Originally Posted by antarius
Will hit the nail on the head. The bottom line is imports cause more problems than domestics in the long run of things, so we're more likely to pull over the import. Although, they do pull over domestics quite a bit too.
You see, the thing is, with an import we're likely to find MULTIPLE violations and possibly some stolen equiptment, where as with a domestic it's usually just exhaust.
FYI: Almost all of the exhaust-tickets can be challenged in court and it's the prosecuters (the courts) duty to proove that your vehicle's exhaust is over a certain dB limit. Long story short, they wont do that and they'll be forced to throw it out.
It's not wrong for the Officer to ticket you for it, because he has reasonable suspicion to believe that it is in fact louder than it should be, but that doesnt' mean you're automatically actually GUILTY and owe the fine.
The real reason for an exhaust-pullover is merely to look for OTHER things of higher value. Perhaps stolen stuff, or a suspended license, or drugs, or whatever else we think you may have. It's what we call a precurser, or in laymans terms: A reason to pull you over and further investigate.
Make sense now?
Will: I know, I wish they pulled over more Harley's too. The problem is, most Cops are Harley Riders, so they tend to go on their merry way.
Try that in Suffolk or Nassau County NY. Court goes like this. Officer testifies, you testify, the judge finds you guilty no matter what and you pay a fine get points whatever. I had a cop testify under oath that she followed me and clocked my speed for 1.5 miles on a road that is less than half a mile long and the judge still believed her. I got a transcript and appealed to the state and they declined my appeal. The only way to fight anything is to get a lawyer to defend you. The judges all play golf with the lawyers so usually you get off. Its all a crock of sh1t. Fortunately, 90% of the time the cop doesn't show up if you plead not guilty and the ticket gets dismissed. Unless of course you got a DWI or no insurance. Then they always show up. The cop only showed up for my BS speeding ticket because she had to testify against some other loser that day that got aggravated unlicensed and a DWI. I took the BS ticket I did get with a grain of salt because I had like 30 others dismissed where I really was guilty.
