I seen a report on Channel 3 News today in which the Highway Patrol is pulling over cars that look or sound modded. They claim for preventive street racing measures. They call this operation "Dragnet". Anyone have any insight into this? Just wonderin if its only in certain areas of Sac or what.

 

They pulled a friend of mine over yesterday by a unit with the Channel 3 news crew. He has a Civic Dx Hatch with a GSR swap. He had the Bar Sticker so they couldn't do anything about it. They said they heard his exhaust, which is BS. He was on the opposite side of a 6 lane road (3 each way) and the CHP unit was on the opposite side driving with their windows up, then they flipped around and pulled him over. I've heard the exhaust, its not loud at all. He was just targeted for the type of car he had. Very clean Silver Civic hatch on Si rims, slightly lowered.

The News Crew was asking him if he street raced, what he thought of it, why he thought people do it, and if he knew anyone who did it. Pretty much this is another scare tactic to freak people out.

 

That sucks. I found the news link. http://www.kcra.com/news/5556904/detail.html
I think they showed him getting pulled in the video, normal driving, clean car, nothing exotic, sucks how they pick em' out.

 

Ha...I bet they check under the hood for any illegal "mods" as well in that operation...

 

I almost got stopped by this yesterday. CHP with KCRA reporter and cameraman in the car made a quick turn and whipped right in behind me at a stop light. I assumed it was for my tint. For some reason, after making a right turn without signaling and then making an illegal u-turn to stop me, he didn't pull me over Maybe my car wasn't "modded enough" to make the news.

wagon + stock exhaust (and a quiet one if I decide to do a TBE) = win

 

I'm From The Streets!!!!! :d

 

i got pulled over about a month ago for speeding. CHP officer had me rev the car and pop the hood, than after all that was over we talked about my plans to be a LEO. nice guy.

 

Well it appears to be random, no major stings goin on or anything. Betcha they don't pull over the muscle cars though. Probably not even audi's or bmw's. Whatever.

 

hey do pull over domestics. a feinds of mine got a HUGE ticket the other day.

1.) Tint
2.) No front plate
3.) Modified Engine (Cop popped the hood and saw n2o lines)
4.) Noise pollution (exhaust)
5.) No Cats
6.) Modified exhaust
7.) Lowered too low
8.) Gauges obstructing view

 

Wow. I retract my statement then. Gauges obstructing view? View of road or instrument cluster? Did he have a-pillar style or what? That sucks how nitpicky they can be, and it all depends on who gives the ticket.

 

Is it me or this this profiling. And even if it isn't i'd imagine it's still could be challenged in court as a violation of the defendants 14th amendment rights.

 

i'm glad i did that warrantied, street legal, 280hp mod last year... it even drives like it's stock

it is profiling, but if what they are profiling is illegal anyway (front plates, excessively loud exhaust, too low, blue lighted windshield washers, etc...) than i don't really see an issue with it. i've been pulled over for suspected mods and never got a ticket. roseville pd got me, popped the hood, poked around, and wrote me up for 3mph over the limit because they couldn't tell the difference between a vf34 and a td04.

non-polished stainless exhaust and black IC hoses go a long way.

 

I want them to pull me over so I can do that too.

But my car is green, so nobody pays attention...

 

Matt's is white, and they still got behind him.

 

What makes a stock car not street legal? Like the above post, some mods are okay. I know this can lead to numerous answers and topics, but is there a general rule of thumb?