Jump to content
SAU Community

defected/fined for something not on the car?

ecl

By ecl,
in New South Wales

 Share

Recommended Posts

ecl Mentor

ecl

Posted
Posted

Hiya

A friend got fined in bella vista for having foglights. However, the thing is that her car (integra DC2R) does not have foglights but the cop still wrote a fine out.

Is there anything she can do?

Pretty irritating seeing we werent "hooning around" and was driving at the speed limit to a mate's place.

Eric

Link to comment
Share on other sites
ecl Mentor

ecl

Posted
  • Author
Posted

yeah, i'll tell her that

its not so much the $$ but the principle of the thing

we tried explaining how the car did NOT have foggies but the cop told us to shut up lol

Link to comment
Share on other sites
wrxhoon Grand Master

wrxhoon

Posted
Posted

I bet the dump cop thought the parkies were foglights !

Write to them but it wont do you any good .

Go to court and take any evidence with you that you can prove that the car doesnt come with foggies .

Link to comment
Share on other sites
wrxhoon Grand Master

wrxhoon

Posted
Posted
Does it have "driving lights"?  Tell us the whole story.  What was the cop seeing?  They didn't just look at a piece of black plastic and say turn those lights off.

The parkies on some integra models look like foggies and they are fairly bright too .

Link to comment
Share on other sites
NZM.031 Grand Master

NZM.031

Posted
Posted

you caan have driving lights, but only be fined if they are turned on in normal driving.

i got pulled over for an rbt one day in my subaru when i had it and the cop told me to turn them off or he'd book me for them... it had just stopped raining though. i had them on due to heavy rain.

appeal to the fine, see where that gets you. when you get a reply back, go from there.

did you get the cops name and badge?? probs told you to shut up then too.

good luck with it

cheers

Linton

Link to comment
Share on other sites
wrxhoon Grand Master

wrxhoon

Posted
Posted
since when have foglights been illegal?

Also note that the SS Commy and XR6T and XR8 highway patrol cars have foglights...standard.

They can only be used if there is poor visibillity in fog or heavy rain , they can even book you if you have them on during the day , so don't use them if there is no fog .

Link to comment
Share on other sites
benm Grand Master

benm

Posted
Posted
i got pulled over for an rbt one day in my subaru when i had it and the cop told me to turn them off or he'd book me for them... it had just stopped raining though. i had them on due to heavy rain.
You can only have them on when fog is about...
Link to comment
Share on other sites
mass_iv Grand Master

mass_iv

Posted
Posted

guess wat guys the dumb ass cops did the same thing to me..

just tell her to write a letter to the infringement beaureu telling the story and she will get let off. just say u went to the rta and got them verified to not being fog lights..

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Babylon Grand Master

Babylon

Posted
Posted

In any occupation you do you get some sort of training

so when your are supporting or selling a product you have the product knowledge

How the hell is it that a cop can defect you but he/she/pig does not have the knowledge about the RTA rules and regulations.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
carlo Veteran

carlo

Posted
Posted

If the cops did that to me I would have just gone with the flow, been polite and friendly. Then would take photos of my car, maybe even go to a honda dealer and ask them to verify that it does not have fog lights (for a laugh) and then send in a letter of appeal.

if that fails take it to court.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Lithium
      Boost level and torque curve

      By Lithium · Posted

      There is a LOT of stuff that can be done, it all depends on how much time and money you want to spend on doing in.  Not all ECUs will be able to do it, and the more control you need the more time and knowledge needs to be put into making it work.  If you're willing to spend the time and money and have the right hardware and skills involved there's a lot that can be done. 
    • thx78
      Boost level and torque curve

      By thx78 · Posted

      I am impressed with all this level of adjustment. I didn't expect all this possibility
    • Lithium
      Boost level and torque curve

      By Lithium · Posted

      Correct.  In the case of the 500kw dyno plot I showed you the car actually runs two boost control solenoids for boost control and a 5psi wastegate spring.  It allows me to control how much boost pressure is applied to both sides of the wastegate valve at any point and fairly accurately control boost target as a result. I've tuned it so that it's able to target anywhere from 5psi to 25psi depending on what's needed.  The target tables I've set up in that car are Gear vs RPM, so every gear has potential for a different boost (and torque) curve.   First and second gear have quite low boost targets, third gear actually has different target boost all the way through the rpm range as it's a stock RB25 gearbox - the boost targets have been chosen to maintain a peak of 600nm (what the owner has set as the maximum torque he's happy with putting through the stock 3rd gear) but it carries that to the rev limiter.   The boost curve to achieve that is something of a ramp up, then hold, then ramp up again and the power curve looks more like a flat line haha.  
    • thx78
      Boost level and torque curve

      By thx78 · Posted

      so you can decrease or increase the boost depending on the diet as you wish?     by acting on the wastegate?
    • Lithium
      Boost level and torque curve

      By Lithium · Posted

      That's torque and power, it's all from a single run.  The boost curve is "held back" from it's peak target in the 3500rpm to 5000rpm range from memory, so it ramps hard to something like 18psi then climbs more progressively to 23psi nearer 5000rpm.   It makes the torque (and power) ramp more "natural" and less hard on parts and traction, it doesn't feel artificially held back.   
×
×
  • Create New...