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[RJ-1]

My license here is fine, not suspended or anything. And yea like u said my warrant there has no power here. Its shows up on my record here when they run my info but they can't do anything. I was thinkin yea they would tack on some extra fees for waiting so long 2 pay 4 my ticket. I'm just tryna get an idea of how much I'll b paying. If I were to b in the same situation but here in utah instead, how much do u think my fine total would b sitting at?

[brown faux]

Probably 170 to 250.

[RJ-1]

i just called the LA police dept. my ticket was from 2yrs ago. i was going 55 in a 35. my ticket went to collections. my fine is now $994.00. i may still have a warrant too.

awesome.

[brown faux]

yikes. that can happen. the ones i see around here that say speeding are USUALLY 170 to 250, Failure to appear gets over 400. But there are a lot of variables.

[big_guy]

i just called the LA police dept. my ticket was from 2yrs ago. i was going 55 in a 35. my ticket went to collections. my fine is now $994.00. i may still have a warrant too.

awesome.

Don't get pulled over on a visit to LA

[tcfrizb]

I'm sure this gets asked a lot but what about tinted tails/headlights?
Can they be a little tinted, or is there a tinting limit or anything? I've heard both things. "Even a little tint is illegal hands down" "I got pulled over for tinted tails and got it dismissed because it's not illegal" blah blah blah. Please elaborate

[brown faux]

Any tint that is noticeable would be illegal. I say it like that, because at the point where it's noticeable, you are reducing the amount of light that is coming out of the taillight, thus making it harder for other driver to see the brake and tail lights.

When I read the state code, it specifies unsafe vehicles, and unapproved lighting/equipment. The argument for unsafe has been made, that it's more difficult to see the lights and creates a hazard.

As for unapproved equipment, I can't think of a production taillight that is designed to put out less visible light than other taillights. So by tinting them you are reducing the light and altering the original equipment.

So, save yourself a ticket and a traffic stop and leave that stuff off, there's plenty of cool things to do to a car and still be perfectly legal, which is what I always tell people.

I also forgot to mention, the tint affects the reflectors that are also required by the traffic code, so 3 reasons.

[tcfrizb]

yep that sounds right. There just seems to be a really thin line to determine legallity in tints when talking to other people so I should probably go by Utah law haha

[brown faux]

Yeah, I wonder what people use to come up with some of the things I hear. What had you heard on the subject?

Granted, there is some interpretation to it as one officer may not feel it meets the statue, or they may not pursue the violation by choice or because they are on their way to a call, or may not notice. So the old "Last time I got pulled over this wasn't mentioned" or "I drove by a few cops and no one did anything" is the absolute worst kind of measure for legality.

[tcfrizb]

yeah I heard one kid say his cousin got pulled over and got a ticket for tinted tails, but he went to court and the judge dismissed it. Pretty sure it all mainly depends on the cop/judge..