has anyone been pulled over for having a "modified exhaust"......cuz i got pulled over last night and i live in tampa,fl n the cop told me its illegal to modify your exhaust in tha state of florida....so he gave me a 76 dollar ticket....wat do u guys think i should do go to court with it or pay tha ticket...let me kno.....
i got pulled over.........
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Real quick guys...we are getting a little too hung up on this 50 state legal thing. 50 state legal simply means it passes FEDERAL government NHTSA standards for being legal in all 50 states. As we all know California is the frontrunner on having stricter than federal pollution etc... standards.Tom1222 said:
Bottom line is this...YES it has passed NHTSA compliance and is legal to be sold in all 50 states by the federal government; however, state and local laws may be more strict or spell out certain laws at their respective level. Because it says 50 state legal does not mean it is legal in your neighborhood, county, city, or locality.
It is up to you to know what your local laws are - state and local. If you don't like the state and local laws...do what you should be doing already...GET OUT AND VOTE.
Ok off the soapbox...but seriously the exhaust could be illegal locally and may have been passed simply because some other ball bag decided they didn't like the sound...so they petitioned their councilperson and had a local law invoked that states thou shalt not have loud (modified) exhaust. And you are in turn screwed because his rights contradict yours and you didn't do anything about it. Unless you go to council meetings or watch that cable public access channel you wouldn't even know these forces are plotting against you.
Guess we all need to get more boring lives so we can attend council meetings and get more involved in government, right? Naw, I can't go without my ocho.
**ocho is a trademark of nomar06 and is used solely by implied permission.
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just like radar detectors here in va....they are not illegal to own BUT it is illegal to use8thex said:
at: there's your answer--however, unless the noise was so crazy loud, I think this was just a ridiculous ticket.bioevolve said:
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Figures...... out being punks trying out do each other in the most tickets....8thex said:
I've gotten more tickets from young cops then any other cop....:Mad:
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time for race header str8 pipe and hfp muffler :-D
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bottom line:
-like many other people mentioned, exhaust may be illegal in your area despite the rather deceptive "50 state legal" clause that only refers to federal standards, and not individual states, cities, and etc.
-and since you are using an illegal product, accept the consequences and don't complain.
-if you don't like the law, it's your fault. you can petition to change it. However, if it is already illegal in your area, i doubt you would get much support. we live in a democratic republic afterall, so it's your responsibility to enact change.
-and if you don't know the law in your area, it is your responsibility to find out by taking a quick trip to police hq or city hall.
-yes, it may seem unfair that they only ticket a hand full of illegal fart cans and tinted windows and etc., but that's life. they can't enforce everything. hell, cops can't respond to every jaywalker there is. but laws are laws, and we must do our best to stick by them.
-like many other people mentioned, exhaust may be illegal in your area despite the rather deceptive "50 state legal" clause that only refers to federal standards, and not individual states, cities, and etc.
-and since you are using an illegal product, accept the consequences and don't complain.
-if you don't like the law, it's your fault. you can petition to change it. However, if it is already illegal in your area, i doubt you would get much support. we live in a democratic republic afterall, so it's your responsibility to enact change.
-and if you don't know the law in your area, it is your responsibility to find out by taking a quick trip to police hq or city hall.
-yes, it may seem unfair that they only ticket a hand full of illegal fart cans and tinted windows and etc., but that's life. they can't enforce everything. hell, cops can't respond to every jaywalker there is. but laws are laws, and we must do our best to stick by them.
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When you go to court, tell then that your exhaust is not modified, your exhaust is a replacement from the oem one.
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There is no difference between young cops and old cops...that's about stupid. Plus those outrageous loud annoying mufflers should be ticketed, no one wants to hear that. They just put a new ordiance in effect here on the coast for loud music, no one wants to hear other peoples music blaring and bass making my car shake.
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Sell your magnaflow and get the Apexi Worldsport it looks stock and if cops ask tell them it's a factory honda performance exhaust made by honda and was on the car when you bought it....
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I was almost ticketed for this bullshit as well. I believe this law needs to be changed. The night I was pulled over for this I was downtown where a lot of the local tuner crowd hangs out... the cop walks up to the car and says, "I'm going to start with you..." (can you say, quota?) basically he's saying "you'll be the first one to be ticketed for your rice exhaust tonight" (even though I have performance race-header & full cat-back exhaust). Thank god the cop was ex-navy and I'm a member of the Air Force, we ended up BS'ing and he let me go with a warning and even wrote down the code for me to look up. He said to drop in a silencer and I wouldn't even be bothered.
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When I lived in Tampa I got pulled over in the Brandon area by a cop that looked no older than me. (20s) and the first thing out of his mouth was that my kind of car was one of his pet peeves and then he started to spout off about violating a noise ordinance. I looked around me and its an industrial area, not exactly mom, dad and the kids playing outside. I went to court, the first meeting with the judge, the officer isn't present. so the whole cop won't shop up thing doesn't matter. What you do is enter your plea and the judge hears your story. If it's your first offense the judge most likely will dismiss the ticket but make you pay court costs, around $27, $17 if they waive a few things and you're done. When I got up there, (you wait for the hundreds of people scheduled for that day to go first) and I told the judge what the cop had said about his pet peeves and then I said , you know I really didn't realize that police work had anything to do with the officers personal biases. Then I told the judge about the noise ordinance that i had supposedly broken, after some research it turns out that there is no such ordinance in that area, let alone any areas in Brandon, including residential areas. The cop was just a jackass and the judge told me it was dismissed but also added that I needed to get my car fixed. I work in a law firm out of Tallahassee now and it really is amazing what cops get away with when people choose not to fight their tickets
When I lived in Tampa I got pulled over in the Brandon area by a cop that looked no older than me. (20s) and the first thing out of his mouth was that my kind of car was one of his pet peeves and then he started to spout off about violating a noise ordinance. I looked around me and its an industrial area, not exactly mom, dad and the kids playing outside. I went to court, the first meeting with the judge, the officer isn't present. so the whole cop won't shop up thing doesn't matter. What you do is enter your plea and the judge hears your story. If it's your first offense the judge most likely will dismiss the ticket but make you pay court costs, around $27, $17 if they waive a few things and you're done. When I got up there, (you wait for the hundreds of people scheduled for that day to go first) and I told the judge what the cop had said about his pet peeves and then I said , you know I really didn't realize that police work had anything to do with the officers personal biases. Then I told the judge about the noise ordinance that i had supposedly broken, after some research it turns out that there is no such ordinance in that area, let alone any areas in Brandon, including residential areas. The cop was just a jackass and the judge told me it was dismissed but also added that I needed to get my car fixed. I work in a law firm out of Tallahassee now and it really is amazing what cops get away with when people choose not to fight their tickets
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Not true, there is no Quota system and the cops I know(I am in a Law Enforcement Program at school) say that they really only ticket when they absolutely have to(here in SD).fiji06si13 said:
They even tell us they turn a blind eye to small things like tints and No fronts license plate sometimes(unless they are pulled over for something serious in which the charges will be added).
But yeah here in San Diego cops get paid Really good and dont need to prove them selves useful. Their number one mission as said by them is to protect the safety and well being of the people and not to increase the budget of the city
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^umm are you insulting me I cant tell? Its ok I just want clarification thanks
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Skylinegtr06 said:
That's exactly what I tell the people around me who say things like "I hate ******* cops."
I tell them right away, without law enforcement, we would probably have been shot already. They're here to protect us, not to just make your mood terrible.
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