Ticket for loud exhaust MA
Jan 27, 2008, 06:41 PM
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Ticket for loud exhaust MA
Last weekend a buddy of mine was driving me back from a party (I don't drink and drive) and he got pulled over for speeding (70 on the highway) and I got a ticket for my exhaust for being too loud. Is this worth fighting? I tried looking up exactly where it is in MA law it states that loud exhausts are illegal. i know there is a bill pending in the house now but i doubt it will pass.
On a side note, the cop wrote "Street Racer" on both our tickets....we were the only car on the highway as it was 3am....notice it wasn't street racing...it was street racer...so because of my car he automatically knew thats what i was.
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On a side note, the cop wrote "Street Racer" on both our tickets....we were the only car on the highway as it was 3am....notice it wasn't street racing...it was street racer...so because of my car he automatically knew thats what i was.
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Jan 28, 2008, 05:22 AM
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Well I'm no lawyer or anything, but I've heard quite a few stories now about people in Ma getting loud exh. tickets and it being legit somehow. I think the law states you cannot modify your exh so that's where they get you when they see the nice and shinny muffler. Also I think this somehow counts as a moving violation on your insurance, so I think it causes your ins. Rating to go up a few points = higher premium. Don't know if this helps any, but just trying to share some knowledge I've gathered.
Jan 28, 2008, 05:28 AM
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Yes, it's a legit law
Yes, you should fight it because...
Yes, it's a moving violation.
Looks like you were the target of some police profiling...nice! Search on MGL 90-16. Lots of us, including yours truly, have appealed this violation and won. It's a very loosely-worded law which leaves too much for interpretation and subjective enforcement.
The fact that he wrote "street racer" is almost infuriating...either way, fight it and win!
Yes, you should fight it because...
Yes, it's a moving violation.
Looks like you were the target of some police profiling...nice! Search on MGL 90-16. Lots of us, including yours truly, have appealed this violation and won. It's a very loosely-worded law which leaves too much for interpretation and subjective enforcement.
The fact that he wrote "street racer" is almost infuriating...either way, fight it and win!
Jan 28, 2008, 08:14 AM
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iv gotten like 3 tickets for loud exhaust and between everyone of em.....knock on wood. theres alot of posts in this NE thread on how to beat them. Id explain how to do it but im at work and cant stay on for that long.
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Jan 28, 2008, 08:50 AM
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absolutely its only the staties. My townies could care less as long as i'm not driving like an ***. its the F'ing staties that have hard ons for street racers
Jan 28, 2008, 07:19 PM
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is it really a moving violation? thats crap, the ticket was only 50 bucks...I can't even fight it, my mom put the down on the car, so its under her name, and she hates it so she won't go fight it.
Jan 29, 2008, 06:31 AM
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most likely it was Accessive Acceleration. they can pull you over from hearing your exhuast if its loud. thats what i have gotten before in pa. it like a gay *** ticket. like 100 fine. so just be careful and put your cats back on!