wtf!!! $110 ticket for having a radar...

bimmer02 · 02-25-2010, 03:42 PM

So i had to drive to GA for family reason. So i had my radar on my windshield from nj to virginia. well it turns out that in virginia it is illegal to have a radar! the state troop pulled me over NOT for speeding but for having a effin radar! He told me that back in the days when they would pull someone over for having a radar....they would destroy the radar right in front of you. But instead of destroying the radar he decided to give me a 110 ticket. F**king suxs

that 110 would of gone somewhere better!!!

BMWJZ4 · 02-25-2010, 03:45 PM

How much is the radar? Might have been better off destroying in front of you lol

SS e93 · 02-25-2010, 03:46 PM

should have taken it down...it says it everywhere that radar detectors are illegal in VA when driving, and when you bought it I hope you did research...

Craig@SupremePower · 02-25-2010, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by icyhot e92

should have taken it down...it says it everywhere that radar detectors are illegal in VA when driving, and when you bought it I hope you did research...

+1.... there's big ass signs when you roll into Virginia that state radar detectors are illegal!

bimmer02 · 02-25-2010, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by BMWJZ4

How much is the radar? Might have been better off destroying in front of you lol

thats what i told da trooper lol

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Originally Posted by Craig@SupremePower

+1.... there's big ass signs when you roll into Virginia that state radar detectors are illegal!

it was like midnight when i was driving through va... he was in a unmark car

Sal@AUTOcouture · 02-25-2010, 03:57 PM

Yup.

They have radar detector detectors lol.

Apparently, they dont have more important things to worry about...

bimmer02 · 02-25-2010, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Sal@AUTOcouture

Yup.

They have radar detector detectors lol.

Apparently, they dont have more important things to worry about...

yea pretty much! its funny because he pulled up next to me and than quicky slow down...so i slow and than lights go off. so i quickly try to take the radar down and when he came up to my window all he said was where the radar...lol i tried to be slick but not good enough

Craig@SupremePower · 02-25-2010, 04:07 PM

fugg the police!!!!

sn0wwhite335 · 02-25-2010, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Craig@SupremePower

fugg the police!!!!

++++++++++++1

my front plate & tint tickets fund the NJSP. (they just must be so threatened by 5'1 chick behind the not-even-that-dark tints !!!)

Craig@SupremePower · 02-25-2010, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by sn0wwhite335

++++++++++++1

my front plate & tint tickets fund the NJSP. (they just must be so threatened by 5'1 chick behind the not-even-that-dark tints !!!)

they usually let girls off with a warning....

PaulBailey@ltbmw · 02-25-2010, 05:12 PM

Wow that sucks!!!

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Sal@AUTOcouture · 02-25-2010, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by sn0wwhite335

++++++++++++1

my front plate & tint tickets fund the NJSP. (they just must be so threatened by 5'1 chick behind the not-even-that-dark tints !!!)

Wow, surprised they gave you a ticket. Shoulda started crying lol

Bogo Shipyo · 02-25-2010, 05:27 PM

From what i was told -
you are not allow to have the radar on. You can have it sits on your windshield but as long as its not on/connected then he cant pull u over and write you the ticket. And yes you were definitely lucky - most of the stories i hear are ridiculous.

Virginia is very strict with the safety laws. i know i spend a night there )o=`,

JSLev04 · 02-25-2010, 05:29 PM

I went to college in Roanoke, VA. The first day I got there literally within 5hrs of getting to VA I was pulled over by a VA trooper for my radar. THEY ARE DICKS....especially when you have NY plates on your whip. Do they not realize the civil war was over more than 140 years ago? move on.

BobS · 02-25-2010, 05:34 PM

Wow that sucks...........I used to travel through VA every once in a while when i lived in MD. I would take my V1 down and put it on the ground or seat, it would still pick up radar too! I'm sure it wasn't as accurate but at least I didn't get a ticket.

bimmer02 · 02-25-2010, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Sal@AUTOcouture

Wow, surprised they gave you a ticket. Shoulda started crying lol

thats what my wifey does

and it works

but i'm not gonna effin cry

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Originally Posted by JSLev04

I went to college in Roanoke, VA. The first day I got there literally within 5hrs of getting to VA I was pulled over but a VA trooper for my radar. THEY ARE DICKS....especially when you have NY plates on your whip. Do they not realize the civil war was over more than 140 years ago? move on.

yea i know right....

PKumarM3 · 02-25-2010, 05:53 PM

i have driven through VA about 15 times (all the way through it). even at night, you can see signs that radar detectors are illegal. + you should of done SOME research before driving over 500 miles.

VA cops are really low key and actually quite fair. If you are violating the law, they will get you. From my experience, they aren't pouncing on you, hiding behind shrubs like cops here in NJ and NY, and randomly stopping cars and hoping to get you.

If you are violating their laws, they will get you. Its as simple as that.

Where in VA did you get your ticket?

Trillon · 02-25-2010, 06:29 PM

The police in virginia has a detector for radar detectors most of the time they check your speed and to see if your carrying one; therefore you have to turn the radar detector off or they got you. There are radar detectors that detects the tool the cops use.

Aurora Bearialis · 02-25-2010, 06:31 PM

you should have had it up by your rear view mirror if you didn't have it there in the first place, you can't really see it if you are outside of the car and are driving by

continentalg5 · 02-25-2010, 07:07 PM

They're illegal in Virginia and a few other states, but some of the new radar detectors are made so they can't be picked up by the radar detector detectors...

Aurora Bearialis · 02-25-2010, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by continentalg5

They're illegal in Virginia and a few other states, but some of the new radar detectors are made so they can't be picked up by the radar detector detectors...

radar detector detectors

Ender514 · 02-25-2010, 08:33 PM

that sucks man. im surprised its a first offense they can pull you over for...not a secondary one.

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Bogo Shipyo Colonel 83 Rep 2,425 Posts Drives: 335i coupe Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: philly - nyc iTrader: (19)	From what i was told - you are not allow to have the radar on. You can have it sits on your windshield but as long as its not on/connected then he cant pull u over and write you the ticket. And yes you were definitely lucky - most of the stories i hear are ridiculous. Virginia is very strict with the safety laws. i know i spend a night there )o=`,
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JSLev04 Private 1 Rep 87 Posts Drives: '07 328xi 6MT Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: South Salem, NY iTrader: (0)	I went to college in Roanoke, VA. The first day I got there literally within 5hrs of getting to VA I was pulled over by a VA trooper for my radar. THEY ARE DICKS....especially when you have NY plates on your whip. Do they not realize the civil war was over more than 140 years ago? move on. Last edited by JSLev04; 02-25-2010 at 08:24 PM..
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PKumarM3 Air India 145 Rep 1,834 Posts Drives: 2018 Dodge Durango Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NJ iTrader: (8)	i have driven through VA about 15 times (all the way through it). even at night, you can see signs that radar detectors are illegal. + you should of done SOME research before driving over 500 miles. VA cops are really low key and actually quite fair. If you are violating the law, they will get you. From my experience, they aren't pouncing on you, hiding behind shrubs like cops here in NJ and NY, and randomly stopping cars and hoping to get you. If you are violating their laws, they will get you. Its as simple as that. Where in VA did you get your ticket? __________________ PKumarM3
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