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- crackerjack20, on 01/08/2009, -2/+49abruptly withdrew abruptly withdrew
- schnikies79, on 01/08/2009, -0/+19I heard a rumor that they abruptly withdrew.
- sexybobo, on 01/08/2009, -4/+21It can interfere with your vision. The law is the norm across America.
- inactive, on 01/07/2009, -5/+21Thank God—who came up with such a stupid law??
- ScottyAnimal, on 01/08/2009, -0/+15Unconstitutional...really?
- krahzee, on 01/08/2009, -0/+13The problem in this case was not the law against view obstructions hanging from the rear view mirror, it was the police officer who clearly used that law as a grounds to pull over and search this driver based upon some other suspicion.
My personal guess is that the officer in question and maybe his superiors were well aware of the fact that this guy was hardly an upstanding citizen. Having been caught with 24 grams of coke, a stun gun and a .38 caliber pistol, he was hardly a choirboy. In looking for a reason to catch him when they knew he was holding, this was a violation they thought they could use, similar to a busted headlight.
The law itself serves some purpose in that it does keep people from hanging 8 tons of ***** from the mirror, or things that are an issue for other drivers because they have reflective surfaces like CDs.
The question is, does it fall in the category that allows the officer probable cause to search the vehicle?
My personal opinion is that it should not be enough to search a car, but it should be a judgement call for cops to be able to pull someone over if they have a forest of air freshener trees below the rear view mirror. Someone else's saftey is at risk if a driver creates a big blind spot right in the middle of his windshield. - inactive, on 01/08/2009, -2/+14Since when do cops drive with a laptop and radar gun in their window?
Either way, small things in the foreground can block large things in the background. With the number of completely idiotic drivers in America I say ban that *****, I don't want to get crashed into because some dumbass has a ***** CD or some other giant ***** hanging from their mirror. - Benjigga, on 01/08/2009, -0/+10"I did not learn my AA-BB-CC's. God god, dammit dammit!"
- BoobieTuesdayz, on 01/08/2009, -3/+12Same thing happened to me, except the cop didn't find anything. He was pissed so he wrote me a ticket for "Obstruction of Vision", which carries a four point penalty on your license. It carries points because it's a moving violation. It's considered a moving violation because your car is "moving" at the time you are pulled over. Dumbest law ever.
- bwseaver, on 01/08/2009, -0/+9abruptly buried abruptly buried
- gcnaddict, on 01/08/2009, -0/+9Thank God what? The court withdrew the act of *tossing* the law out.
The law is still in the books until they rule after the state presents its case. - hanger69er, on 01/08/2009, -0/+9from the department of redundancy department
- honeybrass, on 01/08/2009, -0/+8abruptly withdraw that comment sir!
- PhantomPhoenix, on 01/08/2009, -1/+9I, for one, look down at people with anything tactless hanging from their mirrors.
(I think it comes from the trauma of my crazy grandmother's dangling porcelain clown figure looking menacingly down at me from its precarious place under the rear-view mirror.) - Khast, on 01/08/2009, -1/+9Figures California would have such a law....
Of course, just about everything causes cancer in California as well. - duggdowncatisad, on 01/08/2009, -1/+7Am I the only one that saw this and thought Tweety Bird was the nickname of some death row inmate that just lost their last appeal?
- Layne, on 01/08/2009, -1/+7Great story.
- hanger69er, on 01/08/2009, -0/+6you also have to be moving to get pulled over to get a ticket for a moving violation
- haikuFU, on 01/08/2009, -0/+6Dear brother,
If you wouldn't have tried to throw my leg over your shoulder, it wouldn't have happened. It's your fault.
Love,
Your sister. - inactive, on 01/08/2009, -0/+6One of my family members broke my rear view mirror, I'm still pissed about it.
- hckynck20, on 01/08/2009, -0/+6Everything is illegal in California.
- inactive, on 01/08/2009, -0/+6It's not really much of a story, but I'm glad you enjoyed it. You digg users are my one joy in life.
- gettempapa, on 01/08/2009, -2/+7you have to get pulled over to get a ticket for any moving violation
- inactive, on 01/08/2009, -0/+5"the lack of items hanging off of a mirror can ID an undercover cop car on the road"
I don't have anything hanging from my mirror. Does that make me an undercover cop?
Of course I'm not a 16 year old so that may be why I have nothing hanging from the rear-view mirror. - saltyjustice, on 01/08/2009, -1/+6iirc it's illegal in california
- tnoy, on 01/08/2009, -0/+5The beads are not the only thing that falls victim to gravity on Mardi Gras.
