't see the driver or the passengers unless it's through the windshield.

 

[alpinehyperlite]

Unless you are law enforcement (form filled out each year) or have a prescription (renewed every year, finger prints and background check taken, dr visits annually) you can't have darker than 40% here on front door windows, no darker than 25% on rear side windows, and nothing below the little marks on the windshield. Back glass doesn't matter.
Anything below 10% IMO is really too dark for safe night driving. I have 10% on my truck all the way around minus windshield that has 40%.

 

[Rolex]

And a certain mod's Thunderbird?

I only use duct tape to keep my dog from sliding off the hood at highway speeds.

 

[Rolex]

I just got back from the courthouse. The clerk said I'd have to go before the judge to get it dropped, and court wasn't for 2 more hours.
If I hung around for 2 hours, then sat in court for 2 more, then went before the judge, I'd probably still have to pay, so I paid the $60.75 !!!! Well, I guess I paid for one day's gas for one car, or 20 motorcycles.
I told her it had been on the car for almost 12 years, and she said it had been a law for 4.