i got stop several times in cali lots of sh## out there(used to live there) pop my hood three times got a ticket on the third for intake,dp,exhaust.

 

I Agree!

 

And the next thing you know you are getting a ticket for a cracked winshield or for your car being too low even tho your windshield aint cracked and there is not law that defines too low.

 

where in cali?

 

No need to start trouble with the police. They will win.
If he wants to see the bottom of my rear passenger floormat, I'll show 'em

 

Doubt it. You can know your rights, use tact and have a win win situation. Ultimately however, if you're running illegal gear on your car you need to be ready to pay the piper. One of my bosses always says "Do what you can afford". This applies to anything and everything.

I've been ticketed for 15 over, and I've been let go for racing in the middle of a city's 25mph zone.

Moral? If you're stupid, take responsibility for yourself and your actions and do the right thing imo.









btw: Only reason I was "let go" from the illegal street racing (which I could have been taken to jail for) was because I was "on the job" at the time, and on the way home from my job at the time (prison officer). I never thought I'd be a geek and um....open my jacket to display my badge, but I had no shame that day!

 

It's not legal for them to search any locked compartment of a vehicle without a warrant or just cause. Just cause though can be just about anything that they think will work in front of a judge.

 

out here is cali, every cop that has pulled me over tries to pop my hood. i just call my attorney! hahaha, i haven't had my hood poped since i had my civic, about 6 years ago.

but, yes cali cops try ALL the time!

 

Just say no
thay cant do ****, they are taking advantage of youand forcing you to admit to a crime, I H8 copes for this, but remember 1 thing, they are all Blue collar, and only know how to FOLLOW directions and orders. You out smart them quite easilly if you knwo yoru rights and law, I always do,a dn tehy hate me for it, and nothing happens to me.

 

If you didn't do anything wrong, then you're not the one starting trouble. So what happens if you let them search the car and they find a stash that slipped out of a passenger's pocket three months ago? Or if they plant a stash and "find" it? Don't tell me it's never happened.

They want you to be afraid to exercise your rights. They'd like nothing more than to be able to set up roadblocks and do blood tests and searches of "suspicious" drivers and cars. The founding fathers went to great lengths to protect us from exactly that kind of thing. Don't give that up just because you're afraid of pissing off a cop. Remember who they work for and that they're not above the law, either.

 

I always give cops a hard time, but do it with calm, arrogant, precise terminology Never ever ever let them in your car, never let them do anything. NEVER ADMIT TO ANYTHING. A lto of times they pull you over for speeding, and they cant prove it as they only know you were going fast but not know how fast, so what do they do?


"You know why I pulled you over?"

Most idiots admit to speeding, and there you go...

 

nope, been only pulled over once in the evo, maybe next time

 

I absolutely agree!! Be firm but polite, know the laws in your area, keep a good attitude, and most of all.... do not give the officer a reason to write you up. Most of the control is in YOUR hands, and if you pi*s him off or come at him with an attitude, you will get the tickets for the tints, the exhaust, the illegal lane change or just about anything he can find.

 

I wasn't inferring to knuckle under to them. be firm, be polite. No use in trying to act Joe Cool on the side of the road. I've seen people act like tough guys and get their a$$ handed to them in fines.

If you know you're right, and they are wrong, bust em in court.
It's more fun when the Prosecuting Attourney comes up to you before the session even starts and offers to drop everything.

Let them have their fun, burn their a$$ in court. I've had much more success that way. But then again, I generally don't get too much **** from police, especially after they see the child seat. guess I don't the stereotype

 

I got pulled over in Cali at a sting type operation outside of my school (most cops I've ever seen in one place...) and a detective from DragNet (special anti-street racing deal the setup) asked me "Would you pop your hood please?" I was just trying to be cooperative, so I did and I got written up for illegal engine modifications and had to take my car to a smog referree :/

Anyways about a week later I was talking to my friend who had been a police cadet for about a year at the time, he told me that they actually couldn't make you open your hood, that since he asked me (and didn't give a command) that I could have said no and he wouldn't be able to do anything about it. Though he is only a cadet so I'm not quite sure if thats completely true or not...