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warauto · 11-25-2009, 06:59 AM

Just to let you guys know florida is getting way out of hand with the cops and exhaust laws. I was driving about 40mph....cruising in a 45 mph zone, watching people in their corollas speed past me, checked my rear view and their was a cop about 10 cars behind me.

The other cars kept passing him while he slowed to my speed, and......wooopwoop their you go i get pulled over. He was like " Do you know you have an illegal exhaust"
i said to him, my exhaust is under the legal decibel limit, the other legal aspects I'm not sure of. He was like nope its illegal and very load and abnoxious. "I am going to have to write you a ticket you seem to not have learnt over the last 3 tickets".

Just then 2 other cars flew past us, it was almost like they were going to hit him while he standed at my door, posing like a prostitute. So i said to him wasn't that illegal a while ago....he asked " what was" i said Florida has a move over law right? They had the next lane over free, yet they still stayed in the closest lane to you and almost hit you....and they were going way over 50mph. Instead of facing the facts he chuckled and said he would be right back, crossing the front of my car to get to the other side, so he would be clear of the oncoming traffic.

He came back after 30 minutes, he held the ticket asked me to sign and he started to explain my options. I looked at the ticket and asked him in a low sad voice, how much would it be. He said " $140". So i asked him if non-moving violations doubled in the last 2 years, and offcourse he said "YUP".

After he made me sign as usual he said " have a nice day, and drive safely." That just pissed me right the hell of, so i asked him if he could ask him a question. He said offcourse, so i asked, " How does my loud exhaust affect safe driving" he couldn't answer. I asked again isn't driving fast and putting an officer in harms way alot more detrimental than a loud exhaust? Then he said its the end of the month man just making my qouta......

Thank you come again

imverus · 11-25-2009, 07:02 AM

cool story bro.

warauto · 11-25-2009, 07:04 AM

lol at the cool story thing, its much nicer to read than to pay for.

nu_born · 11-25-2009, 07:16 AM

wow...srsly? "just making my quota"? What a piece of shit...that's fucking whack...I've been there before-getting pulled just because they've hit you before is just lame...

warauto · 11-25-2009, 07:32 AM

Yes man it is really a shame, loud pipes saves lives....thats what i think...their is alot of older people down here and they are, due to nature and age some impaired and i can't tell you how much times my loud exhaust got me out of an accident.

Just because the hard of hearing old folks hear the axhaust and wake up.

murda-c · 11-25-2009, 08:00 AM

Loud pipes are annoying and you can use your horn to get you out of an accident.

Obey the law.

warauto · 11-25-2009, 08:42 AM

Nope nope, not with these old people horns don't matter

shiftdrift · 11-25-2009, 08:46 AM

murda did you ever think they are just picking on him? i've been pulled over before for exhaust and my car has a full cat back with a resignator and muffler.

warauto · 11-25-2009, 09:02 AM

i don't think they are picking on me....but i am the easiest way to keep their productivity up.

This post is not to bash police officers or anything but to voice my disgust about the legality of issuing tickets...speed kills no doubt about that, running a red light kills also and light that is not working can cause and accident but an exhaust.....other than it being loud what is the problem down here. We don't have emmission or smog laws so people in cali and newyork can't bring that up...so whats the matter cops?

I know when I am wrong and i wouldn't post anything if i got a speeding ticket....

An exhaust is like a shorts worn on a hot day, its not like Im taking of my shorts and exposing myself. Its just that the shorts shows my hairy legs

chomponthissmut · 11-25-2009, 09:24 AM

Yeah FL cops are lame and imo quite lazy (at least in Tallahassee), but there are a few intelligent and understanding ones around the daytona/ormond area

warauto · 11-25-2009, 10:34 AM

I useto have a gst with a greddy exhaust and i useto be the king of stupid shit....yet when i got pulled over i useto get a warning....i considered myself lucky back then.

s14+exhaust = 15 tickets 4 of which is exhaust

SlideWell · 11-25-2009, 08:14 PM

i go by cops all the time, havent had any issues with my Apexi GT Spec exhaust, test pipe, 3" downpipe......yet. whats your car look like? lol. i notice cops pulling over cars that look like clunkers or stock v.s a show car. my car looks like a show car....but its not.

warauto · 11-25-2009, 10:00 PM

I wouldn't say it a clunker...more like a sleeper...lol. It doesn't look like a show car it just looks like a daily, no tucking or nice rims going on over here....stock everything exept motor.

