Maryland judge decrees Pontiac G8 illegal.
#1
07-16-2010, 10:02 PM
Maryland judge decrees Pontiac G8 illegal.
http://jalopnik.com/5589270/maryland...lights-illegal
A Maryland judge issued an $85 fine to the owner of a Pontiac G8 GT for illegal tail lights, despite being factory-installed and approved by the US Department of Transportation. She's promised to keep fining him. Judicial activism, FTL!
Someone needs to be thrown off the bench.
A Maryland judge issued an $85 fine to the owner of a Pontiac G8 GT for illegal tail lights, despite being factory-installed and approved by the US Department of Transportation. She's promised to keep fining him. Judicial activism, FTL!
Someone needs to be thrown off the bench.
#2
07-16-2010, 10:18 PM
If you read into it a bit more, it seems like the guys is not telling the whole truth. There definitely is more going on than is actually being communicated due to one of his replies on the g8board about how he showed them the taillights and pictures and now things seem proper... Who knows, maybe he was being an a$$hat and the cop wrote him up for something. It just seems like there is more going on than what this guy is stating.
#3
07-17-2010, 06:34 PM
factory installed? didnt look like it to me nor did i think the factory tinted tail lights. thank god i live in florida and no one gives a damn about tail lights as long as they light up.
#4
07-17-2010, 11:05 PM
and if that is indeed his car pictured (on that link you provided Matt), then he definately isn't telling the whole truth.
and if that is indeed his car, then that asshat deserves the fine. i actually thought the lenses wre painted completely black @ first glance.
#6
07-18-2010, 12:11 PM
I do think their is a chance that the suspect was being belligerent with the cop, but the tailights are indeed stock equipment. Those are the stock lights on the G8 GT, and in all honesty, the cop should have known better. Their are 30,000 some odd G8s on the road, and probably about half are the V8 model. Now, I do feel the guy might be hiding some facts, but he shouldn't be charged a fine for legal lights.
#7
07-18-2010, 01:37 PM
I do think their is a chance that the suspect was being belligerent with the cop, but the tailights are indeed stock equipment. Those are the stock lights on the G8 GT, and in all honesty, the cop should have known better. Their are 30,000 some odd G8s on the road, and probably about half are the V8 model. Now, I do feel the guy might be hiding some facts, but he shouldn't be charged a fine for legal lights.
#8
07-18-2010, 02:42 PM
I don't think that is his truck in the article link posted. In the thread on g8boards.com, there are pictures of his car with the tinted (near black) tails and then his description that he has cut the lights apart and modified them inside. Sorry, but DOT#'s are for the stock lights with no modifications. You've gotta pay to play.
#10
07-20-2010, 07:49 PM
I don't think that is his truck in the article link posted. In the thread on g8boards.com, there are pictures of his car with the tinted (near black) tails and then his description that he has cut the lights apart and modified them inside. Sorry, but DOT#'s are for the stock lights with no modifications. You've gotta pay to play.
see Matt, Craig, Kyle saw the same pic's i did. they definately ain't "stock".
and Kyle, you nailed it with your last line.
