- Oct 11, 2006
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I believe I'm being hassled by a City of Columbia police officer. I was wrote up for a loud noise/racing engine violation of city ordanance 8-65. I have a cat-less X-pipe and flowmasters so my cars loud in general but is still within SC state law requirements of one working muffler per pipe. Heres what happend.
A friend and I were ordering lunch from the rosewood dairy bar. After waiting unusually long for our food we prepared to leave. Just as I shut my door a police officer pulled in beside me and sat there. It took about a min. and a half for rosewood to clear enough for me to back out during which i thought it was odd the cop was just still sitting there. Now I'm going to be overly descript on this next part but it should make sense in the end. I drive a manual so as everyone know it likes a little gas to start out in reverse so I give it about 1,200 rpm nothing odd. I put it in 1st after backing out proceed to slowly ease of the clutch and shift to second at about 2500 rpm. At about this point I hear the ever dreaded fwoop fwoop of the cop car and see blue lights in my rear. I ask my friend did I do anything wrong and he says don't worry about it. After pulling over for the cop promptly, he proceeds to bruskly ask me to turn off the engine as if its IMPOSSIBLE to hear over it sitting there idleing at 400 rpm (where I have it set with the tuner) I then asked him whats the problem. At this point he insists I was standing still racing my engine. I very politely disagree with him and insist I did nothing out of the ordinary. He takes my liscence and proceeds to call in two other cars to consult with. (at least thats what I assume he needed them for) After much deliberation he comes back with my ticket for $336.
Is there anyway to fight this? Can I make him show the in car tape in court? Is it illegal to drive over 2000 rpm in the city? ALSO doesn't it seem odd that he would just let me sit there and "rev" the engine with out pulling me over before I even left?
Plus to top things off I was almost creamed by a civic who ran a light later that night. I seriously hope those tickets are MUCH higher than mine. It just doesn't make sense why a quality of life violation would be more of a fine than a MAJOR saftey hazzard.
A friend and I were ordering lunch from the rosewood dairy bar. After waiting unusually long for our food we prepared to leave. Just as I shut my door a police officer pulled in beside me and sat there. It took about a min. and a half for rosewood to clear enough for me to back out during which i thought it was odd the cop was just still sitting there. Now I'm going to be overly descript on this next part but it should make sense in the end. I drive a manual so as everyone know it likes a little gas to start out in reverse so I give it about 1,200 rpm nothing odd. I put it in 1st after backing out proceed to slowly ease of the clutch and shift to second at about 2500 rpm. At about this point I hear the ever dreaded fwoop fwoop of the cop car and see blue lights in my rear. I ask my friend did I do anything wrong and he says don't worry about it. After pulling over for the cop promptly, he proceeds to bruskly ask me to turn off the engine as if its IMPOSSIBLE to hear over it sitting there idleing at 400 rpm (where I have it set with the tuner) I then asked him whats the problem. At this point he insists I was standing still racing my engine. I very politely disagree with him and insist I did nothing out of the ordinary. He takes my liscence and proceeds to call in two other cars to consult with. (at least thats what I assume he needed them for) After much deliberation he comes back with my ticket for $336.
Is there anyway to fight this? Can I make him show the in car tape in court? Is it illegal to drive over 2000 rpm in the city? ALSO doesn't it seem odd that he would just let me sit there and "rev" the engine with out pulling me over before I even left?
Plus to top things off I was almost creamed by a civic who ran a light later that night. I seriously hope those tickets are MUCH higher than mine. It just doesn't make sense why a quality of life violation would be more of a fine than a MAJOR saftey hazzard.