The only things that are visible that my car has something done to it, is

1. The intercooler
2. The full apexi exhaust 3'' with N1 tip

xpertsnowcarver · 11-25-2009, 10:37 PM

That sucks.

X2daC · 11-25-2009, 11:49 PM

FHP?

Where in Florida do you live?

Genovese.Jr · 11-25-2009, 11:56 PM

tampa they relly dontcare they dont like hondas

warauto · 11-26-2009, 09:06 AM

Well one was FHP.....south florida..

The Florida Highway Patrol was a whole other story, that one was even more messed up. He was going to north on the turnpike so was I, and he was going 45mph on a 65mph highway. I saw him and so did my sister, as usual i was on my guard so i slowed to about 50 mph trying not to pass him, he seemed to slow even more. In order not to make a scene i just continued about 55mph. This was a 4 lane highway and i was in the extreme left passing lane....while he was in the extreme right lane almost to an exit. As I coasted pat him he came over 3 lanes and pulled me over for my exhaust.....

My car isn't crispy or anything its boosted so it is borderline silent.

piranhamatt · 11-26-2009, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SlideWell

i go by cops all the time, havent had any issues with my Apexi GT Spec exhaust, test pipe, 3" downpipe......yet. whats your car look like? lol. i notice cops pulling over cars that look like clunkers or stock v.s a show car. my car looks like a show car....but its not.

That exhaust isn't exactly loud. I have one and it's quieter than a lot of others I have heard. The N1 the OP has is much louder.

4x4le · 11-26-2009, 10:25 PM

Here in Tennessee we dont have a Db limit. Now that isnt a good thing because that gives us nothing to argue. It is up to officers descrison by law. One of my friends got a ticket in a fully stock (stock exhaust) srt-4. Now sure you can hear their exhaust as it basically is strait out aside from their turbo, cat, and resonator. I do believe he got off the hook in court because he was able to explain that it came from the factory this loud and is 50 states legal ect.

I got a ticket in one of my old s13s for exhaust. The exhaust was 50 states legal meaning each of the 50 states agreed that it does not make too much noise, however this cop though differently about it. I had a friend that has a muffler shop write me a receipt for a muffler installed on the car. Then went to court and the cop listened to the car running and said it sounded much better, we went into the court house and the cop said it was fixed and I then said nothing was changed and here is the 50 states legal documentation on the current muffler I have always had on the car. Cop looked like a dumbass.

Now I need to knock on some wood, but my really loud drift car, obnoxious looking and all (for the town I live in) I have never been pulled over for any reason and I dont know how that is.

palmdale_mob · 11-26-2009, 10:34 PM

X2daC · 11-27-2009, 07:56 AM

Just to give everyone the heads up in the state of Florida.

The reason why FHP are such pricks is because they are the LOWEST paid officer in the state. They're usually rejects of the local jurisdiction.

As said above Tampa PD, and St Pete PD, even the country sheriffs are cool. Most, if not all, run ins with the locals have been let off with warnings. That's if we were in a remote lot doing our thing. Not trying to hurt the public, just ourselves, lol.

But the opposite side of that road, we know if they catch us in the wrong, we'll get the book thrown at us. We accept that, I even call it "Paying the taxes".

OP, in my best effort, you should definitely go talk to a traffic attorney.

ballinnmiami240sx · 11-27-2009, 08:45 AM

N1's are dook!!!

Gah....It's Too LOUD!!! · 11-29-2009, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4x4le

Here in Tennessee we dont have a Db limit. Now that isnt a good thing because that gives us nothing to argue. It is up to officers descrison by law. One of my friends got a ticket in a fully stock (stock exhaust) srt-4. Now sure you can hear their exhaust as it basically is strait out aside from their turbo, cat, and resonator. I do believe he got off the hook in court because he was able to explain that it came from the factory this loud and is 50 states legal ect.

I got a ticket in one of my old s13s for exhaust. The exhaust was 50 states legal meaning each of the 50 states agreed that it does not make too much noise, however this cop though differently about it. I had a friend that has a muffler shop write me a receipt for a muffler installed on the car. Then went to court and the cop listened to the car running and said it sounded much better, we went into the court house and the cop said it was fixed and I then said nothing was changed and here is the 50 states legal documentation on the current muffler I have always had on the car. Cop looked like a dumbass.

