Booked for Car being too Low!?! True!

[NeoNSX]

My mate who recently purchased a Nissan 180SX (i mention this in another thread) was booked by road police for his car being too low and the exhaust being too loud! No kidding!!

Has anybody ever heard of that before?
I bet most you guys on Prime would be eligiable for this fine too.

 

[Tobal]

Yea Neo, I had a few friends who had tickets for their exhaust being too loud. over 95db... As for the car being too low, there is some kind of law for the height of the vehicle, remember some friends talking about it a while ago. It sucks... the cops try to bust you for anything now a days

 

[MarkB]

Was it that the car was too low or was it the height of the head/tail lights above the pavement? I have never heard of a law against a car being low to the ground; however, there are, most definitly laws concerning the elevation of the head/tail lights.

 

[blknsxnoc]

I'd like to chime in on this.

I used to get tickets for this type of bullshit all the time here in SoCal.

You can get a ticket for the exhaust being too loud..
It doesn't matter if it is CARB certified or not. It is up to the discretion of the officer that pulls you over..
There was one time that I got pulled and cited for exhaust from a motorbike CHP. I promptly went to the nearest sub-station and had it written off not more than 30 minutes after getting the ticket.
What a stupid waste of time, and $10 dollars, but that is our CHP.. gotta love em.

As far as lowering, the rule is this.. (trust me, 12 tickets can't be wrong)

They determine if your car is too low by one of 2 ways:

1) The lowest part of the car (usually rocker panel or mud flap) cannot be lower than the highest part of the bottom of the rim.
Sounds confusing but basically if you had 50 series tires, any part of the car cannot be below the rim closest to the pavement.

2) The other criteria is the headlights. The middle of the headlights cannot be lower than 24 inches from the pavement on a flat surface..

Some cops have make shift measuring tape like the kind they give you at home improvement places with markings right on it.
Again, a fine example of our tax dollars at work.

Most of the time, the cops won't screw with you but when they want to be a-holes, this is what they used on me over a dozen times.

Be safe, and always try to smile at the cops, they seem to be nicer when you do.

-jeff-

 

[AndyH]

2) The other criteria is the headlights. The middle of the headlights cannot be lower than 24 inches from the pavement on a flat surface..
-jeff-

With my pop up headlight, I have 2" ( guessing) advantage over the 2002+ model

 

[Zishan]

I was with my friend one time when he got ticketed for blue headlight bulbs and loud exhaust on his 100% OEM STOCK everything Integra!!! Kid you not!!

 

[ajnsx]

in australia if your car can drive over a coke can (on its side without touching any of the undercarriage its only just okay (general rule of thumb). but in Oz the police can send you down to the rta (road traffic authority) to get it checked if they 'think' your car might be illeagal.

The exhaust has to be 95 decibals or lower also. My friend in an ls integra got done once by having his exhaust to loud, on the same road a week after getting his car fixed, on the same road, he was pulled over again for the same thing. When the police officer ask him to start his car, my friend replied 'it already is' and then showing the receipt for recent exhaust work.

Policeman exits, saying he left the oven on or something. Last part joke

 

[Tantheman]

Wow I remember those days in high school when the latest rave was for mini-trucks with rims/tires sticking out beyond the body and air suspension that made it so low that rock chips would get stuck under the body. Cops were giving out tickets left and right for those ugly mini-trucks driving on public roads. This was the late eighties..by the way.

Tan

 

[NeoNSX]

He was booked because the exhaust was considered too low... hehe... it scraps on every bump in the road.


<B>NSX FoYoAss</B> : stock integra? LOL... you are kidding right? that's a good story...