Most expensive tail lights violation ever!!!

[Valpo1]

California is a beautiful state. I'm not sure what the correlation is between weed and the gentleman's ticket.

[Trob85]

Originally Posted by VOLmanTN

good luck in court

Not worried about my state isn't ran by nazis.

[CamaroCracka]

Originally Posted by Pluto

the more I read about California the more I feel for the people who live there...I have never been, but I just can't imagine living in a place that's so contradicting...lets legalize weed, but you cant put long tubes or blacked out tail lights on your car...I know weed brings the money in, but seriously think about it..California is ridiculous

What is really sad is California is where lots of the greatest hot rodding innovations came from. Now people have to bail to AZ and NV

Originally Posted by Valpo1

California is a beautiful state. I'm not sure what the correlation is between weed and the gentleman's ticket.

Let me see if I can connect the dots for you. I believe the comment was pointing out the lack of consistent logic, not uncommon in a place so heavily regulated, between allowing the use of marijuana (something illegal at the federal level) but denying the use of tinted taillights, something seemingly much less potentially harmful.

I dislike both marijuana and tinted taillights myself, but I don't feel either should be illegal. I realize the marijuana is supposed to be used for medical purposes, but that is not reality and it is much more difficult arrest someone for driving while stoned (as Colorado is finding out). The good news is they are generally doing 55 in a 70, so I just blow right by.

[Angrybird 12]

Yeah you may be able to see them pretty well at night when they are on but I have been behind cars with blacked out tail lights during the daytime when it's sunny out and you could hardly see them on when the brakes were applied. Some people don't even think about that.

[pickwithaustin]

A ticket for that? Crazy.
They should just take the car away.

[Manbearpig]

Originally Posted by CamaroCracka

What is really sad is California is where lots of the greatest hot rodding innovations came from. Now people have to bail to AZ and NV




Let me see if I can connect the dots for you. I believe the comment was pointing out the lack of consistent logic, not uncommon in a place so heavily regulated, between allowing the use of marijuana (something illegal at the federal level) but denying the use of tinted taillights, something seemingly much less potentially harmful.

I dislike both marijuana and tinted taillights myself, but I don't feel either should be illegal. I realize the marijuana is supposed to be used for medical purposes, but that is not reality and it is much more difficult arrest someone for driving while stoned (as Colorado is finding out). The good news is they are generally doing 55 in a 70, so I just blow right by.

The key here is to get high instead of blacking out your taillights. It's a far better use of your money too!

[Raysmaro]

Originally Posted by JustRaf

No sir! Not a fix it tickets its a actual ticket. Its $239! Crazy!! Its painted not tinted.

Here are mine. This is the second time i got pulled over for mine. The first one was a fix it ticket. This highway patrol wanted to be a D bag and put non correctable so the ticket will be higher.

[pickwithaustin]

Originally Posted by Raysmaro

Here are mine. This is the second time i got pulled over for mine. The first one was a fix it ticket. This highway patrol wanted to be a D bag and put non correctable so the ticket will be higher.

Well being right does not make the patrolman a "D bag." They are non-correctable, right? I mean, they warned you once, and you were unable to make the correction... therefore, it's a no brainer that it is an non-correctable offense.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice... shame on me.

[Manbearpig]

Originally Posted by pickwithaustin

Well being right does not make the patrolman a "D bag." They are non-correctable, right? I mean, they warned you once, and you were unable to make the correction... therefore, it's a no brainer that it is an non-correctable offense.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice... shame on me.

Love these threads man.

"I tinted my taillights and got a ticket, baw."

"It's the state's fault..."

"It's the cop's fault..."

"My cop was a D-Bag..."

How about just don't tint your $%^#ing taillights? Maybe there's a reason for all that hate.

[Raysmaro]

Originally Posted by Manbearpig

Love these threads man.

"I tinted my taillights and got a ticket, baw."

"It's the state's fault..."

"It's the cop's fault..."

"My cop was a D-Bag..."

How about just don't tint your $%^#ing taillights? Maybe there's a reason for all that hate.

Instead of worry about ****ing taillights they should be worrying about other things happening on the road, such as speeding, texting while driving ect...

I like the look. Im not speeding or doing anything close to a traffic violation but just because my car draws attention and I'm young i feel like they are just D bags. Not all cops because I've been pulled over a couple times and they don't say anything.

I'm not complaining about the ticket because ill end up fighting it anyway and getting the ticket written off and paying 25 dollars for the fix it ticket. Im worrying about them pulling someone over just for some dark taillights.

[Raysmaro]

Originally Posted by pickwithaustin

Well being right does not make the patrolman a "D bag." They are non-correctable, right? I mean, they warned you once, and you were unable to make the correction... therefore, it's a no brainer that it is an non-correctable offense.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice... shame on me.

Yeah they might have warned me, but no way in hell am i gonna waste money on rebuying new lights for the car. When i tinted the taillights i made sure to not make them to dark, so that you can clearly see the lights when i brake.


If it was a non-correctable offense then it should of been the something with my window tint that I've been pulled over 3 or 4 times for. Like i said this guy wanted to be a di**.

[Manbearpig]

Originally Posted by Raysmaro

Instead of worry about ****ing taillights they should be worrying about other things happening on the road, such as speeding, texting while driving ect...

I like the look. Im not speeding or doing anything close to a traffic violation but just because my car draws attention and I'm young i feel like they are just D bags. Not all cops because I've been pulled over a couple times and they don't say anything.

I'm not complaining about the ticket because ill end up fighting it anyway and getting the ticket written off and paying 25 dollars for the fix it ticket. Im worrying about them pulling someone over just for some dark taillights.

Newsflash, I'm young too. I drive the same vehicle. I've never been pulled over.

The law doesn't work in your favor because you're doing "most everything" right. It's all or nothing. They can pull you over and "be d-bags" because that 2% of your car that's violating the law is still violating the law.

Don't want to be harassed? either change your preferences or suck it up. You don't get both.

I'd be interested to see a statistical comparison of how often tinted taillights cause accidents next to speeding and texting and how often the three correlate.

[MikeInVegas]

Trans Ams around 1979 had factory blacked out tail lights that were very bright. I don't remember how it was done, but certainly somebody could resurrect 40 year old technology for today.

[gajagfan]

Originally Posted by Raysmaro

Yeah they might have warned me, but no way in hell am i gonna waste money on rebuying new lights for the car. When i tinted the taillights i made sure to not make them to dark, so that you can clearly see the lights when i brake.


If it was a non-correctable offense then it should of been the something with my window tint that I've been pulled over 3 or 4 times for. Like i said this guy wanted to be a di**.

Are we sure its the cop that's being the d-bag? How much are new tail lights vs. all the tickets you are going to get? What if someone hits you from the rear, and they deem it your fault? I might be looking at lights.