Now I need to knock on some wood, but my really loud drift car, obnoxious looking and all (for the town I live in) I have never been pulled over for any reason and I dont know how that is.

Well it sounds alot better after you tagged the wall a couple of weeks ago....j.k

4x4le · 11-29-2009, 12:20 PM

Is that eli^^^^^?

Minus fixing the exhaust its pretty much all fixed up already. If you get close you can tell, from 10 feet you would never know. Ill fix it better in the spring when paint wont run....

And my exhaust is going to be pretty damn loud now.

DeathMetal · 11-29-2009, 02:23 PM

Welcome to Florida. My friend has a prelude with a mild like 2.5"? exhaust and he's gotten several tickets just cruising 5th gear at the speed limit.

And no one needs to come into this thread and give him bullshit about "you're running a loud exhaust, it's bound to happen". Cops here really are just dickheads.

rb26man · 11-29-2009, 05:28 PM

damn that sucks but its bad in cali too

warauto · 11-29-2009, 09:24 PM

I heard in cali is way worse, i guess it's the nature of the beast. People from cali have all the fun, in my opinion, they have practically all the major american aftermarket manufacturers at their fingertips. Not to mention zilvia.net is a cali based forum.
With that said cali is more susceptible to alot more heat (Officer Dangle).

***S14DB*** · 11-29-2009, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by warauto

Not to mention zilvia.net is a cali based forum.

Since when?

iwishiwas-all* · 11-29-2009, 10:26 PM

knock on wood, no exhaust tickets since ive owned my car in fl
hell, just drive slow and clutch in when u see cops, not hard.

warauto · 11-30-2009, 07:05 AM

I am not sure, I made an assumption due to the fact that most buyers/sellers are local. They would rather deal locally in cali. So i figured hey 21,000 new posts approxiamately 70% Cali based, wtf zilvia is beyond a reasonable doubt from cali.

11-25-2009, 06:59 AM	#1
warauto Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: GA Posts: 633 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Florida Police Officers Don't like 240's Just to let you guys know florida is getting way out of hand with the cops and exhaust laws. I was driving about 40mph....cruising in a 45 mph zone, watching people in their corollas speed past me, checked my rear view and their was a cop about 10 cars behind me. The other cars kept passing him while he slowed to my speed, and......wooopwoop their you go i get pulled over. He was like " Do you know you have an illegal exhaust" i said to him, my exhaust is under the legal decibel limit, the other legal aspects I'm not sure of. He was like nope its illegal and very load and abnoxious. "I am going to have to write you a ticket you seem to not have learnt over the last 3 tickets". Just then 2 other cars flew past us, it was almost like they were going to hit him while he standed at my door, posing like a prostitute. So i said to him wasn't that illegal a while ago....he asked " what was" i said Florida has a move over law right? They had the next lane over free, yet they still stayed in the closest lane to you and almost hit you....and they were going way over 50mph. Instead of facing the facts he chuckled and said he would be right back, crossing the front of my car to get to the other side, so he would be clear of the oncoming traffic. He came back after 30 minutes, he held the ticket asked me to sign and he started to explain my options. I looked at the ticket and asked him in a low sad voice, how much would it be. He said " $140". So i asked him if non-moving violations doubled in the last 2 years, and offcourse he said "YUP". After he made me sign as usual he said " have a nice day, and drive safely." That just pissed me right the hell of, so i asked him if he could ask him a question. He said offcourse, so i asked, " How does my loud exhaust affect safe driving" he couldn't answer. I asked again isn't driving fast and putting an officer in harms way alot more detrimental than a loud exhaust? Then he said its the end of the month man just making my qouta...... Thank you come again

11-25-2009, 08:00 AM	#6
murda-c Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Montgomery County, MD Age: 35 Posts: 3,197 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Loud pipes are annoying and you can use your horn to get you out of an accident. Obey the law. __________________

11-25-2009, 10:37 PM	#14
xpertsnowcarver Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: LA, CA Posts: 2,667 Trader Rating: (44) Feedback Score: 44 reviews	That sucks. __________________ My YouTube Channel

11-25-2009, 11:49 PM	#15
X2daC Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Florida Age: 38 Posts: 51 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	FHP? Where in Florida do you live? __________________ Looking for an S14/S13 Project. All you need to know.

