Ticket for LOUD exhaust
08-21-2013, 02:56 PM
#71
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Maryland
Posts: 566
I've been running a "loud" exhaust for 3ish years. Never pulled over.
I disagree with this....its always been about "look at me" or getting attention. Its just easier today with things like the internet.
It's the same reason every high school kid is on Facebook and tweeting 7,564 times per day. It's all about, "Look at me!" For crying out loud, two minutes after she was rescued from the kidnapper who murdered her family, that 16 year old girl posted a new photo of herself and was answering questions online.
Before social media, my high school buddies would drive 100 miles out to the desert in the middle of the night to "dick around." And, by dicking around I mean studying maps, Highway Patrol shift schedules, radio frequencies, etc. I'd bring along a radar detector and two scanners.
Today, high school kids in my town "dick around" on Main Street at 2:00 AM. Every cop in town is within one block of Main Street at 2:00 AM because the two bars in town are both on Main Street.
These high school kids could spend literally 5 minutes to drive outside the city limits into the county where there is zero traffic at night and six deputies and two highway patrolmen cover 7,000 square miles, but no - they stay in town.
It used to be all about going fast and not getting caught. Today, it all about getting attention.
Before social media, my high school buddies would drive 100 miles out to the desert in the middle of the night to "dick around." And, by dicking around I mean studying maps, Highway Patrol shift schedules, radio frequencies, etc. I'd bring along a radar detector and two scanners.
Today, high school kids in my town "dick around" on Main Street at 2:00 AM. Every cop in town is within one block of Main Street at 2:00 AM because the two bars in town are both on Main Street.
These high school kids could spend literally 5 minutes to drive outside the city limits into the county where there is zero traffic at night and six deputies and two highway patrolmen cover 7,000 square miles, but no - they stay in town.
It used to be all about going fast and not getting caught. Today, it all about getting attention.
08-21-2013, 05:16 PM
#72
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Indiana
Posts: 163
Please....take a minute and a couple of deep breathes. Now go back and read every post you made in this thread and see how confusing they really are.
08-22-2013, 06:54 AM
#73
Guys the ticket is resolved... I can't believe I stressed over this. I literally drove downtown to the Clerk Office. Grab my waiting ticket. Sat in a room for 30-45 minutes. When my number was called I gave them my citation number, payed my $103.00 fine. Walked out.
They didnt even ask if it was fixed, nothing. I asked after it was payed if I had brought a receipt what would that do and the lady said "If you bring proof that the equipment was fixed we would deduct $20 from the citation." I honestly can't believe I was so stressed about this it was so stupid easy.
They didnt even ask if it was fixed, nothing. I asked after it was payed if I had brought a receipt what would that do and the lady said "If you bring proof that the equipment was fixed we would deduct $20 from the citation." I honestly can't believe I was so stressed about this it was so stupid easy.
08-22-2013, 07:09 AM
#74
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: ohio
Posts: 3,628
Guys the ticket is resolved... I can't believe I stressed over this. I literally drove downtown to the Clerk Office. Grab my waiting ticket. Sat in a room for 30-45 minutes. When my number was called I gave them my citation number, payed my $103.00 fine. Walked out.
They didnt even ask if it was fixed, nothing. I asked after it was payed if I had brought a receipt what would that do and the lady said "If you bring proof that the equipment was fixed we would deduct $20 from the citation." I honestly can't believe I was so stressed about this it was so stupid easy.
They didnt even ask if it was fixed, nothing. I asked after it was payed if I had brought a receipt what would that do and the lady said "If you bring proof that the equipment was fixed we would deduct $20 from the citation." I honestly can't believe I was so stressed about this it was so stupid easy.
08-22-2013, 10:44 AM
#77
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Alpharetta, Ga
Posts: 762
Guys the ticket is resolved... I can't believe I stressed over this. I literally drove downtown to the Clerk Office. Grab my waiting ticket. Sat in a room for 30-45 minutes. When my number was called I gave them my citation number, payed my $103.00 fine. Walked out.
