Cool Ticket Bro!!

[MonsterMan53]

So this is a pic of my tailights.


I was pulled over by a cop this morning. The cop said my tailights were too dark and he didn't see my brake lights when he was behind me going down a steep, hill. I told him I drive manual and I put the gear in 2nd so I didn't have to use my brakes because the pads need to be replaced. I turned on all of my lights and proved that they work and are visible. I also told him I just bought the car(a month ago) and it was the previous owner who put the lights on and I was doing the pads after school. So he wrote me a ticket for going 45 in a 35. Everyone including the cop was going ~45. He had plenty of time before the hill if I was going to fast. I say

[ProudNissanFreak]

Car needs a-cleanin :P

First time I got a warning, it was for 40 in a 35, but everyone else was driving by at higher speeds and beeping their horns at me for going too slow. Oh well, at least it was a warning.

How much was the ticket?

[sentrastace]

eck that sucks. those tails arent dark at all....im headed to PA tomorrow for NICO fest and now u got me all scared im gonna get pulled over because mine are literally blacked out. hahahaha.

[RobPaulson]

go to court, you can get out of that easy if its a first offense.

[AppleBonker]

Definitely not too dark, and I HATE tinted tails and headlights. Sometimes the cop just wants to give a ticket, so they'll use whatever they have. I've had run-ins with cops that gave me only one ticket when I probably deserved three, and I've had cops give me tickets because they'd already pulled me over and wanted to have something to show for it I guess. And, I'm not sure how old you are (I'm guessing somewhat young because of the school comment), but I think cops have treated me different because I am younger. No matter how I act to them, I always get the feeling that they think I'm some "punk kid". Profiling at its best.

I would say fight it, but it's probably not worth it. It depends on the judge, but most of the time (at least in my experience) they're going to side with the LEO. If the ticket isn't too steep, I'd see if you could get probation or driving school (or whatever it is in PA) so that it is removed from your record in 6 months or so.

[numbnuts240]

those aren't dark. the amount of the ticket would determine whether i'd fight it or not. sometimes missing the day from work to sit in a courtroom isn't justifiable.

[AppleBonker]

sometimes missing the day from work to sit in a courtroom isn't justifiable.

Couldn't you just coordinate it so that the day of your court appearance is the day your team does the landscaping at the court house? Kill two birds with one stone.

[MonsterMan53]

The ticket was $65. I think I might pay it. Apparently the city needs money

[PoorManQ45]

There are legal minimums and maximums for taillight output. It is not simply visibility to x distance. Tinting the taillights lowers the light output significantly.

[fiznowler]

sometimes missing the day from work to sit in a courtroom isn't justifiable.

Couldn't you just coordinate it so that the day of your court appearance is the day your team does the landscaping at the court house? Kill two birds with one stone.

[OriginalWheelman]

The ticket was $65. I think I might pay it. Apparently the city needs money

You prolly got the ticket cause you were speeding. Duh. If you wern't speeding and you got it you may have a point but "I broke the law and got a ticket" does not mean that the city needs money.

[IBCoupe]

There are legal minimums and maximums for taillight output. It is not simply visibility to x distance. Tinting the taillights lowers the light output significantly.

So, how does a cop actually enforce it? Does he, say, sit a certain distance away and try to determine if he can tell that the brake lights are on?

'Cause that sounds a bit like "visibility to x distance."

[PoorManQ45]

There are legal minimums and maximums for taillight output. It is not simply visibility to x distance. Tinting the taillights lowers the light output significantly.

So, how does a cop actually enforce it? Does he, say, sit a certain distance away and try to determine if he can tell that the brake lights are on?

'Cause that sounds a bit like "visibility to x distance."

That's the trick about it. How does an Officer tell the difference between legal 30% tint, and illegal 25%?

I light meter could be used

[naladude911]

that sucks. They never usually give out tail light tickets in the day, its always at night. O well, cops are retarded sometimes. A kid in my school was an idiot yesterday, and started shooting at cars with his bb gun and waving it at cars pretending it was a real gun (orange tip). Well cops swarmed in on him and drew their pistols on him and everything. It had an orange tip.

[PoorManQ45]

that sucks. They never usually give out tail light tickets in the day, its always at night. O well, cops are retarded sometimes. A kid in my school was an idiot yesterday, and started shooting at cars with his bb gun and waving it at cars pretending it was a real gun (orange tip). Well cops swarmed in on him and drew their pistols on him and everything. It had an orange tip.

Wow, NALA, seriously... You can't be that retarded...

I can paint the tip of a real gun orange if I want!

If it looks like a gun, expect to be treated like it is a gun.

