Don't horn a state trooper!!

[Stinkypete]

@n2ocharged

Seriously? I really can’t believe I"m seeing this one here… Think about how you would feel if someone else did it to you. You don’t have ear muffs on, and you are working, someone honks at you, you jump, its probably painful…

It hurts like mad!!! I was once sitting in the back bed of the truck, approx 18" from my K3’s, and someone thought it would be funny to film me getting blasted, It took nearly 4hrs for the sensation in my ears to stop…I thought the tank had exploded on me.:eek:

[hypntyz]

@Twist

The ruling comes after a doomed attempt in the just-completed session of the state legislature to increase fines in this law, and after the city of Sarasota briefly adopted an ordinance that impounded vehicles on the first infraction.

WTF BRO

:eek:

[cumminshunter]

Hahaha. Dumb as a rock! Honk at a Trooper??? That’s what you get!

[carramerod]

@Stinkypete

It hurts like mad!!! I was once sitting in the back bed of the truck, approx 18" from my K3’s, and someone thought it would be funny to film me getting blasted, It took nearly 4hrs for the sensation in my ears to stop…I thought the tank had exploded on me.:eek:

I have had that happen to me as well. I was under my truck fixing a air leak and a buddy hit the button.(I have 2 sets of XL Shockers) to my suprise it didnt hurt at all…I take that as a sign that i must be that deaf already from my old subwoofer setups.

Any word on what happened on your court date?

[repeatman]

I hope they didn’t throw the Book at him. (Like having the charge upgraded to assault on an officer of the law) hmmmm. Well it is the judges decision and the judge would want to punish him so that the punishment has an Impact on him so he won’t do anything like this again.

[RichardCranium]

Missed this thread before somehow.

I passed through the scene of an accident about 3 months ago. The fire department was on scene, ambulance had already left with 2 patients, and there were 2 NC State Troopers on the scene. When I cruised through their little detour…I gave about a 1 second blast from the Nathan’s. When I looked in the mirror, all I could see were 2 Troopers, watching me like hawks as I drove away.

Oh yeah, guess it helps actually being a member of that fire dept. I was heading to work, so I wasn’t on the call. I think between the horn and my license plate…I drew quite a bit of attention to myself though lol

[danwat12345]

-A little update-

My next court date, the first one with my attorney present is on the 14th of this month, 8:30 in the morning, same time as the 1st court date so I take it as another quick meeting. At first glance, my attorney thinks the case is ridiculous and is asking the prosecutor to just reduce the charge to a ‘improper use of horn’ or similar ticket.

We will see what happens though. It all hinges on what constitutes “endangerment” or probable “endangerment”.

[Scaredu]

good luck…keep us updated! thnx

[Galaxy2517]

I accidentally sounded my horns in proximity to an Ohio bear…He was around the corner out of sight when I tapped them briefly at a buddy of mine…My buddy then passed the cop and relayed to me that his eyes were as big as saucers.Luckily the officer never saw my vehicle…

[danwat12345]

@Twist

Saw this thread and it made me happy… hopefully it spreads
WHERE MY FLORIDA PEOPLE AT…

Florida law banning loud car music ruled unconstitutional

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Updated: Thursday, 12 May 2011, 5:23 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 12 May 2011, 5:19 AM EDT

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - A state law making it illegal to blast loud music or other audio from a car stereo system has been declared unconstitutional.

A three-judge panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland ruled Wednesday in a pair of Pinellas County cases. Both motorists were cited for playing their car radios too loudly.

The judges found the law is an unconstitutional suppression of free speech because it arbitrarily exempts vehicles used for business or political purposes.

They also ruled a provision making it illegal for sound to be “plainly audible” from 25 feet or more away from a vehicle was unconstitutionally vague.

The panel, though, agreed to certify the vagueness issue to the Florida Supreme Court for further review as a question of great public importance.

This is how it all started:

St. Petersburg corporate lawyer Richard Catalano

By Frank Cerabino Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Posted: 11:12 p.m. Thursday, May 12, 2011

The Florida law that gives police officers the authority to issue traffic tickets to motorists for playing their music too loud was dealt a severe blow this week.

It all started four years ago with a Bronx-born lawyer.

Corporate lawyer Richard T. Catalano, 50, was driving his Infiniti sedan through St. Petersburg on his way to work. His windows were rolled up, he said, and he was listening to a song from Justin Timberlake.

“Yes, Justin Timberlake,” he recalled Thursday. “I like Frank Sinatra, Pink Floyd, Motley Crue. But it just so happened on that morning that I was listening to Justin Timberlake. It’s something that haunts me.”

When Catalano got pulled over, the officer told him he was getting a ticket for playing his car’s stereo loud enough to be “plainly audible” from 25 feet away.

"I said, ‘You gotta be kidding. That’s a ridiculous law.’ "

Officer reveals the truth

So Catalano tried to fight the ticket in traffic court. He lost.

"After I did, a police officer came up to me and told me he was glad that I lost. He said, ‘We use that statute all the time to pull people over and search for drugs.’ ’

The state defines its “plainly audible” standard this way:

“The officer need not determine the particular words or phrases being produced or the name of any song or artist producing the sound. The detection of a rhythmic bass reverberating type sound is sufficient to constitute a plainly audible sound.”