They didnt even ask if it was fixed, nothing. I asked after it was payed if I had brought a receipt what would that do and the lady said "If you bring proof that the equipment was fixed we would deduct $20 from the citation." I honestly can't believe I was so stressed about this it was so stupid easy.
They didnt even ask if it was fixed, nothing. I asked after it was payed if I had brought a receipt what would that do and the lady said "If you bring proof that the equipment was fixed we would deduct $20 from the citation." I honestly can't believe I was so stressed about this it was so stupid easy.
08-22-2013, 10:46 AM
#78
1st Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Florida
Posts: 125
Guys the ticket is resolved... I can't believe I stressed over this. I literally drove downtown to the Clerk Office. Grab my waiting ticket. Sat in a room for 30-45 minutes. When my number was called I gave them my citation number, payed my $103.00 fine. Walked out.
They didnt even ask if it was fixed, nothing. I asked after it was payed if I had brought a receipt what would that do and the lady said "If you bring proof that the equipment was fixed we would deduct $20 from the citation." I honestly can't believe I was so stressed about this it was so stupid easy.
They didnt even ask if it was fixed, nothing. I asked after it was payed if I had brought a receipt what would that do and the lady said "If you bring proof that the equipment was fixed we would deduct $20 from the citation." I honestly can't believe I was so stressed about this it was so stupid easy.
08-22-2013, 12:04 PM
#79
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: CA
Posts: 182
Thanks for the comments on my rides... Tis an older photo, the vert was wrecked 3 weeks ago, getting put back together, slowly, and I sold the GB 5.0. Ned to update the photo with my new Black 5.0 and the vert once it comes out of the shop which is looking like Friday night or Monday morning.
And to your comment about politeness... I agree with you. When I do get stopped, which isn't often, but when I do I keep my hands on the wheel until the officer approaches the car, once he feels safe I also inform him I am a CC (LTCF) permit holder and I am armed, most of the time I am armed.
I then let him know when I have to reach for my wallet and then again to inform him my registration is in the Glove Box, that seems to go a long way with them and I am guesstimating I get no ticket 90% of the time, the other 10% is a no points violation... such as... if the cops says you weren't wearing your seat belt right... NOPE I wasn't wearing it. $50 and no points is a lot better than whatever speed I was caught at, and when I am caught speeding my excuse is "I was exercising my car"
And to your comment about politeness... I agree with you. When I do get stopped, which isn't often, but when I do I keep my hands on the wheel until the officer approaches the car, once he feels safe I also inform him I am a CC (LTCF) permit holder and I am armed, most of the time I am armed.
I then let him know when I have to reach for my wallet and then again to inform him my registration is in the Glove Box, that seems to go a long way with them and I am guesstimating I get no ticket 90% of the time, the other 10% is a no points violation... such as... if the cops says you weren't wearing your seat belt right... NOPE I wasn't wearing it. $50 and no points is a lot better than whatever speed I was caught at, and when I am caught speeding my excuse is "I was exercising my car"
Guys the ticket is resolved... I can't believe I stressed over this. I literally drove downtown to the Clerk Office. Grab my waiting ticket. Sat in a room for 30-45 minutes. When my number was called I gave them my citation number, payed my $103.00 fine. Walked out.
They didnt even ask if it was fixed, nothing. I asked after it was payed if I had brought a receipt what would that do and the lady said "If you bring proof that the equipment was fixed we would deduct $20 from the citation." I honestly can't believe I was so stressed about this it was so stupid easy.
They didnt even ask if it was fixed, nothing. I asked after it was payed if I had brought a receipt what would that do and the lady said "If you bring proof that the equipment was fixed we would deduct $20 from the citation." I honestly can't believe I was so stressed about this it was so stupid easy.
08-22-2013, 02:06 PM
#80
That is the newest Mustang. Rolled by Body shop today they had car outside re-installing interior panels they removed to get 1/4 panel done. It looked good.
