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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:28 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 5348
Trade Rating: +33
Location: Kings Lynn
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No worries matey! )
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The policeman completely patronized me going, 'yeah, they look wicked, isn't it, bruv, safe' - I'm not a chav at all and he clearly didn't understand the other benefits. |
What a p***k They do it just to try and get a reaction so they can breathalize/ vehicle search or check your tyres etc...
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spike_202 wrote: |
My Powerflow is quite loud but then again it's on ITBs and has a decat. |
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:32 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2874
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Location: Chichester, Sussex
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Windows comes with a factory 30% tint so I guess 10% on top gives a rough 58.1%.
One of the tricks they can sometimes use is doing the light test in the shade, which gives a slightly darker reading.
And the fighting real crime thing is a bit boring now... traffic coppers are fighting real crime relevant to their job - traffic crime. Did you also know they also do other really out of order things like stop drunk drivers and people with no insurance? And they chase car thieves too!!
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:34 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 5348
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Location: Kings Lynn
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Ali_H wrote: |
And the fighting real crime thing is a bit boring now... traffic coppers are fighting real crime relevant to their job - traffic crime. Did you also know they also do other really out of order things like stop drunk drivers and people with no insurance? And they chase car thieves too!! |
I DONT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!
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spike_202 wrote: |
My Powerflow is quite loud but then again it's on ITBs and has a decat. |
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:38 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010 Posts: 305
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Location: London, UK
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Ali_H wrote: |
And the fighting real crime thing is a bit boring now... traffic coppers are fighting real crime relevant to their job - traffic crime. Did you also know they also do other really out of order things like stop drunk drivers and people with no insurance? And they chase car thieves too!! |
I agree that their job is important and 'he was only doing his job'. But I'm not a criminal, have no points on my licence, have never had an accident, and he seemed to make out that I was a danger to society if I drove another yard. Had it been mid-afternoon you would never have been able to tell they were on there, it was only that it had just turned to dusk that they made any noticeable difference.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:38 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2874
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Location: Chichester, Sussex
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Howey wrote: |
Ali_H wrote: |
And the fighting real crime thing is a bit boring now... traffic coppers are fighting real crime relevant to their job - traffic crime. Did you also know they also do other really out of order things like stop drunk drivers and people with no insurance? And they chase car thieves too!! |
I DONT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!! |
Seriously mate, it happens! They don't just stop people doing 31 in a 30!
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:48 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010 Posts: 305
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Location: London, UK
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The offending article:
Dangerous! Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:14 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 35
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Location: Bognor Regis, West Sussex
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Individual officers discression at the end of the day. Sorry to see you were caught up in it though.
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Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:09 pm |
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Joined: Mar 02, 2010 Posts: 738
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Location: Stirling
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vintageoriginal wrote: |
Ali_H wrote: |
And the fighting real crime thing is a bit boring now... traffic coppers are fighting real crime relevant to their job - traffic crime. Did you also know they also do other really out of order things like stop drunk drivers and people with no insurance? And they chase car thieves too!! |
I agree that their job is important and 'he was only doing his job'. But I'm not a criminal, have no points on my licence, have never had an accident, and he seemed to make out that I was a danger to society if I drove another yard. Had it been mid-afternoon you would never have been able to tell they were on there, it was only that it had just turned to dusk that they made any noticeable difference. |
they cannot check the tint unless in direct sunlight!!
i know of people pulled over and had the police try and check the tints under street lamps, with a torch etc,
dont hold me to it, but i swear by the traffic book they have to give you a 7 day ticket to get your vehicle checked and if illegal get them removed!!
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:10 am |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010 Posts: 904
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Location: Little hulton (worsley)
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They now the law and there always right. But the way they talk to people some times is well out of order. I was at work yesterday delivering 100 tubs of 5 litre oil. Pulled up out side the garage when a traffic cop told me u cant park there. Tried to explain that a was unloading. But he was aragant and said that I still had to move the van so I jumped in the van and moved it literally 3 meters down the road then he fined me £60 for not wearing a seat belt when I moved it the three meters, which in my opinion is very petty and a wast of tax payers money.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:48 am |
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Joined: Mar 29, 2010 Posts: 3977
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Location: Halifax
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was on police camera action last night. e got made to peel them off. it was a yound drivers special i think
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:53 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 3935
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also depends on how old the car is!? i cant remember the exact date but i think it may be before 2001 and you are aloud much darker tints on the front window!
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:39 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2505
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Location: West mids
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mattievrs wrote: |
a guy on the old site (phillspug) got pulled for his limo tints and made to remove them there and then.When you have the fronts tinted you sign a disclaimer (at tintcentres anyway) to say you admit theyre illegal on the front windows.
Most front windows are tinted from factory close to the legal limit aswell. |
No way he had his done with me lol, i havent heard from him since the old site.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:44 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2248
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Location: Leicester
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spike_202 wrote: |
mattievrs wrote: |
a guy on the old site (phillspug) got pulled for his limo tints and made to remove them there and then.When you have the fronts tinted you sign a disclaimer (at tintcentres anyway) to say you admit theyre illegal on the front windows.
Most front windows are tinted from factory close to the legal limit aswell. |
No way he had his done with me lol, i havent heard from him since the old site. |
yeah it was back in august last year he was caught.Ive heard from him a couple of times via facebook but he didnt resign up to the site after it went down.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:30 am |
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Joined: Mar 01, 2010 Posts: 475
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Location: South East UK
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nick180 wrote: |
They now the law and there always right. But the way they talk to people some times is well out of order. I was at work yesterday delivering 100 tubs of 5 litre oil. Pulled up out side the garage when a traffic cop told me u cant park there. Tried to explain that a was unloading. But he was aragant and said that I still had to move the van so I jumped in the van and moved it literally 3 meters down the road then he fined me £60 for not wearing a seat belt when I moved it the three meters, which in my opinion is very petty and a wast of tax payers money. |
What! What an absolute a*****e! I cant stand the majority of them. Some of them are really polite and just ask a few questions and then just say have a good night and thats it but some... makes me angry.
I feel sorry for you having to remove the tints there and then at a pickup zone. How embarassing like you said, but what can you do..
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:52 am |
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Joined: Jun 21, 2010 Posts: 1425
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Location: Not Leeds or its surrounding areas!
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Couldn't you just wind the windows down........
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