11-27-2009, 07:56 AM	#21
X2daC Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Florida Age: 38 Posts: 51 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Just to give everyone the heads up in the state of Florida. The reason why FHP are such pricks is because they are the LOWEST paid officer in the state. They're usually rejects of the local jurisdiction. As said above Tampa PD, and St Pete PD, even the country sheriffs are cool. Most, if not all, run ins with the locals have been let off with warnings. That's if we were in a remote lot doing our thing. Not trying to hurt the public, just ourselves, lol. But the opposite side of that road, we know if they catch us in the wrong, we'll get the book thrown at us. We accept that, I even call it "Paying the taxes". OP, in my best effort, you should definitely go talk to a traffic attorney. __________________ Looking for an S14/S13 Project. All you need to know.

11-25-2009, 07:02 AM	#2
imverus Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: so.cal Posts: 109 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	cool story bro.

11-25-2009, 07:04 AM	#3
warauto Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: GA Posts: 633 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	lol at the cool story thing, its much nicer to read than to pay for.

11-25-2009, 07:16 AM	#4
nu_born Leaky Injector Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chester Gap/Front Royal, Va Posts: 121 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	wow...srsly? "just making my quota"? What a piece of shit...that's fucking whack...I've been there before-getting pulled just because they've hit you before is just lame...

11-25-2009, 07:32 AM	#5
warauto Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: GA Posts: 633 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Yes man it is really a shame, loud pipes saves lives....thats what i think...their is alot of older people down here and they are, due to nature and age some impaired and i can't tell you how much times my loud exhaust got me out of an accident. Just because the hard of hearing old folks hear the axhaust and wake up.

11-25-2009, 08:42 AM	#7
warauto Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: GA Posts: 633 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Nope nope, not with these old people horns don't matter

11-25-2009, 08:46 AM	#8
shiftdrift Nissanaholic! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: indiana Age: 33 Posts: 2,242 Trader Rating: (42) Feedback Score: 42 reviews	murda did you ever think they are just picking on him? i've been pulled over before for exhaust and my car has a full cat back with a resignator and muffler.

11-25-2009, 09:02 AM	#9
warauto Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: GA Posts: 633 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	i don't think they are picking on me....but i am the easiest way to keep their productivity up. This post is not to bash police officers or anything but to voice my disgust about the legality of issuing tickets...speed kills no doubt about that, running a red light kills also and light that is not working can cause and accident but an exhaust.....other than it being loud what is the problem down here. We don't have emmission or smog laws so people in cali and newyork can't bring that up...so whats the matter cops? I know when I am wrong and i wouldn't post anything if i got a speeding ticket.... An exhaust is like a shorts worn on a hot day, its not like Im taking of my shorts and exposing myself. Its just that the shorts shows my hairy legs

11-25-2009, 09:24 AM	#10
chomponthissmut Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: FL Posts: 13 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Yeah FL cops are lame and imo quite lazy (at least in Tallahassee), but there are a few intelligent and understanding ones around the daytona/ormond area

11-25-2009, 10:34 AM	#11
warauto Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: GA Posts: 633 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	I useto have a gst with a greddy exhaust and i useto be the king of stupid shit....yet when i got pulled over i useto get a warning....i considered myself lucky back then. s14+exhaust = 15 tickets 4 of which is exhaust

11-25-2009, 08:14 PM	#12
SlideWell Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Age: 40 Posts: 1,591 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	i go by cops all the time, havent had any issues with my Apexi GT Spec exhaust, test pipe, 3" downpipe......yet. whats your car look like? lol. i notice cops pulling over cars that look like clunkers or stock v.s a show car. my car looks like a show car....but its not.

