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P's_Z 08-08-2016 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 3532388)
My youngest son came home one night when he was 17 claiming he had been profiled by the CHP and ticketed for speeding.

I asked why he thought he was profiled and he said that he was young, driving a Z (one of my 280ZX's) and that he had long hair.

I asked him if he was going faster than everyone else and he said yes.

I said "there you go, you were profiled...CHP profiles speeders".

Looks like he walked right into that one... :wtf2:

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onzedge 08-08-2016 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by P's_Z (Post 3532618)
Looks like he walked right into that one... :wtf2:

:icon18:

He did. It cracked me up.

Pagoda 08-08-2016 09:38 PM

I routinely drive in PA with my lights on all the time during the day in my jeep and my Z. More cause I want to be seen by other drivers. I haven't felt singled out by law enforcement, (and I used to be one) because I don't drive in a manner to draw attention to myself.

Thyristor 08-08-2016 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by brancky3 (Post 3532403)
To play devil's advocate here... why did you even switch your lights off auto mode? I don't think I've touched mine since I bought the car new.

No your completely right I should just leave it on auto. I drive a Saturn SL2 as my daily and the car beeps at me if the keep the lights on when the cars off so I got into a habit of always turning my lights off. For some odd reason I always instinctively turn my lights on in the Saturn but I haven't been able to get into the same routine with the Z yet.

Montez 08-08-2016 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by brancky3 (Post 3532403)
To play devil's advocate here... why did you even switch your lights off auto mode? I don't think I've touched mine since I bought the car new.

I keep mine off of auto because every time I get caught under an overpass etc they come on and turn back off time I leave from under it, that constant on and off is not an HID bulbs best friend. Here in the LA area we have ton's of them!

kevinpantz 08-08-2016 10:39 PM

I had an s2000 with a loud exhaust system, roll cage with the top down and usually speeding 10 over, never ever got pulled over. Switched to the 370z, same driving habits (no weaving in traffic or quick pulls, just higher coasting) and I've been pulled over 4 times in the past 3 months.

No tickets though.

ZeeBabar 08-09-2016 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by kevinpantz (Post 3532702)
I had an s2000 with a loud exhaust system, roll cage with the top down and usually speeding 10 over, never ever got pulled over. Switched to the 370z, same driving habits (no weaving in traffic or quick pulls, just higher coasting) and I've been pulled over 4 times in the past 3 months.

No tickets though.

The s2000 did not look fast, looked more like a Miata. The 370 looks fast.

JARblue 08-09-2016 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by brancky3 (Post 3532403)
To play devil's advocate here... why did you even switch your lights off auto mode? I don't think I've touched mine since I bought the car new.

I absolutely hate the auto mode lights on the Z. They don't come on soon enough when it starts to get dark, and they turn on every time I pull into the garage in daylight. That being said, I turn the lights on manually nearly every time I get in the car. OP has no excuse...

In fact, I would say LEOs have been very fair to me in the Z. I've got a number of warnings, and only two tickets. Both tickets I was going 15+ over and the cop wrote the ticket for <10 over. Several of them complemented the car as well :tup:

And I speed everywhere. Not recklessly. Just fast.

forgot pw 08-09-2016 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Thyristor (Post 3532260)
The other day i was driving around town in my Nismo with my lights off because it was still day light out and i was pulled over and ticketed for having my lights off 20 minutes past sundown.:icon14: It is my fault for not having my lights on auto mode but i dont think it would have mattered since it was still very much light out. I feel as though in a normal situation in a different car i would have just been told to turn my lights on or i wouldnt have been pulled over at all but since i was in my Z i feel as though i was targeted and cited. Very petty.

Does anyone else receive this petty behavior from law enforcement or am i just unlucky?

U Asian? :ugh:

kbc749 08-09-2016 10:08 AM

To be honest, my car is loud (HFC's and Short Tails) and has the tire rack sticker on the windshield and illegally dark tint (18 on sides and 5 on rear) and I've never so much as been pulled over in the year and a half I've owned the car.

madeinjapan 08-09-2016 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by somms (Post 3532374)

repost :icon14:

madeinjapan 08-09-2016 10:18 AM

blue lives matter

somms 08-09-2016 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by madeinjapan (Post 3532965)
repost :icon14:

I think you mean, "Thanks for providing a news source for the ticketing statistics."

:tiphat:

JC-Nismo 08-09-2016 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Trips (Post 3532535)
Edited: Please no negative LEO comments allowed ;)

Oh yeah, no bad views on our perfect, no wrong doing, non corrupt UNITED STATES POLICE departments. Turn your autos on or get daytime running lights dude....

Jayhovah 08-09-2016 02:28 PM

When I totaled my 2011, the cop gave me a reckless driving ticket. It was raining, I wasn't speeding, and was just chilling on cruise control (I have since learned that cruise+rain is a bad combo). I hit a big puddle and lost control. I think I was profiled because of the car and given that ticket. That being said, my car was plastidipped and looked like this:

http://www.the370z.com/members/jayho...er-graphic.jpg

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Originally Posted by brancky3 (Post 3532403)
To play devil's advocate here... why did you even switch your lights off auto mode? I don't think I've touched mine since I bought the car new.

Like others mentioned, it annoys me. It turns the headlights on every time I go into my garage.

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Originally Posted by solidus (Post 3532351)
Honestly unless you're rices out you don't attract any attention unless you're doing something to attract attention. I've been LE for 23yrs and 8 of those were in traffic on a motorcycle. Cars that I ha
got on my nerves were Prius, Smart Cars and any Minivan. BTW......I drive a BP boosted 15' Nismo.

This is OT - and perhaps foolish to ask... but as a member of the FI brotherhood I figure I'll take a go at it. I recently installed some Antilaser "parking sensors" and I'd like to find a safe way to test our their functionality... As a LEO, do you have any ideas? I noticed you are also a central floridian too...


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