Yeah, you heard me.. CT passed a law that BANS aftermarket exhausts..Even if its no louder than stock. With that said, last night, I was pulled over, and arrested for a cat-less exhaust, a bulls*** ride height violation, and sound pollution. They searched my car, popped my hood, and wrote a laundry list of violations. Lucky for my trash talking ass, my brothers are both local cops and I got out of it, moreover, they didn't have permission to search my car nor did they read my rights...I did get a summons for inspection, so my car is going back to stock for a little while more or less..After being cuffed and detained for near 2 hours, I was released. All this will spill over into a court date I'm sure, but no charges are being filed against me, I'm starting a sound pollution petition to change the enforcement policy. So there you have it folks, the real end of my DX experiment..I'm too die-hard performance to sell out and go all show, so I think i'll just end it..Do a couple things here and there, but for the most part, i'm done. So with all that said, be careful guys..they ARE out to get you.
State of CT vs. Tuners
- Thread starter SpicyMchaggis
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CT is now the strictest state against street racing and car modification.
**** em man. that sucks donkey balls. why the hell cant you replace your own exhaust with something nicer. ******* ass clowns in parliment. just because all the judges drive buick centry's doesnt mean the regular people do.
absolutely absurd.
-B
absolutely absurd.
-B
the MSP exhaust is going on now, i'll go and pass the test with the stock gear and the MSP cat-back, then as soon as I get back, the header goes back on, and the rear cat will stay..I mean seriously, my car is really loud..
You might try to fight the law on this one with the Magnum-Moss Warranty Act law that in part states that you can not be forced to buy replacement parts from the manufacturer in order to have a free market system. You can look up the exact legal wording through the SEMA.org site. That is if the law actually states that you have to use factory parts and doesn't just say that it has to meet the specifications of the factory part.
mazdaowner123
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I would so be down for that after I get my exhaust. Wow would that be worth the drive.xelderx said:
~brian
It will be repealed once they piss off the wrong rich kid and His daddy takes it to the CT supreme court. Unfortunily that takes a few years. NH actualy has a law that NO aftermarket alteration is legal. NONE. If anything fails it must be replaced with stock parts if available. As you can image no one pays attention to this BS law.
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- 2001 Mazda MP3
i'd love to piss them off. i'd never be back to CT, so i wouldnt have to pay the ticket.
im down for it
my exhaust is also LOUD.
im down for it
my exhaust is also LOUD.
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- 2003.5 Titanium MSP
Well, they tried that here in Canada..I posted about it somewhere...i didn't go over very well, and didn't get anwhere..but, it wouldn't surpirse me if soon that law comes back. ANyone they pull over now, with any mod to the car, they get a street racing fine. ****, someone crashed, speeding and drunk, in a stock 89civic POS, and they said he was street racing(what, fog, his shadow? DUmbasses, when racing no-one, they usually call that SPEEDING!). I got pulled over the other, just cause the cop thought I had a catless system...I'm ******* bone stock, wasn't speeding, wasn't driving recklessly, didn't have music on. The cop looked embarres when I showed him my bone stock exhaust, and the manual I had in my glove compartment(the little thin one showing the MSP), and then he got a little pissed when I asked for my 20minutes back....he told me to watch my lip unless I wanted to be taken downtown for a complete check of my car, to which I replied "ok, w.e, check my car, while you're at it, why don;t you search it for drugs or dead bodies...maybe my house too." Get in car and leave.
Holy ******* ****!
Holy ****!
That is ******* insane. This can't last long. We have gotta unite, I don't know how, but we have gotta lobby the **** out of the politicians to get this law repealed.
Is there any interest group who's tracking this issue? What about SEMA?
What we need here is a good dose of Internet politics activitsm. I'm not a CT resident, but we can probably get enough people across all boards (NASIOC and more).
Then we need to look up who sponsored that legislation and then tell everyone about it, so that their ass doesn't get voted back into office (or at least that they feel threatened that their ass doesn't get voted back).
Then we need to lobby, somehow, I don't know how, the hell out of whoever we can lobby to get this law repealed.
C'mon, there's a huge Internet force, we have gotta be able to make a wave. If everyone who lives in CT that participates in car forums could make just one phone call to their representatives and b**** at them, I think they'd start thinking twice.
That's is so bulls***, I'm mad, and I dont' even ******* live in CT!
Does this law apply to cars registered outside of CT? If it does, then we can probably get even more people involved.
Holy ****!
That is ******* insane. This can't last long. We have gotta unite, I don't know how, but we have gotta lobby the **** out of the politicians to get this law repealed.
Is there any interest group who's tracking this issue? What about SEMA?
What we need here is a good dose of Internet politics activitsm. I'm not a CT resident, but we can probably get enough people across all boards (NASIOC and more).
Then we need to look up who sponsored that legislation and then tell everyone about it, so that their ass doesn't get voted back into office (or at least that they feel threatened that their ass doesn't get voted back).
Then we need to lobby, somehow, I don't know how, the hell out of whoever we can lobby to get this law repealed.
C'mon, there's a huge Internet force, we have gotta be able to make a wave. If everyone who lives in CT that participates in car forums could make just one phone call to their representatives and b**** at them, I think they'd start thinking twice.
That's is so bulls***, I'm mad, and I dont' even ******* live in CT!
Does this law apply to cars registered outside of CT? If it does, then we can probably get even more people involved.
