H E L P!!!!! Pulled Over By The Police
#27
Not true, Ref's no longer do the sniffer portion. Policy changed about two months ago due to budget crisis. That said, they're very up to speed on what has to happen visually/equipment wise and you have to pass that hurdle before they send you elsewhere for the sniffer part.
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I wonder what would happen if you equipped your hood with security pin locks, and made a point of never carrying the key with you.
If asked to pop the hood, you could legitimately answer that you physically cant. Not sure where that would lead the cop to go... I don't believe that there's a law that requires that the hood be openable whenever the car is on the road.
Just thinking out loud, really. Not something I'm likely to test.
If asked to pop the hood, you could legitimately answer that you physically cant. Not sure where that would lead the cop to go... I don't believe that there's a law that requires that the hood be openable whenever the car is on the road.
Just thinking out loud, really. Not something I'm likely to test.
#33
I wonder what would happen if you equipped your hood with security pin locks, and made a point of never carrying the key with you.
If asked to pop the hood, you could legitimately answer that you physically cant. Not sure where that would lead the cop to go... I don't believe that there's a law that requires that the hood be openable whenever the car is on the road.
Just thinking out loud, really. Not something I'm likely to test.
If asked to pop the hood, you could legitimately answer that you physically cant. Not sure where that would lead the cop to go... I don't believe that there's a law that requires that the hood be openable whenever the car is on the road.
Just thinking out loud, really. Not something I'm likely to test.
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YES very correct on that hood pin blog. My friend with his 240 did that exact same thing. The cops had his car impounded right on the spot, and before he was able to pick the car up from impound, he had to go to the police station and pay 150.00 to get a police release form and have an officer meet him at the impound. But before the police would release the car to him, he had to open the hood. So BACKFIRE!!!!!! it cost him over 400.00 bucko's just to get his car back. So yeah, the not being able to open the hood trick wont work. Oh, and the cops will impound your car if you refuse to open the hood when they ask you to as well. They will give you the option. Either open the hood or get it impounded. your choice.
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Oh, and hears the real story as to what will happen to me. I do have to smog my car at the ref station. Now if i got a ticket with the penal code of 27171, then it's an inspection only. if you get a ticket with the code, 27156 then it's an inspection and a smog test. They will take about an hour with your car. They will also look in the most common places in the car such as under the dash/carpet/behind the plastic wheel well and under the seats to look for things that you hide that are illegal or that might be hooked up to your computer to make the car pass. So that's the scoop on that. OH but there is good news out of all this though. When they smog your car, it is only a whopping 8 bucko's for the whole smog instead of the 70.00/350.00 i would have had to pay. So it will save me some money. That's the only good thing out of it.
#38
I told you what your going to need to mod back to stock on your vehicle. Put stock airbox bov, bolt in cat for aftermarket exhaust. remove boost controller. go to a pretest smog place, see if it passes with stock n370 ecu w/o safc. its a little more money, but hey you wont have to pull the motor apart to get it to pass smog if it does pass pre-test, would would only have to worry about visual.
#43
I wonder what would happen if you equipped your hood with security pin locks, and made a point of never carrying the key with you.
If asked to pop the hood, you could legitimately answer that you physically cant. Not sure where that would lead the cop to go... I don't believe that there's a law that requires that the hood be openable whenever the car is on the road.
Just thinking out loud, really. Not something I'm likely to test.
If asked to pop the hood, you could legitimately answer that you physically cant. Not sure where that would lead the cop to go... I don't believe that there's a law that requires that the hood be openable whenever the car is on the road.
Just thinking out loud, really. Not something I'm likely to test.
Did this cause I was getting pulled over weekly upon the purchase of the FD. Its worked so far
#44
Oh, and hears the real story as to what will happen to me. I do have to smog my car at the ref station. Now if i got a ticket with the penal code of 27171, then it's an inspection only. if you get a ticket with the code, 27156 then it's an inspection and a smog test. They will take about an hour with your car. They will also look in the most common places in the car such as under the dash/carpet/behind the plastic wheel well and under the seats to look for things that you hide that are illegal or that might be hooked up to your computer to make the car pass. So that's the scoop on that. OH but there is good news out of all this though. When they smog your car, it is only a whopping 8 bucko's for the whole smog instead of the 70.00/350.00 i would have had to pay. So it will save me some money. That's the only good thing out of it.
#45
hell, I got pulled over like 8 times within the first 1.5 year of me owning a rotary in the states...........
the funny thing is non of them were even speeding tickets, usually just cop harassment
the funny thing is non of them were even speeding tickets, usually just cop harassment
#46
I had an ugly loud '7 before and I got pulled over 2-3 times in a year or so, all late at night, for no real reason. Now I've had a cleaner one for 3-ish years and have never been pulled over for anything in it. I doubt they'll admit it, but cops profile. Just don't stand out. It also helps to stay legal.