State vs aftermarket exhaust

[tbigity]

HOLY CRAP! Don't turn me loose on a subject I am passionate about. I just realized I wrote a freaking multichapter novel in the last few posts

[etlsport]

i always heard similar about being able to drink with your parents being OK.. i always thought it was more of that, 'if its only in our house, whos going to know' sorta thing, not actual law, of course i have never really looked into it either. when it comes to yellow/red lights, i know its legal to go through an intersection on yellow, take left turns while yielding to an oncoming green for ex. if you go halfway out into the intersection and the light turns yellow, you cant just stay there! at least in PA, i think situations like that are more the reason for being able to use yellow to clear the intersection, because yellow light durations are regulated here. when putting a light in, theres a whole bunch of equations that are used to calculate a safe duration for the light to be yellow based on how far away you are when you can first see the light, speed limit on the road, size of the intersection etc. lights are very rarely set up to those specifications though, so if you ever get busted for 'running' a red light, look into that. if you can prove the yellow wasnt long enough, they cant charge you (thats how i learned about all of that stuff, my roommate is a civil engineer and got pulled over for running a light, so i helped him go out and take measurements of the intersection for the calcs.)

[kpaske]

In WA it is illegal to enter the intersection if it is not clear all the way through, so that left turn where you wait for the light to turn yellow is actually illegal.

Alcohol laws vary from state to state. I remember being served in a restaurant in Tennessee when I was about 10 or 12. We were drinking wine that we brought ourselves (restaurants there could not sell alcohol, but could serve it if you brought it yourself). I got drunk as heck and fell out of my chair in front of everybody.

[WormGod]

Knowing the law and following the law is more trivial than you think then. If signing a paper to get a permit to drive concludes that you KNOW the law, then nobody, including police, should have a permit. Laws change by the day, and as you can see by all the research I have been doing, it it NOT stated clearly for us to find. Makes you wonder just how many of the DMV manuals are actually up to date even.

I was just about to put an catback on my WRX, that is even approved by Subaru, but this whole ordeal is making me think twice.

And I agree, it is the responsibility to know the laws, but, if the administration is unable to provide literature, or a means for us to keep up to code, I do not think we can be held responsible.

[Icekold]

Hey WG, I wouldn't sweat it. Go ahead with that catback. I think you just ran into the wrong cop on the wrong day. I say this because in 7 years I've been pulled over a few times in My 3000GT and once in my VX which both have 20% tint that you can barely see through and not a word was said about it. I've seen (and heard) many a ricer with cops in the same general area and have never seen them pulled over for it either.

[Ldub]

In WA it is illegal to enter the intersection if it is not clear all the way through, so that left turn where you wait for the light to turn yellow is actually illegal.

Alcohol laws vary from state to state. I remember being served in a restaurant in Tennessee when I was about 10 or 12. We were drinking wine that we brought ourselves (restaurants there could not sell alcohol, but could serve it if you brought it yourself). I got drunk as heck and fell out of my chair in front of everybody.

As a youngster back in the mid seventies (18 was the legal drinking age) I was visiting friends in Montana. Much to my suprise, at closing time, if your drink wasn't finished, they gave you a to go cup & sent you on your merry way.
Another thing I noticed while traveling narrow, winding mountain roads on the same trip...there were no guard rails, just little white crosses where people (presumably to go cuppers) had gone over the edge & died.