OT: The new "tuner" law, Anyone know any details on this? Cops.. |
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OT: The new "tuner" law, Anyone know any details on this? Cops.. |
Andyrew |
Feb 16 2006, 02:30 AM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
My dad and i are leary of this new law that allows the cops to pull over any car that is "modified".
Does anyone know any details? or can someone post the actual law? My dad thinks they can impound my car and crush it and i'll never get it back... This is on the basis that they pull me over for no apparent reason. ALSO, knowing that I will never street race, what if they catch me get on it a little, or throw some tire smoke.. Anyways, Im 19, and here are some obvious facts about my car (and soon to be car) It will have subtle flares, but it will have 18x10's on the back with a lot of rubber. Brakes look stock, fronts are painted red. Fiberglass front and rear bumpers w/ (soon to be) lexan rear spoiler Lights are stock Front trunk has louvers, not entirely noticable, in body paint color. Body is factory phoenix red (orange) Mirrors un decided, but will have left and right. License plate on both front and rear bumper. Engine lid stock, can see chrome air filter cover (will paint) obvious sbc Exhaust is dual, side exit w/ 2 mufflers, should be relatively quiet under normal driving. Racing seats Racing harness's momo wheel, factory guages Small tubes no higher than stomach (while sitting down) for long to door pillar bracing (follows seat lines) Black carpet Thats about all they can see.. Car is a 73, does not need smog... What can they do to me? Andrew |
lapuwali |
Feb 17 2006, 12:32 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 |
Spoken by someone who clearly hasn't spent much time outside the Wisconsin, or wasn't paying much attention when he was... CA has nearly 40M people, or more than the population of most of the European countries. It it were it's own country, it would be something like the 6th or 8th largest economy on the planet. It's a big place, full of people, and there are no doubt all kinds of stories that will come out of that. Anecdotes don't prove anything. Pick anywhere in the world and I'm sure you could find examples of overzealous policing. Sticking just to cars and the US, a number of states require a safety and emissions inspection every year on every car newer than some set age, and they still require a safety inspection on all cars, regardless of age. California has no safety inspections, and only tests emissions every other year. No test until the car is 6 years old, and no test if the car is older than 1976. Even Arizona has tougher emissions laws than that. So much for "the most overlegislated place in the world". In the UK, you have to undergo a tough annual inspection that would fail quite a few 914s currently being driven in the US. Even surface rust on a structural section of the car will fail you. In Austria, as noted on another thread, you can be failed for running non-stock WHEELS. In Italy, engine modifications are simply forbidden, full stop. |
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