Also, shooting at cars warrants a kick in the nuts. You will reach payment for your friends actions at Carlisle

[MinisterofDOOM]

that sucks. They never usually give out tail light tickets in the day, its always at night.

That's backward. At night, contrast means the light-output reduction is less noticable. During the day, the effect is amplified by lower contrast. It's much easier to spot tinted tail lights during the day, so you're more likely to get stopped for them during the day.

When I got a ticket for my Q's tinted tail lights, it was sunny and daytime.

[ADDirishboy]

that sucks. They never usually give out tail light tickets in the day, its always at night. O well, cops are retarded sometimes. A kid in my school was an idiot yesterday, and started shooting at cars with his bb gun and waving it at cars pretending it was a real gun (orange tip). Well cops swarmed in on him and drew their pistols on him and everything. It had an orange tip.

If he is brandishing it as a weapon, he should expect to get hit with a mag-lite.

[fiznowler]

The cops should have just shot his a** we have enough tards around anyway. And what bb gun has an orange tip?

[car nut]

That sucks OP, what part of the city where you in? I live in West and cops around here don't give a s*** about whats going on until they hear gunshots lol. My girlfriend lives in Rox though and its a completely different story up there.

that sucks. They never usually give out tail light tickets in the day, its always at night. O well, cops are retarded sometimes. A kid in my school was an idiot yesterday, and started shooting at cars with his bb gun and waving it at cars pretending it was a real gun (orange tip). Well cops swarmed in on him and drew their pistols on him and everything. It had an orange tip.

Yes Nala, cops are retarded for arresting teenagers with guns.

You actually just made me angry.

[dre1507]

aww man i wanna be a cop so bad.

[naladude911]

his friend also got arrested for a s*** of weed


http://www.LoHud.com/article/20100506/N ... ot-charges

[Dire91]

A kid in my school was an idiot yesterday, and started shooting at cars with his bb gun and waving it at cars pretending it was a real gun (orange tip). Well cops swarmed in on him and drew their pistols on him and everything. It had an orange tip.

I would have been more than happy if your friend was shot by one of the cops for his stupidity. The point of waving around a fake gun is...? I bet he thought he was sooo cool.

[CSLAVE]

his friend also got arrested for a s*** of weed


http://www.LoHud.com/article/20100506/N ... ot-charges

A misdemeanor is not a s**tload of weed.

My Uncle was arrested for having 11 pounds. Thats a S**TLOAD of weed my friend.

[Alfador]

those aren't dark. the amount of the ticket would determine whether i'd fight it or not. sometimes missing the day from work to sit in a courtroom isn't justifiable.

At least in MA, it's almost always justified to take a day off to fight a ticket. Any moving violation at all, for speeding or anything else, has the potential to jack up your insurance rates a crapton. It really adds up over the few years it takes for those points to go away.

[TroubleBound]

Eh i have had over 20 moving violations and have lost my license for over 3 years (and theyre f*** taking it again in 30 days for 9 months), currently have -22 points with DMV, and my insurance is $83 a month for two 240sx's, with Allstate.

[hbpignosePA]

perhaps you went about it the wrong way

instead of telling him you weren't braking, you probably came across as an a**.

why not explain you just bought the car, and you didnt know the tint was illegal. honesty goes a looong way

i got outta a ticket for doin 50 in a 25 for just being polite and not talking back.

if you know you have something that is not "legal" dont be suprised when you get stopped for it. i knew i was at fault so there was no point in justifying it. guess i just lucked out

[dre1507]

Eh i have had over 20 moving violations and have lost my license for over 3 years (and theyre f*** taking it again in 30 days for 9 months), currently have -22 points with DMV, and my insurance is $83 a month for two 240sx's, with Allstate.

feel like adding two more cars?

[Loki]

Of course he ticketed you. You're in PA and you just one-upped a cop. How dare you!

go to court, you can get out of that easy if its a first offense.

I would not be so sure. Your word against the cop, who is the judge going to listen to? Unless you get a traffic attorney you have no chance. Speaking from experience here.

that sucks. They never usually give out tail light tickets in the day, its always at night. O well, cops are retarded sometimes. A kid in my school was an idiot yesterday, and started shooting at cars with his bb gun and waving it at cars pretending it was a real gun (orange tip). Well cops swarmed in on him and drew their pistols on him and everything. It had an orange tip.

I've personally seen a man shot for taking his wallet out too quickly and ignoring demands to lay down on the ground. No cop is going to ever assume he is completely safe around a suspect.

[Red coupe]

So basically you got caught breaking multiple laws and are complaining that you only got a ticket for one of them?