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awd4kicks
post Oct 23 2002, 07:36 AM
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Ok, last night I got stopped by the same county cop that gave me a ticket for my license plate cover a couple months ago. In the previous stop, he told me it was illegal to make the exhaust tone of your vehicle louder than stock. I told im that wasn't the case, but didn't push the issue and he let it go.

Last night he stopped me because of my exhaust and we went through the whole thing again except I told him the cat back was labeled as 50 state legal. He retorts with 'That's not true and I've talked with the State's Attourney and he says that he will prosecute anyone that an officer decides to write up for this violation.' Then he handed me my stuff and let me go!?

Don't get me wrong, I don't intend on changing my exhaust...but I would like to get the story straight and maybe have some back-up paper work with me if the cops are gonna start this friviless non-sense.

Has anyone researched this issue in deapth. Any ideas on where to go for Illinois legal regulations on the internet?

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post Nov 1 2002, 01:15 AM
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Just because something says that it is 50 state legal doesn't mean that it is necessarily true. It may be legal according to federal regulations but state or local laws may be more stringent. The stricter interpretation of the law supercedes all others. Most radar detectors will say that they are 50 state legal but they cannot be used in Virginia or Washington D.C.


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