SpicyMchaggis said:
mp5smuggler
Member
that law is not legal. it hinders the practice of companies to operate in the state... do you have muffler shops midas or small mom and pop ones? how will they stay open when you , by law, have to use a oem part? you will have to go to the dealer to get the part!! make a stink about it.
i had a cop tell me my exhaust was illegal (aftermarket muffler) when i told it wasnt he said to not question him... i asked him if muffler shops were breaking the law by selling non oem mufflers... he said yes.... i said great lets go to the nearest shop you can arrest them all and ill sue them for selling me illegal goods.
anyone wanna guess how this stood up in court?
i had a cop tell me my exhaust was illegal (aftermarket muffler) when i told it wasnt he said to not question him... i asked him if muffler shops were breaking the law by selling non oem mufflers... he said yes.... i said great lets go to the nearest shop you can arrest them all and ill sue them for selling me illegal goods.
anyone wanna guess how this stood up in court?
mp5smuggler
Member
oh and im up for a ride to CT to blast my exhaust when it comes in the mail next week. let them try to cite me... maryland has no db law just an emisson law. what is your tint law? would they make a car from FL peel the tint off cause its too dark in CT of course not. states can not regulate a motor vehical that is legal in the state its reged in
mp5smuggler said:
Sure they can, more than one state does that for tint laws. If you drive in a state, you have to abide by its laws. If a state doesn't want to let in 5% tint vehicles in period, they can pass a law to do that. Doesn't matter where you are registered, if they don't limit the law's application to that state's-registered cars.
Examples: http://home.pcisys.net/~bpc/auto_law/tint/
Alaska
5 inches / NO / 40% Net / 40% Net / 1994
Note : MPV Vehicles can have any degree of tinting behind the front side doors so long as they comply with FMVSS 205. Mirrored tint is prohibited.
Enforcement Note : Tint regulation does apply to non-Alaska registered vehicles. State Troopers write fix-it tickets which requires "repair" within 5 days and the City of Anchorage will write $150 tickets for the violation.
California
NO / NO / ANY / ANY* / 1987 ?
Note : If the rear-back window is tinted, left and right rear-view mirrors are required.
Medical exemption allows for tint or other shading material is allowed on the front side doors if it allows at least 35% of the light to go through, readily is removable and cannot be used at night.
Enforcement Note : Out-of-State cars driven in California are required to be in compliance with the CA Tint law.
District of Columbia
NO / NO / 50% Net / 50% Net / 1994
Enforcement Note : Can apply to out-of-state motorist, no out-of-state exemption defined in statute.
Florida
AS-1 / 28% Net / 15% Net / 15% Net / 198?
Note : MPV Vehicles windows behind the front side doors must allow for 6 % Net light transmission.
Enforcement Note : Law enforced by the use of light meters and can apply to out-of-state motorist.
Indiana
30% Film / 30% Film / ANY / 30% Film / 1995
Note : Darker tint is allowed for medical reason only as attested to by medical doctor or eye doctor.
Enforcement Note : Out-of-state motorist can be ticketed for being in violation of IN tint law but are usually left alone.
Iowa
AS-1 / NO / ANY / ANY / Unknown
Enforcement Note : Iowa is spotty on enforcement but can enforce the law against out-of-state motorist such as writing a fix-it ticket.
Maine
NO / 50% Film / 50% Film / 50% Film / 198x
Enforcement Note : As the law is read, it can be applied to out-of-state cars.
Michigan
4 inches / 4 inches / ANY / ANY / 198x
Enforcement Note : Michigan State police will give the 3rd degree look to any car that is not in compliance with MI tint law but will usually leave out-of-state motorist alone.
Missouri
AS-1 / 35% Net / Any / Any / 2002
Enforcement Note : New law removed out-of-state exemption but don't know how the MO State Highway Patrol will deal with that ?
North Dakota
AS-1 / NO / ANY* / ANY* / 1989
Enforcement Note : The tint law may be applied to non-resident cars as written.
Oregon
6 inches / 50% Film & 35% Net / 50% Film & 35% Net / 50% Film & 35% Net / 1996
Enforcement Note : Tint Law may be applied to out-of-state vehicles.
Utah
NO / 43% Net / ANY / ANY / 2002
Enforcement Note : Illegal tint can be a reason to fail safety inspection. The tint law can be enforced on out-of-state cars.
Virginia
AS-1 / 43% Net / 35% Film / 35% Film / 1993
Enforcement Note : Tint law may technically be applied to out-of-state registered cars. There is HB 1563 which would make the law apply to VA registered cars only. The bill did not pass. VA State Police opinion on out-of-state cars with tint that does not comply with VA law.
Wisconsin
NO / 50% Film / 35% Film / 35% Film / 1996
Enforcement Note : Tint regulation applies to non-Wisconsin registered vehicles but out-of-state motorist are normally left alone for tint.
Ain't it a b****!
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mp5smuggler
Member
name the states then please. if im on vacation driving through the state and they want to cite me for speeding or a moving violation thats one thing. if i live in NC i can run straight pipes..... then i drive to ct to see the leaves change for the weekend. your going to tell me they are going to cite me for having a legal car and going on a trip with it? i dont think so, it doesnt work that way.
NJ you have to have inspection stickers in your windows i dont in MD so when i go to NJ i have to have an inpsection sticker in my window for the time my car is in NJ? nope aint going to happen
NJ you have to have inspection stickers in your windows i dont in MD so when i go to NJ i have to have an inpsection sticker in my window for the time my car is in NJ? nope aint going to happen
mp5smuggler
Member
the laws you have to adbide by are the MOVING laws not the vehical code law UNLESS you are living there for 6 months or longer a year
As mentioned, here's Virginia State Police's opinion on the matter: (excerpt)
I don't know whether CT exhaust law applies to non-resident motorists, we'd have to check the wording. Does anyone know the law/bill number?
I don't know whether CT exhaust law applies to non-resident motorists, we'd have to check the wording. Does anyone know the law/bill number?
mp5smuggler said:
