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sorry. i guess the question is what is the limit of lowering a car?
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I don't know off the top of my head, but I'll try to help you out. Vehicles can't be too low or too high, example i.e. dumped low riders, and lifted 4 wheeliers.
In the old days, officers would turn their site book on it'ss edge and if it wouldn't fit under the car, it was too low. I recall that was 6" but I will need to look that up to verify. Hope this helps, Michael |
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Same laws here. To high and to low. Just need to land in the middle. |
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Modification of Vehicles 24008. It is unlawful to operate any passenger vehicle, or commercial vehicle under 6,000 pounds, which has been modified from the original design so that any portion of the vehicle, other than the wheels, has less clearance from the surface of a level roadway than the clearance between the roadway and the lowermost portion of any rim of any wheel in contact with the roadway. Amended Ch. 462, Stats. 1984. Effective January 1, 1985. This can be really lowif you've got 24" wheels with 30 series rubber! |
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Back from work guys, couple of hours of sleep, chips and dip and a game of football. Let's get it on.
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Ugh...got a DUI drag racer last night.
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Here's to lighten the mood.
An 80 year old woman was arrested for shop lifting. When she went before the judge he asked her, "What did you steal?" She replied: a can of peaches. The judge asked her why she had stolen them and she replied that she was hungry. The judge then asked her how many peaches were in the can. She replied 6. The judge then said, "I will give you 6 days in jail." Before the judge could actually pronounce the punishment the woman's husband spoke up and asked the judge if he could say something. He said, " What is it?" The husband said "She also stole a can of peas." |
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That would just be another Brokeback Mountain thread.
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here's a question/situation...
Its later at night...sometime after 8:30 or so...the time isn't really important just that its hardely peak traffic hours. A car pulls up to a red light from a side street and stops. there is clearly no traffic coming on the cross road. after a solid stop and look around the driver of the car decides that his time is too valueable to waste sitting at an emtpy intersection, so he turns...goes straight...what ever, he procedes through the intersection. now the question...having witnessed this do you pull him over and give him a ticket or warning or just pretend you didn't see it? |
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The red light is there for a reason. If I saw it, I would give him a ticket. I give more tickets for stop signs/red lights then I do speeding.
In our area, disobeying a traffic control device causes more wreck than speeders. |
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Assuming you must have seen the patrol car if the patrolman saw you make this move I now have two questions. 1.Why after seeing the patrol car did you run the light? and 2.After being stopped and talked, to and receiving the warning, how much time did you actually save? Not saying you did any of this just replying to the post as if you did. Sorry so long but if you pull up to a signal at 3am and you see a cop don't run the light. If you do..... expect to be stopped.... because the officer has a duty to check into the situation. |
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Do cops look for "out of towners"?
Reason is... Today I had to go look at a job in a Shore Town here on the Jersey coast. Anyway, I was sitting at the red light, 1st in the line. A cop rode across the intersection and gave me one of these :eek: I thought to myself "myself, you're getting a ticket". Anyway I was heading out of the Island and just got to the top of the Bridge, and guess who is flying up behind me. I see him typing on his PC and then He's on me. So I get pulled over. Turns out I forgot to renew my regristration, BFD!!! I didn't do anything wrong when he saw me, so why did I get singled out when I was sitting at a stop light? |
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Have you ever gone fishing? Cops fish too!