And that just made Catalano angry, concluding that the law was just a pretense for getting around probable-cause requirements for legal search and seizures.

“It’s like, pull over the black guy and check him out for drugs,” Catalano said. “There’s right and wrong, and this is just wrong.”

So he appealed the ticket, challenging it as unconstitutional. And this week, a three-judge panel at the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland agreed.

The judges determined that the state law was unconstitutional because it was not “content-neutral.”

Ruse to let cops pick on folks

The noise law forbids some vehicle stereo sounds while making no restriction on music or any other sounds coming from vehicles if they’re for commercial or political purposes.

So if an ice cream truck plays Pop Goes the Weasel at a volume that can be heard blocks away, that’s not a violation because it has a commercial purpose. Or if a political candidate or activist blasts the theme song from Rocky as he bellows on a bullhorn from the back of a flatbed truck, that can’t be a noise violation because it’s noise for political purposes.

But if a police officer detects a bass beat from a teenager’s car at a distance of four or five body lengths away, that’s an occasion for a traffic stop and citation.

Judge Anthony Black, writing for the appeals court, used this example:

“In other words, an individual using a vehicle for business purposes could, for example, listen to political talk radio at a volume clearly audible from a quarter mile; however, an individual sitting in a personal vehicle that is parked next to the business vehicle is subject to a citation if the individual is listening to music or religious programming that is clearly audible at 25 feet.”

The court ruling pointed out that the 2007 noise law doesn’t treat all noise equally, and is therefore unconstitutional by considering the content of the noise as the determinant of whether or not it’s permissible.

The ruling comes after a doomed attempt in the just-completed session of the state legislature to increase fines in this law, and after the city of Sarasota briefly adopted an ordinance that impounded vehicles on the first infraction.

The issue may still take another turn if this week’s appeals court ruling is taken up by the state’s Supreme Court.

But for now, Catalano feels vindicated.

"I told the cop who pulled me over, ‘You got the wrong guy, my friend. I’m a boy from The Bronx.’ "

oh poop i love it! don’t forget to email the guy and thank him richard.catalano@tse-industries.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unMgTdeqpAc&feature=player_embedded

Cool thanks for that.

[sfcjones]

As a former MP in the military anytime we issued a summons for any traffic violation we wrote on the back anything that would help us remember the cause of the citation. For you to honk a LEO was in poor taste and hopefully you will learn from it. You might have a pay a fine and you can cause damage by honking at such close range…ie 20-30 feet. After you think about it some you will know you were wrong and accept your punishment. I hope they make it hurt as you and others who honk in a bad way make us others look bad. Choose your battles carefully.

[ear2ear]

@danwat12345

My next court date, the first one with my attorney present is on the 14th of this month, 8:30 in the morning, …

Evidentiary hearing this morning? Good luck.

[danwat12345]

First court appearance was “Arraignment”, if I spelled that right.
Today was the “Pre-trial”… no cops show up. Just lawyers.

The prosecuting attorney dropped the misdeamenor and offered a Washington “46.61.212”, something to do with failing to yield to an emergency worker… $128 fine.

The lawyers though it was pretty ridiculous and I was wanting to go ahead and do the trial, but then I thought against it because of the 2% chance that I might be found guilty (somehow). So I’m out $128 but that’s fine!

On a side note, I horned the heck out of downtown Vancouver Wa after court!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMjzDgDd2eQ

[repeatman]

haha Sweet! Just be more careful where you honk. Specially if the judge has you do Probation.

[Scaredu]

Aww I wanted u to keep fighting it…lol

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[ear2ear]

So do you lose any points on your driver’s liscense? As in - will your insurance go up?

Well, thanks for the lesson (and the entertainment LOL). Sometimes it’s better to let it go.

Thanks for the vid too.

[danwat12345]

Nope, no insurance hike. It’s lower than a speeding ticket, it’s just a fine (infraction) that’s it.

I feel like I’ve won, $124 isn’t bad and if the fine was much more then I would have gone ahead and went to court and pwned the trooper.

Now, I have a dashcam and a rearcam, both made from point and shoot camcorders… so I have evidence if a cop ever tries to pull something like this on me again!

A Flip video 480p camcorder facing the rear, and a Sanyo Xacti VPC-PD2 facing the front.

[Bryan]

@danwat12345

First court appearance was “Arraignment”, if I spelled that right.
Today was the “Pre-trial”… no cops show up. Just lawyers.

The prosecuting attorney dropped the misdeamenor and offered a Washington “46.61.212”, something to do with failing to yield to an emergency worker… $128 fine.

The lawyers though it was pretty ridiculous and I was wanting to go ahead and do the trial, but then I thought against it because of the 2% chance that I might be found guilty (somehow). So I’m out $128 but that’s fine!

On a side note, I horned the heck out of downtown Vancouver Wa after court!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMjzDgDd2eQ

someone needs more air

[Scaredu]

pics of ur dash and rear cam?

[danwat12345]

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