not true. lol!! i got pulled over by cobb county for not having a hood or front bumper and he took this huge book out of his trunk and him and his partner flipped through it for 20 minutes. he said he was just gonna give me a warning. i think if he went that far to look for something he wouldve given me a ticket if he found something.Originally Posted by HyPer50
He could've given you a ticket for that. I'm not sure why he would've spent so long looking for something else. You could've been cited for improper equipment. I think it just comes down to they are minor offenses and most cops try to avoid the paper work. If I had a dollar for everytime a cop mentioned the words, "altered suspension", "improper equipment" or anything about window tint...well, I'd be rich. Point is, really, if they want to bust you for something, they want something good. It all depends on the cop, and most of them are pretty mellow people and like talking about writing tickets more than actually writing them. Plus, everyone in a modified car is either a drug dealer or it's stolen. That's really what they're betting on.
naww, as long as the bumper support was on there then there is no way they can give you a ticket for it...the bumper cover and hood have nothing to do with safety or the way the car drives. I couldn't tell you how many times i've done mtn runs with no bumpers covers at all, passing GSP all day long.He could've given you a ticket for that. I'm not sure why he would've spent so long looking for something else. You could've been cited for improper equipment. I think it just comes down to they are minor offenses and most cops try to avoid the paper work. If I had a dollar for everytime a cop mentioned the words, "altered suspension", "improper equipment" or anything about window tint...well, I'd be rich. Point is, really, if they want to bust you for something, they want something good. It all depends on the cop, and most of them are pretty mellow people and like talking about writing tickets more than actually writing them. Plus, everyone in a modified car is either a drug dealer or it's stolen. That's really what they're betting on.
As for the suspension...in georgia, it is unlawful to raise or lower a vehicle more than 2 inches...the only time i've seen a ticket for that given was on a bagged pickup in g'ville that was grinding the edge of the road and spraying sparks all the way passed lakeshore up to big lots where he got the ticket, lol.
thats the thing, i live in riverdale and i drove around for a month with one fender and one headlight and thats it. i got pulled over and told that i needed a headlightlight and let go. other than that i drove past cops, sat next to them at light and they just look at my car and look away like dang. i had a cops on a busa next to me at a light and he did his head like wusup. cobb county swerved across two lanes and made a u turn in the middle of the day to pull me over and look in a book for 20 to be nice, i doubt it. but mabey i did just get lucky.
headlight is questionable, as long as it's daytime and no rain then it shouldn't be a problem...but the rules states if the car comes with two headlights or two wipers then it must have two of each on it.
Cobb County can be dicks, i had one chase me thru traffic in my integra earlier this year to pull up next to me at a light and say if he didn't have another call to go to he'd write me up for wreckless driving...i was going down a divided highway working my way through traffic...using my turn signal each time and never cut any cars off...i was watching him try to do the same in my rear view but he couldn't quite figure it out and kept getting blocked in. He then made a u-turn and went back the other way...didn't seem to be in a hurry to get anywhere either.
sounds like u was switchin lanes like woah!!
Ha, yeah, what I was thinking. Which is illegal.
Like I said, they are minor offenses that can be ticketed, IF the cop wants to write the ticket. And you can be ticketed for missing body parts. GSP usually has more important things to do than stop kids for stupid things like that.
As for the bagged pick up, he should've gotten more than just a ticket for altered suspension. If he was dragging then he should've been cited for "vehicle striking road" or however they're wording it now. And if he was bagged and laying frame (assuming he didn't have drag blocks) he could've gotten a ticket for his truck being structurally unsound. And, like I said before, it depends on the cop and the kind of mood they are in.
I've been chased down by a cop for a burnout only to have him say I had a nice car and he'd hate to see me lose it.
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