ticket for exhaust in california

ticket for exhaust in california

ok so the other day pulling out of the school parking lot a campouse cop pulls me over. i was like what the heck cause i wasnt breaking any laws that i knew of. the cop as for all my info and after he takes it he looks at me and ask if i knew y he pulled me over. i said no. so he looks at me and ask what i did to my exost and y i did it. so i explaind it all to him. he looks at me and says that he thought it was to loud so he is going to write me a fix it ticket. he didnt take a meeter to it which i know im under the limit.


are cops aloud to just right you a ticket for that in california

and do i have to take off my whole system

he wrote on the ticket modifyed exoust

can i fight it

yes, they are allowed to write tickets for modifications that break the law. in California, this includes exhaust modifications. i suggest you start researching California vehicle modification laws so you know what you can and cannot do in the future.

If I had a quarter for every thread I saw on this, I'd be able to pay everyone's ticket..lol.

IDK if you can just "take a pic" of your car with the OEM exhaust on to dismiss the ticket...

generally, an officer would need to see the car to sign off on it...so this would fail.

take it to court with the stock exhaust on. that will work. tell the evidence, your car, is too big to fit in the court room.

Just go to the cops house at night time and cut his muffler off and put a fart can on it. Wait for him to come out in the morning and start his car up. Then just say whats the difference officer? Your car sounds just like mine!

Jk dont do that. lol

sorry about the spelling

california law is real strict when comes to modding your cars,my coworker got a ticket for limo tints and the worse part was his from vegas he went to cali just to visit his family on the weekend.So 2 months from now he got to go back cali for a court date.

yeah i got pulled over once by a cop cause he said my exhaust was too loud lol
but i told him there was a hole in the muffler and i was gonna get it fixed, so he gave me a warning instead of a ticket lol

WHAT? in what state is the car registered?

i live in california and my ticket was dismissed they told me as long as i dont have a high flow cat im good

my brother is a fireman and he gets away with his fireman badge thing also i got limo tints on my car as long as the front doors (driver+front passenger) are not limo tinted you cant get a ticket. i have 5% all over and 15% on my front doors

http://www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?id=61385

it doesnt matter what state the car is registered in. road laws are state specific. so if its legal in vegas, and illegal in cali, he can still get a ticket. kinda like speeding. if i go to wyoming and speed, and im from colorado....i still have to go to court.

Not necessarily. IIRC, the NH tint laws are under the inspection statutes (SAFC 3200), not under the Motor Vehicle Code (Title 21 of the State RSAs). We do have a MVC statute on mufflers (must prevent excessive or unusual noise- the "no louder than stock" clause was repealed in 2004)...none on tint. None that I can recall offhand, anyway.

But hey, what do I know.

so if i get it tested and its under 95db i can take the paper saying its good


cause i was not writen up for it being to loud just modifide

IIRC, in colorado dark window tint is in the Motor Vehicle Code...and it doesnt matter what state the car is registered in (brother got ticketed the other week) you proved my point of every state has different rules. cali has very strict rules on window tint, and its an offense you can get pulled over for if the cops cant see into your car they are even allowed to tow it away its for safety reasons, for the driver and the police officer.

Yes, each state does have different rules. However, not all states enforce their own rules upon vehicles registered in other states.

I just double-checked the tint law- turns out it is in the MVC as well (shows how often I stop people for it...heh), and it is specific to vehicles registered in New Hampshire. It's illegal here, but if you're registered out-of-state you're in the clear. Hence my earlier use of the phrase "not necessarily."

NH doesn't allow any front window tint at all..it sucks.

I'd go for it.

does any one know a place in socal to get the db checked

http://www.bar.ca.gov/80_BARResources/02_SmogCheck/Vehicle_Exhaust_Noise_Level_Cert.html

ok thank you

i think mine is under all i have is a magnaflow with 2.25 and 4-2-1 header (header are coming off)

his car registered in vegas,my coworker was trippin out too

does your school have a spelling class? you even spelled campus wrong.

as for the exhaust, in so cal you need to go to get it tested by a state referee if they send you there.

got pulled over today....speeding...but he said i need to check my exhaust volume in neighborhoods....aparently some neighborhoods have different rules about it...idk....anyone heard of that before? exhaust volume rules changing street to street? granted around hospitals it has to be super quiet...

Yeah, and if it's too quiet, they complain too. Like the Prius. Stupid people and their stupid rules.

wrd.

off topic here: im planning to do my exhaust system soon here. its gonna be 2.25 cat back with a magnaflow muffler, should i get a resonator for it too?? will it be too loud with out one?

Im glad im not the only one so annoyed by this.

there is a good excuse. when you get pulled over, say you modified your exhaust for the blind. hahahaha

hahahaha. It's for the safety of kids playing in the street without adult supervision. LOL HAHAHAHHA