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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: Newbie]
#8032633 - 02/16/08 08:46 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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NewbieShroomie said: The lights aren't broken, only the plastic cover.
I'm really not sure, i heard even if the red plastic cover things are broken you can still get pulled over and bitched at for having that red translucent tape over it, at least in my state. then again only some cunt cop would pull you over for having tape on your brake lights.
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: Coaster]
#8032679 - 02/16/08 08:58 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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post a pic. find a taillight assembely at a junk yard with a good lense. attach it to you destroyed back side. it will legaly pass inspection. original equipment. nuff said
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: Essen]
#8032684 - 02/16/08 09:00 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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He pulled me over for something else a few months ago and saw it then so it's not the first time. It's a small town too, the cops there don't forget shit like that. I told him flat out I'm not paying the $5000 to the body shop, that I'm attempting to ghetto rig it and he just wished me luck. By no means was he an asshole to me, I'm just confused as to why it's illegal.
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: lovingtickels]
#8032690 - 02/16/08 09:01 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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why this cop picking on you anyways ive been targeted, a mark ...before. what you doing son
-------------------- I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from. - Al Franken
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: Newbie]
#8032700 - 02/16/08 09:04 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Just go to a junkyard and pick up a light housing and replace it. Then go into court and tell them you got it fixed. They should dismiss the charges and not make you pay a fine. You don't need to spend 5 grand to fix your car just to get it up to spec.
Btw, what kind of car is it and what sort of damage is there? If you post some pics of the damage (or PM me) I might be able to help you track down a replacement part or at least point you in a good direction.
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: lovingtickels]
#8032706 - 02/16/08 09:07 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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-------------------- I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from. - Al Franken
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: lovingtickels]
#8032707 - 02/16/08 09:07 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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lovingtickels said: why this cop picking on you anyways ive been targeted, a mark ...before. what you doing son
Most police don't pick on people. They simply enforce the law and cite people for violations.
It is their job after all. It may be interpreted as picking on people by idiots, but it's their job. They see a broken law, they enforce said law.
-------------------- Same thing happened to me when I played Neil Armstrong in Moonshot. They found me in an alley in Burbank trying to re-enter the earth's atmosphere in an old refrigerator box.
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: WakeboardrB]
#8032730 - 02/16/08 09:11 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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i like spicy mustard and kruat on my dogs, maybe some freedom fires and beer with
-------------------- I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from. - Al Franken
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: WakeboardrB]
#8039248 - 02/18/08 06:02 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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WakeboardrB said: If you post some pics of the damage (or PM me) I might be able to help you track down a replacement part or at least point you in a good direction.
Here ya go:
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: Newbie]
#8039289 - 02/18/08 06:09 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Cops pull people over for the silliest reasons.
When I was in my friends car we got pulled over because a bolt on the license plate looked funny. This car - and bolt - has been on the road for well over 10 years.
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: Newbie]
#8039347 - 02/18/08 06:20 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I've been pulled over for the same kind of broken tail light (just the plastic missing) and he gave me a fix-it ticket (You have 2 weeks to fix the car and if you bring the ticket in and show them it's fixed they tear it up).
All I had to do to get it legal was cover it with the tape already mentioned. It was then deemed legal at the police station so there's nothing else they can say after that.
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: Jadian]
#8039358 - 02/18/08 06:24 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Good to know. I'm going to try to find at least the plastic part too, I can gorilla glue it on or something, but I finally have a day off tomorrow so I'll head over to AutoZone or something and look for that tape. What do I do about the white light? Just clear plastic or something?
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: Newbie]
#8039470 - 02/18/08 06:46 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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They probably have a specialty tape for that part of the light too. Just ask the guy at AutoZone he should know what's up (or it'll probably be right next to the red tape, which is specifically for taping over tail lights.
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: Jadian]
#8039825 - 02/18/08 07:53 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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That's definitely cause for a ticket, so it wasn't as if the cop was picking on you like someone suggested.
As far as fixing it, the damage to the sheet metal and trunk is likely too great to just be able to replace the tail light housing without doing some sheet metal repair. If you just want to get it up to spec, they do sell some semi translucent red tape at autozone. I'm not 100% sure if that's a legal option though, but it's worth a shot since replacing those housings will be a pain.
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: Newbie]
#8039826 - 02/18/08 07:53 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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NewbieShroomie said: I live in the burbs of Philly. The cop's like, "I'm surprised you're not getting pulled over left and right." I pass cops every day, I've even had them drive behind me for miles on the highway and they leave me alone.
They are probably checking for hit and runs that would fit your vehicle description and see if it's stolen, people like to steal cars and wreck them around here.
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: UnholyChild666]
#8065699 - 02/24/08 06:51 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Thankfully my friend brought my car into his shop and gave me a lookover and everything else checked out AOK. HE ever replaced my fluids and recommended some very cheap/durable tires. All for $20 plus the case of beer I'm buying him. I managed to find reflective tape that looks just like the headlight tape so I'll put my art skill to use and do it up. Hey at least I have '09 stickers! I'm LEGAL!! AHHHH. Time to pack a Hookah full of cherry and mint shisha, sprinkled with some buds, blow up a line of K and start final fantsy 7.
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: WakeboardrB]
#8065737 - 02/24/08 07:03 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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lovingtickels said: why this cop picking on you anyways ive been targeted, a mark ...before. what you doing son
Most police don't pick on people. They simply enforce the law and cite people for violations.
It is their job after all. It may be interpreted as picking on people by idiots, but it's their job. They see a broken law, they enforce said law.
Not to sound like an idiot or anything, but I've definitely been picked on by police before.
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: WakeboardrB]
#8065770 - 02/24/08 07:10 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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WakeboardrB said: Most police don't pick on people. They simply enforce the law and cite people for violations.
most cops dont even know the law, many make up laws on the spot for intimidation reasons, cops generaly know the handful of ordinances they'll be likely to contend with regularly and of course murder and burglary and shit tends to be some that stick in their minds but they cant cite what a safe vehicle is or isnt
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: circularvortex]
#8065771 - 02/24/08 07:10 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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circularvortex said:
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WakeboardrB said:
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lovingtickels said: why this cop picking on you anyways ive been targeted, a mark ...before. what you doing son
Most police don't pick on people. They simply enforce the law and cite people for violations.
It is their job after all. It may be interpreted as picking on people by idiots, but it's their job. They see a broken law, they enforce said law.
Not to sound like an idiot or anything, but I've definitely been picked on by police before.
yeah it really has ALOT to do with where you live and or your race.
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Re: Got pulled over last night...have some questions. [Re: UnholyChild666]
#8065788 - 02/24/08 07:13 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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UnholyChild666 said: yeah it really has ALOT to do with where you live and or your race.
it also has a lot to do with the way you dress, the length of your hair, the way your car looks and whether you have a bunch of stickers... been there
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