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Old 06-08-2006, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Sky92x
if you dont pop your hood, they can have your car towed, and have you arrested.

spontaneous safety checks are legal.
Wow-what if your hood latch thing doesnt work?
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where you being a ***** to him? I've gotten pulled over in Sac for having my front plate too low. He saw my catless tbe and blinging FMIC. He check out the car, asked me to fix the plate location and told me to have a nice day.
No actually im always very respecful when i get pulled over even though in my head im wishing i could kick him in the back of the nuts. I always comply & never get smart with them... its pointless to be a ***** cause its just gonna cost you more money. This guy was hellbent to write me a ticket for everything he possibly could because he didnt like my driving, he was looking at the engine & asking me why i had a boost gauge & said i must have a ton of mods hiding because i have gauges.... this was a motorcycle ***** btw. And appearantly he has eagle eyes because he estimated my speed at "70+" (thats what he wrote on the ticket) even though he was ~3/4 of a mile directly behind me (they must do some six million dollar man eye surgery on bike cops these days with built in terminator style speed readout). Im going to write them a letter contesting all the charges though.
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Im going to write them a letter contesting all the charges though.
yeah, I hear that is the best way to go about it. Just keep writing letters contesting and delaying the court date. Then you finally show up for court, hopefully the incident will be so long ago that the cop wont show or the "estimated 70mph" wont hold up so well. good luck.

and good luck to the op!
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I found that out personally. No matter what paperwork I showed the po-po it was off to the ref. Everything was legit!

Ref just said, "they send everyone to us". It's a money maker for sure. SMOG check and then court fees. Judge just threw it out of court, but still payed $10 plus my day off.
I'd be pissed. How can they charge you $10 when you did absolutely nothing wrong and they wasted your day by making you go to court.
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Originally Posted by mashpro
Wow-what if your hood latch thing doesnt work?
Officer has option to impound car for inspection.
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Old 06-08-2006, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Sky92x
Officer has option to impound car for inspection.
Really? For a faulty latch?
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BLegacy is correct.

My FIL is a smog tech and has told me that as long as the non OEM part works like stock it's cool.
What it comes down to is simple harassment by The Man.
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I have been trying to tell the wife that we need to buy a cabin in So. Lake Tahoe(Nevada side) and I can register my cars in Nevada. I don't think they have smog in Nevada.

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Don't I wish. I have to get my car smogged every single year. However, they don't use a sniffer. It's like CA though, some rural areas don't require smog. Maybe if your cabin is remote enough, you'll luck out.
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Really? For a faulty latch?

yup, the video is still roaming around the internet for the CHP training video...
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Think I can use this application for my car???
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Think I can use this application for my car???
With that turbo your best bet is to stick a freightliner badge on the front of your car & hope for the best
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Originally Posted by T-Will
I'd be pissed. How can they charge you $10 when you did absolutely nothing wrong and they wasted your day by making you go to court.

I was ticked, but pretty much just had to roll with it. What sucks is I just came out of the installers garage and the cop was waiting. New exhaust and intake. He asked to pop the hood and said I pulled you over because your car looks modified. The dang car had stock wheels on it!
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Originally Posted by GT35 STI
yup, the video is still roaming around the internet for the CHP training video...
Man, I want to see that video and what they say about a faulty latch.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Furley
No actually im always very respecful when i get pulled over even though in my head im wishing i could kick him in the back of the nuts. I always comply & never get smart with them... its pointless to be a ***** cause its just gonna cost you more money. This guy was hellbent to write me a ticket for everything he possibly could because he didnt like my driving, he was looking at the engine & asking me why i had a boost gauge & said i must have a ton of mods hiding because i have gauges.... this was a motorcycle ***** btw. And appearantly he has eagle eyes because he estimated my speed at "70+" (thats what he wrote on the ticket) even though he was ~3/4 of a mile directly behind me (they must do some six million dollar man eye surgery on bike cops these days with built in terminator style speed readout). Im going to write them a letter contesting all the charges though.

eh that sucks. Well Rancho is known for street racing and sideshows.
I know one dude on this board who drives sunrise everyday to work and he's never been bothered by the cops. He's catless wiith a loud *** exhaust too.

I think I remember hearing about a road dyno being setup over there. (not the EQ tuning one but the real smog detecting deal)
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