When you run a plate, you can find out if the car is stolen or unregistered and so on. In your case since you "forgot" to register your car, you were given a reminder slip (ticket), no BFD. Moreover, most cops are not looking to ticket someone, but rather to get PC to see if you're a real bad guy, warrants, stolen guns or drugs etc. in the car. Case in point, this weekend there was a routine call in an aparment complex with 2 rookies and 2 FTO’s. The call was just a disturbance call and really no big deal, across the way (adjacent apartment) a fellow comes out to see what all the fuss is about. When he opens the door the order of marijuana comes roaring out the door with him. One of the rookies goes over and asked if he can come in. Long story short, he was arrested for 1 lb of pot, 1 1/2 lbs of methanphetamine and 2 stolen guns, all in plain site. That's why most cops will pull someone over; you never know when you're going to get the big fish. To answer your question about out of towners, Cops are people too, and as such, they have different reasons for doing different things. I know of no one that goes after out of towners on purpose. |
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The locals know we are out on the streets, they know where we tend to sit and run radar, yet they still speed. So to answer you question, there really isn't an answer, every town, every officer, every situation is different. |
Interesting reading
If you are a cop, were a cop, live with a cop, or
are close to a cop you will recognize alot of the following: FASCINATION STAGE - 1st thru 4th year of Law Enforcement. For most officers, this is their first time outside of the middle class bubble. They have never seen a dead body, never seen life-threatening injuries, never dealt with a family disturbance, never witnessed the squalor some people call "living life", and never really understood the phrase "Man's Inhumanity To Man" until now. Everything is new to them. You can ID them by the amount of fancy new equipment they carry...a ten BILLION candlelight power flashlight, "state-of-the-art" holster, pens that write in the rain, a ballistic vest rated to stop Tomahawk missiles, and an equipment bag large enough to house a squad of Marines. They love it, showing up early for their shift. They work way past the end of their shift without even considering an OT slip. They believe rank within the department is based only on ability and those in the upper ranks got there by knowledge and skill in police work only. They believe the Department runs with the same attention to detail and efficiency as Joe Friday's Dragnet TV show....everyone is dedicated & committed, everyone is competent, and everyone is on the same page and working towards the same high-minded goals. When they finally go home to their spouse/significant other, they tell them everything they did and saw; they are wired up. Some of the more "eaten up" purchase a police scanner at Radio Shack so they can hear the radio calls while at home. HOSTILITY STAGE - 4th thru 6th year They now show up for work about 2 minutes before their shift, and they are hiding out about 30 minutes before end of shift, writing reports so they can just throw them in the sergeant's in-box and leave ASAP. They have to get to their second job to earn money to pay for the divorce that is pending. Their spouse is no longer interested in hearing about all the gore and heartache. They get the "you spend more time with the cops than you do with me" speech. They now know how the lieutenant got those silver bars on his collar. They consider the FOP, the city, and all brass to be as dangerous as any viper. They gripe about everything, drink excessively, chase women, and hate the public, politicians, media, etc. They feel they have more in common with the hookers, thieves, dopers, etc. but hate them too. Those pens that write in the rain are no longer needed. Writing traffic citations can be a lot more trouble than they are worth, even on a nice day To write one, or to write anything while standing in the rain, is a sure sign of an insane person. SUPERIORITY STAGE - 7th thru 15th years This is when cops are at their best. They have survived changes in administration. They know how the political game is played, both inside and outside of the department. They know who they can trust and who they can't. They have select friends within the department, and stay away, as best they can, from the nuts and boot-lickers. They know the legal system, the judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, etc. They know how to testify and put a good case together. They are usually the ones that the brass turns to when there is some clandestine request or sensitive operation that needs to be done right. These cops are still physically fit and can handle themselves on the street. They will stay around the station when needed, but have other commitments; such as a second job, a second spouse, a second boyfriend/girlfriend (sometimes both), etc. They have most of their friends outside of Law Enforcement now. ACCEPTANCE STAGE - 15th to???? Now the cops have a single objective... retirement and pension. Nothing is going to come between them and their monthly check. The boss, the city (or State, or county), the idiots around the station, and the creeps on the street can all go to hell... because they could come between them and "sitting on the beach". There is no topic of discussion that can't somehow lead back to retirement issues. These guys are usually sergeants, detectives, crime scene technicians, station duty, or some other post where they will not be endangered. They especially don't want some young stupid cop getting them sued, fired, killed, or anything else causing them to lose their "beach time". These guys are usually hard to find when the "clusters" hit. They spend a lot of time having coffee, hanging around the station, and looking at brochures of things they want to do in retirement. Then the retired cop usually dies within the first five years of retirement, saving the city (or State, or county) a bunch of money. |
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