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1. You can't "hear" a vehicle speed....
Link: http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/29/2986.asp
Guy was ticketed for speeding because the officer said that he could hear how fast he was going, presumably because of the vehicle's (most likely aftermarket - stock Navigators are pretty quiet) exhaust.
Guy fought the ticket on grounds there is no way a cop can "hear" a car speed. Court sides with the guy.
2. You can't tell me what to park in my damn driveway....
Link: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/new...riveway-072810
HOA told man it's okay to park his pickup truck in his driveway. Years later they tell him it violates the rules. Man refuses to give in, and thus the HOA sued him....
....And finally a judge sided with the man with the truck. I can understand an HOA not letting people have rustbuckets on blocks, but a truck? Come on...
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So, how are these two similar? Because if they lost:
1. Cops would be free to just "assume" that someone is speeding by how loud a car's exhaust is or how big the car's spoiler is. Or write stupid tickets like what happened to a member of the ChallengerTalk forum - he was given a $400 ticket for "driving with intent to distract." I can just imagine what the fine would be if he was driving a Ferrari! And yes, he fought it and won.
2. HOAs would be free to restrict more types of vehicles, not just trucks. Like I said above, I can understand HOA's not wanting people to have rustbuckets on blocks. But can you imagine if the head of an HOA was a crazy treehugger and decided that no V8 muscle cars was allowed in a driveway? Or if a snobby HOA head decided no cars other than some import luxury brands were allowed?
The summary: big brother telling you what to do and what you can and cannot have.
Someone (obviously uninformed) once told me, "well when people put an aftermarket exhaust on their car that means they want to speed." Anyone in the know about cars knows aftermarket exhausts offer minimal performance advantage. They just enhance the sound and in many cases help the engine breathe better. As far as the no trucks in driveway rule, I got the explanation that the HOA feels it makes the neighborhood look poor. I guess they never saw an F-350 King Ranch or Sierra Denali.
Link: http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/29/2986.asp
Guy was ticketed for speeding because the officer said that he could hear how fast he was going, presumably because of the vehicle's (most likely aftermarket - stock Navigators are pretty quiet) exhaust.
Guy fought the ticket on grounds there is no way a cop can "hear" a car speed. Court sides with the guy.
2. You can't tell me what to park in my damn driveway....
Link: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/new...riveway-072810
HOA told man it's okay to park his pickup truck in his driveway. Years later they tell him it violates the rules. Man refuses to give in, and thus the HOA sued him....
....And finally a judge sided with the man with the truck. I can understand an HOA not letting people have rustbuckets on blocks, but a truck? Come on...
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So, how are these two similar? Because if they lost:
1. Cops would be free to just "assume" that someone is speeding by how loud a car's exhaust is or how big the car's spoiler is. Or write stupid tickets like what happened to a member of the ChallengerTalk forum - he was given a $400 ticket for "driving with intent to distract." I can just imagine what the fine would be if he was driving a Ferrari! And yes, he fought it and won.
2. HOAs would be free to restrict more types of vehicles, not just trucks. Like I said above, I can understand HOA's not wanting people to have rustbuckets on blocks. But can you imagine if the head of an HOA was a crazy treehugger and decided that no V8 muscle cars was allowed in a driveway? Or if a snobby HOA head decided no cars other than some import luxury brands were allowed?
The summary: big brother telling you what to do and what you can and cannot have.
Someone (obviously uninformed) once told me, "well when people put an aftermarket exhaust on their car that means they want to speed." Anyone in the know about cars knows aftermarket exhausts offer minimal performance advantage. They just enhance the sound and in many cases help the engine breathe better. As far as the no trucks in driveway rule, I got the explanation that the HOA feels it makes the neighborhood look poor. I guess they never saw an F-350 King Ranch or Sierra Denali.
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