Cops be buggin
4th Gear Member
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,212
From: Ohio
I think that, in a mustang, you will be let go and in a POS ricer you will get a ticket. Or any other American car really. Cops are not so different from "normal folk". They are actually more American Made that most. My experience has been that, in an American made car, im fine. In a foreign car, im f'ed.
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 730
From: Utah
Look man, the law is the law. I run no front license plate and when I get pulled over for it, it's MY fault. I don't sit there and blame the cop...I fix it right there and don't give the officer grief, usually don't get a ticket...If you get a ticket, show the judge that you fixed it and usually they will let you off...it's just a non-moving violation with a small fine anyways. My car had taillight covers...I got pulled over a few times for it. Ended up selling them because it's just not worth the annoyance...plus smoke covers were only cool in the 90s if you think about it, kinda played out now. Is it worth possibly going to jail by popping off to a cop? I would rather spend 1 minute fixing the issue then a night in jail.
Last edited by Ricardo; May 20, 2012 at 09:37 PM.
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1st Gear Member
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 90
From: nc
thinking way too much, i never said i was a dick to him? Going to jail is the last thing there going to do over a light cover, Im just saying if can find my way around it an use them i am, if not so be it.
2nd Gear Member
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 165
From: Nebraska
People got a little sidetracked here. People took it as "A douchebag cop pulled me over for my taillights and now I'm mad" instead of what how he was able to still use his covers. The covers are expensive, especially for what they are, and I personally have had some bad experiences with spray and film. Spray can look splotchy and is permanent (correct me if I'm wrong) and film can be a pain in the butt to install and will usually start to wrinkle and bubble. Both can make a beautiful car look like a ricemobile.
2nd Gear Member
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 217
From: CA
I'm an NC traffic cop. The general statute is 20-129(d) regarding rear tail lights (also includes tint). They have to be visible from 500 ft and like the other member said..I don't carry a tape measure just to measure how far I can see your lights, however, the cover's are a whole lot darker than actual tint and I have stopped a car before because I could not see any tail lights during the daytime. No I did not write a ticket for something stupid like that but I made them understand that it was extremely dangerous during the day when nobody can see your brake lights. Also just like 07 Stang stated, you can't have a license plate frame of any kind covering the license plate. Stupid law, yes, but bad guys use that to conceal their plate because they think I won't read it. They think it "hides" them from the police. I am what you call a "barney fife" town cop. When you stop a car for a license plate frame and pull a kilo of dope from the car..best feeling on the planet. You are correct in that we use something small to get something bigger. If your mess is straight you'll be let go for the most part, unless you got diarrhea of the mouth as soon as the officer got to the window. People fail to realize that they talk themselves into tickets half the time.
and thank you for your much appreciated service
6th Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 12,259
From: Acworth, GA
Sup guys, i live in nc and i have the taillight covers on my car (smoked). I have been in front of sheriffs and state troopers and they never said anything but i got pulled today by a barney fife town cop today and was rude an he was going to right me a town ticket($35) but instead i went around and popped them off haha he got ill then. He said if he saw them on again i was getting a ticket, I paid like 100 for them is there any way around this? Like any ideas from you guys or am i just not gonna be able to ave them? thanks
6th Gear Member
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 7,635
From: state of confusion
That's really the places where this sort of appearance mod is going to get the best reaction, when people have plenty of time to look at them without having their mind distracted by driving their own car (and keeping it from not hitting yours).
Norm