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well i was on my way home this morning(4:30) from a hotel party at the beach and i was making a right onto birdneck to get on the interstate. Well i didnt see the cop and so i drove a little hard and then i see him in my rear view mirror. If i see a cop i usually can go easy on the gas to make it no too loud. And guess what he pulls me over. He says my iexhaust s highly illegal, exhaust is too loud and one of the loudest he has ever heard. Im ok with this b/c i chose to put this exhaust on and i am paying the price. Then he tells me that if i get repeat offenses on thsi charge that the fine will go up and my can even get impounded? I can believe the rising fine but impound? Can someone clarify this for me please. And i am so glad that i didnt drink at the party and decided to stay sober or i would have been in a world of mess if i drove home.

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Ive been pulled over for exhaust 3 times and the cops all said the same thing and the price of ticket($80) never went up. As for the car geting impounded it never happened but im not saying it cant i think it depends on the cop.

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some shop getting robbed or a guy getting mugged somewhere........and this cop is writing you a ticket for a muffler.......what a dickhead yo...man just 4 more months and I'm out of of VA.....waiting and sighing....................................

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well thats va for you...

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Agreed. It's a nonmoving violation, standard fines.

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I have gotten about 30 exhaust tickets since in my life and I ahve never had the fine raised unless I went in front of a judge and I have never had my car impounded!


as for the nonmoving violation you insurance company takes your ehaust ticket( or equipment ticket ) as 1 Point on your record!

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This is getting annoying now. I mean, tonight the cops were everywhere, pulling over everyone. One of them heard me exhaust at idol, then ticketed me. Roy, our exhausts are just too attractive to the cops!

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damn you got a ticket too? bummer.... :(
but we get point violations for exhaust violations?? wtf...
so if you got over 30 exhaust tickets, then youre sayin you had over 30 points taken away??

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I don't think anyone I've known has had an equipment ticket go on to their driving record.

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if its nonmoving violation they dont take points off you just pay fine, i think

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:bs: ;)

Scoobys are the loudest exhausts, this all comes as no surprise here! lol. Sorry to hear it though guys. :(

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stk crx: I have heard.......and for the insurance thing
VAmerF: lol
stk crx: I called my ins company to see why my premium was so high
VAmerF: yeah
stk crx: and she said all my eqipment tickets are one point a peice

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Dejavue...

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I partly agree but if this is your neighborhood and you constantly have people with very loud exhausts racing or revving constantly you would want it stopped. Police do more than just catch muggers and robbers.

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Get a new insurance company because you are getting screwed.

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yah they pull over guys with loud exhuasts who do the speed lmit on a main road. But im not complaining about that...
btw nice time Tom, wish i coulda been there to see it. Im going next saturday the 6th so wanna go?

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I've got to see what my schedule is like for this coming Saturday but I don't see it being a problem.

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awww sorry you got a ticket roy...

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good call on the not drinking and driving. Sorry to hear about the ticket though.

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You get a point for exhaust violations!? That means I have 2 points on my record?

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it might just be his insurance company, so it would be nice to know what company he has...

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GMAC

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NO THEY DON'T!!!! It is a non moving violation! If your insurance company is charging you, you'd better call them up and verify with somone else and if they are I'd turn them in to the state insurance commisioner.
ANd tell them you will file a state complaint since this is a non moving violation!

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they cannot impound your car, for that, you have to do more than that to get it impounded, he is just b/s you! I have 4 Exhaust tickets, 1 Altered Suspension ticket and Was caught racin, but was warned. Not once has the fees gone up, but if you pay late, YEAH!!!!

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i've gotten 3 or 4 exhaust tickets, not one has gone on my insurance record, they're definately screwing you over

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i have had five exhaust tickets here in newport news and in hampton hampton is a little bit cheaper on their ticket...i think it was about 120.00 after court costs and all the bullshit they add to the ticket. newport news on the other hand was hitting me in the pocket the hardest they got me for 140.00 each time and i pre paid the damn thing. well i have no cats no resignator just straight 3 inch so maybe it is a little bit obnoxoius but on the other hand i have heard harley davidons four times as loud as my car and in one instance one passed me by while the cop was giving me the ticket and the guy was even getting on his pipes and the cop never even gave him a second look what the fuck is up with that????????

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Yea i totaly agree with you guys , i was pulled 3 straight days with an exhaust ticket....in different county's ......and the second time i was pulled was in the pooring down rain i mean one of those spring showers.....and the officer wrote me a ticket and threatend that if he saw me again with the exhaust that he would impound my car...another time two cops pulled me just for my exhaust and this 1 hard ass comes up to me and is like ready to pull his gun cause my car is idiling...and hes like TURN YOUR CAR OFF NOWWWWW!!!! man this is the most worst state i gotta move this state pisses me the hell off for simple shit...ohh yea and last week i was crusing my new gsx with a buddy and i fly by a cop(state trooper too) doing 60-65 in a 45 (whitch i understand was my fault) then the cop pulls me and saysyou were going 76 in a 45 (wasnt true cause i have a radar detector that pickc up everything) whats the hurry and im like sir as you can see i just bought this car and im just now learning how to drive stick and idropped it in 3erd by accident and i didnt mean to and at the same time i punched the gas and hes like ima cut you a break of a life time you take an exhaust ticket and ill let you go!!!....so sometimes having an illagal exhaust is a good thing

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Most of the HD exhausts are stock. VA law states you aren't allowed to modify your exhaust -- so it's a lot easier for a cop to tell that a Honda has changed it's exhaust (when it's farking loud and obnoxious) than it ever would be to tell if a HD owner changed theirs. There are enough hondas on the roads for cops to know that they don't sound like race cars stock :)

In other news for those of you complaining about cops writing tickets... they just enforce the laws -- if you don't like them, change them. It's the legislator's fault.