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Has ANYONE here ever had a ticket or fine they had to fight or pay?
Doesn't make much difference if a law exists that never gets enforced.

Secondly if you did get a ticket wuz ya showboatin?dnut
 

azbill

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azvinnie (my son-in-law) and I got a ticket a couple of years ago...a local code for go-peds/mini-bikes...etc
we went to court and pleaded our side (I took my bike to explain/show our side)
the judge (after 2 weeks) gave us a 4 page written decision saying these boys are legal...leave them alone :)
I follow the rules of the road at all times (ok, sometimes I go over the 20mph limit, but, never with the trailer/girls :):):)),
but vinnie was running a loud pipe at the time :)
 

2door

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You didn't say if the ticket had to be about MBs so I'll relate this story: The city and county of Denver has a fender law. In other words, according to the books and the cops, you must have fenders on a car. The problem is that the law was written in 1957, and they call fenders 'wheel covers'. Now, any automotive enthusiast knows that 'wheel covers' refers to 'hub caps'; decorative covers that hide the ugly lug nuts on a automobile wheel. I haven't had a hot rod since I was 13 that had fenders, and I don't live in the city of Denver, but, I was ticketed one time by a Denver cop, back in the 80s for not having fenders on my car. I went to court armed with photocopied pages from parts catalogs from three automobile manufactures which showed, 'wheel covers'. I also had photos of my car, which the cop agreed was the one I was driving that day, which clearly showed I had spoked rims. Wheel covers, or hub caps can not be applied over spoked rims. The judge agreed and dismissed the case. And you want to know something else? Denver has never changed the wording of their law. It still calls fenders, 'wheel covers'. Ya gotta love those law makers who don't have a clue as to what they are writing laws about. Case in point: Colorado's new law which refers to our bikes as, 'Low Power Scooters'. The Bone heads.
Tom
 

Kevlarr

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I can relate with that one 2door. Back when I was young and dumb I limo blacked the windows in my Nova and in MI anything other than factory tint is only to be used on the driver's or passenger's windows.

Drove around all summer and never had a problem until one evening it was a little chilly and I had the driver's window halfway up and just so happened to drive through an intersection where a cop was sitting waiting for the light. Stopped me gave me a ticket and WROTE ON IT "will be waived if repaired within 72 hours" basically a fix-it-ticket. Spent a good portion of the next day armed with a razor blade scraping off the tint and the next day I headed to the police station/city hall to get it signed off. Got sent to see the clerk who then sent me to see the desk Sergent who said it couldn't be written off but since the officer wrote on the ticket I had to go see the magistrate. Two hours after I first walk in the building I'm standing in front of a judge who asked "can you prove you removed the tint?" "Well your honor the car is parked on the street and can be seen if you look out any window that faces west", he thinks for a minute and says "You look honest I'll take your word for it" laff
 
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I failed a DOT inspection in El Paso because I just discharged my fire extinguisher on a fire north of Roswell NM. It was one of those fix it warnings too. His only reason for stopping me was due to a hazmat plackard quota (he told me that) You could still smell the smoke on my clothes too. He also said good job tryin to put that fire out now go fix it LOL.