11-25-2009, 10:00 PM	#13
warauto Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: GA Posts: 633 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	I wouldn't say it a clunker...more like a sleeper...lol. It doesn't look like a show car it just looks like a daily, no tucking or nice rims going on over here....stock everything exept motor. The only things that are visible that my car has something done to it, is 1. The intercooler 2. The full apexi exhaust 3'' with N1 tip

11-25-2009, 11:56 PM	#16
Genovese.Jr BANNED Join Date: May 2009 Location: oc Posts: 296 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	tampa they relly dontcare they dont like hondas

11-26-2009, 09:06 AM	#17
warauto Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: GA Posts: 633 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Well one was FHP.....south florida.. The Florida Highway Patrol was a whole other story, that one was even more messed up. He was going to north on the turnpike so was I, and he was going 45mph on a 65mph highway. I saw him and so did my sister, as usual i was on my guard so i slowed to about 50 mph trying not to pass him, he seemed to slow even more. In order not to make a scene i just continued about 55mph. This was a 4 lane highway and i was in the extreme left passing lane....while he was in the extreme right lane almost to an exit. As I coasted pat him he came over 3 lanes and pulled me over for my exhaust..... My car isn't crispy or anything its boosted so it is borderline silent.

11-26-2009, 10:25 PM	#19
4x4le Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Manchester, Tn Posts: 1,253 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Here in Tennessee we dont have a Db limit. Now that isnt a good thing because that gives us nothing to argue. It is up to officers descrison by law. One of my friends got a ticket in a fully stock (stock exhaust) srt-4. Now sure you can hear their exhaust as it basically is strait out aside from their turbo, cat, and resonator. I do believe he got off the hook in court because he was able to explain that it came from the factory this loud and is 50 states legal ect. I got a ticket in one of my old s13s for exhaust. The exhaust was 50 states legal meaning each of the 50 states agreed that it does not make too much noise, however this cop though differently about it. I had a friend that has a muffler shop write me a receipt for a muffler installed on the car. Then went to court and the cop listened to the car running and said it sounded much better, we went into the court house and the cop said it was fixed and I then said nothing was changed and here is the 50 states legal documentation on the current muffler I have always had on the car. Cop looked like a dumbass. Now I need to knock on some wood, but my really loud drift car, obnoxious looking and all (for the town I live in) I have never been pulled over for any reason and I dont know how that is.

11-26-2009, 10:34 PM	#20
palmdale_mob Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: CA Age: 33 Posts: 825 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews

11-27-2009, 08:45 AM	#22
ballinnmiami240sx Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: gloucester, VA Age: 45 Posts: 517 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	N1's are dook!!! __________________ 1994 FD3S Drift // 945garage // sumospeed.com

11-29-2009, 12:20 PM	#24
4x4le Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Manchester, Tn Posts: 1,253 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Is that eli^^^^^? Minus fixing the exhaust its pretty much all fixed up already. If you get close you can tell, from 10 feet you would never know. Ill fix it better in the spring when paint wont run.... And my exhaust is going to be pretty damn loud now.

11-29-2009, 02:23 PM	#25
DeathMetal Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: SW Florida Age: 34 Posts: 198 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Welcome to Florida. My friend has a prelude with a mild like 2.5"? exhaust and he's gotten several tickets just cruising 5th gear at the speed limit. And no one needs to come into this thread and give him bullshit about "you're running a loud exhaust, it's bound to happen". Cops here really are just dickheads.

11-29-2009, 05:28 PM	#26
rb26man Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: where the hood ckatz is at Age: 36 Posts: 891 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	damn that sucks but its bad in cali too __________________

11-29-2009, 09:24 PM	#27
warauto Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: GA Posts: 633 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	I heard in cali is way worse, i guess it's the nature of the beast. People from cali have all the fun, in my opinion, they have practically all the major american aftermarket manufacturers at their fingertips. Not to mention zilvia.net is a cali based forum. With that said cali is more susceptible to alot more heat (Officer Dangle).

11-29-2009, 10:26 PM	#29
iwishiwas-all* Nissanaholic! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Oxford, UK/Miami Age: 36 Posts: 1,710 Trader Rating: (2) Rides Gallery: iwishiwas-all* Feedback Score: 2 reviews	knock on wood, no exhaust tickets since ive owned my car in fl hell, just drive slow and clutch in when u see cops, not hard. __________________ IG @gabednconfused https://www.youtube.com/user/gabedm

11-30-2009, 07:05 AM	#30
warauto Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: GA Posts: 633 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	I am not sure, I made an assumption due to the fact that most buyers/sellers are local. They would rather deal locally in cali. So i figured hey 21,000 new posts approxiamately 70% Cali based, wtf zilvia is beyond a reasonable doubt from cali.