Some things can not be unseen. - carbonbasedunit, on 01/08/2009, -0/+5abruptly withdrawn abruptly withdrawn
- Maddoktor2, on 01/08/2009, -2/+7No fuzzy dice? Man, that's just wrong on so many levels...
Besides, the mirror's where I hang my sunglasses - can't give that up. - honeybrass, on 01/08/2009, -0/+4buried and reported
- techtock, on 01/08/2009, -0/+4I thought the headline meant something like Tweety will be executed despite the pleading of his fellow Looney Toons.
- LoudMusic, on 01/08/2009, -4/+8Frankly I think there should be a law prohibiting hanging crap from your mirror. It IS an obstruction of view and furthermore people hand the dumbest ***** from their mirror.
But if that's going to be against the law then states that require those damn huge window stickers will have to find a different way of displaying license and registration information. Texas has (had?) this massive nearly 6" x 6" sticker for the longest time. Completely stupid. - hanger69er, on 01/08/2009, -1/+5i aint givin' up my mardi gras beads for no shtingckin law!
- duggdowncatisad, on 01/08/2009, -1/+5PROPOSITION 65 WARNING: The above comment contains sarcasm, a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and other reproductive harm.
- inactive, on 01/08/2009, -0/+4if you get a dick cop who's had a bad day and has pulled you over for something unrelated they'll probably cite you for it.
- wibambau, on 01/08/2009, -0/+4They accidentally accidentally.
- darkciti2, on 01/08/2009, -0/+4"Dear Liza, Dear Liza..."
- inactive, on 01/08/2009, -0/+4Except for illegals.
- darkciti2, on 01/08/2009, -0/+3Don't be silly. They didn't do it once. They did it twice!
- bryceman111, on 01/08/2009, -0/+3bana.
bananana.
damn it. - cumiciki, on 01/08/2009, -1/+4they abruptly the whole thing
- PhillyOC, on 01/08/2009, -1/+4There really needs to be a limit on what you can put on there. My brother (who is an A+ *****) owns an inspection station and if he sees too much crap hanging there he typically just rips it off and throws it in the back seat. Beads, air fresheners, whatever. I asked him one time why he does that and he said that he actually has a right to fail them because of the obstruction of view.
I personally can't stand it because my first car had serious blind spots as it was, so I could never hang anything there, and then I could never get used to it on any other car. - inactive, on 01/08/2009, -0/+3kanabiis you *****, I'm not talking about myself, I'm talking about the thousands upon thousands of dumbasses who somehow manage to get licenses.
Driving is one aspect of everyone's life where they're constantly relying on other people to not murder them due to incompetence, so if I have to sacrifice my ability to hang something retarded from my mirror so that some other idiot doesn't do it - I'm willing to live with it, even if it means that I'm 1% safer from other ***** on the road.
I'm all for darwinism, as long as some ***** doesn't take me with them. Driving is one of those situations. - inactive, on 01/08/2009, -1/+4I have a strange feeling you're being serious...
- grimsb, on 01/08/2009, -0/+3I was once pulled over and told to remove my fuzzy dice.
(Cop was probably taking a chance hoping I was drunk because I'm in my young twenties and it was late at night... I hadn't even violated any traffic laws.)
(Other than the fuzzy dice law, I guess.)
I don't have fuzzy dice anymore. :[ - inactive, on 01/08/2009, -0/+3Our tax dollars at work.
- TonySki, on 01/08/2009, -0/+3I live in Michigan, never even knew this was a law and I hang these from my mirror
http://store.valvesoftware.com/productshowcase/pro ... - saucedmike, on 01/08/2009, -0/+2The law is there so cops can pull over drunk drivers before they make a mistake.
- karadotc0m, on 01/08/2009, -0/+2I live in Miami and it's ridiculously hot outside. I'm not about to drive around without windows tinted darker than stock tints. Besides, creepy guys try to hit on you if they can so much as see the silhouette of your face through your window. Gross.
- Remelox, on 01/08/2009, -0/+2I have to hang two tags from my mirror or my car gets towed and possibly searched for explosives. If I accidentally forget one, it is much worse that getting ticketed for having it hanging when I am driving. So, they both hang there and I hope for the best. They are smaller than Tweety Bird, at least.
- AriaStar, on 01/09/2009, -1/+3Tweety couldn't saw "th". It was, "I tawt I taw a puddie tat."
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