roadside inspection nightmare

[MardyDelica]

well, there you go, try to print it out then they know now that most of this jDM delica headlight do comply.
so its just a matter of letting them know that Motor vehicle authority know about this headlight & other things for compliance.
cheers :
Mardy

[after oil]

okay, so JMK sort of already posted this stuff, but i still had to look around a little to see it with my own eyes. this is the document that you can show anybody who doesnt know about E codes
http://www.tc.gc.ca/acts-regulations/GE ... 108_1.html

http://imports.mparam.com/procedures/Al ... dlamps.pdf

its the gov site and then a pdf

im super in to this because im getting ready to go to the $#&*$ at crapy tires in powell river re this post http://www.delica.ca/forum/canada-tire- ... -2789.html

[Fanny Bay Delica]

Try ridinga sport bike, as the RCMP have designated the month of May as motorcycle awareness month. That actually translates into pulling any sport bike they come across over for no real reason and issuing VI's for any number of idiotic things (reflectors, fender eliminators, angle of your plate (80 degrees vice 90),etc, etc). I've always been very supportive of the RCMP in the past but since owning both a JDM Deli and a sport bike I'm starting to think more and more that they are unreasonable idiots incapable of applying any form of common sense!!

[Schwa]

I was pulled over in Vancouver on my way down to CVI to get the "Delica Tune" because my headlights weren't on during the day ( I said it must have been the fuse...) but thankfully they didn't go nitpicking, otherwise they might have discovered the Japanese tires on the rear wheels...

That same dealership told me my timing belt had been changed, etc but none of it was done, as discovered by CVI, so be vigilant!

[Green1]

I know this isn't the "popular" view around here, but if you modified your license plate in any way, shape, or form, they were 100% in the right to ticket you for that and WILL win in court.

The headlight issue is a different matter that they need more education on, but that wasn't their reason for pulling you over. So from what I hear here the cop did absolutely nothing wrong...

[joedelica]

That may be the case in Alberta; not in B.C. according to the Motor Vehicle Act.

[Green1]

That may be the case in Alberta; not in B.C. according to the Motor Vehicle Act.

I'm pretty certain that there is no province in the country that has legalized modifying their license plates.

[john n]

I'm trolling for cops with my lights.
I'm not required to have daytime lights as I have an '88 and they aren't required until '89. so I make a point of not having them on.
Like when the seat belt law came into effect I would drive with a used seat belt dangling out of the drivers door.
Think of it as fly fishing.

[jessef]

Like when the seat belt law came into effect I would drive with a used seat belt dangling out of the drivers door.
Think of it as fly fishing.

you're bad !

[JMK]

I'm more practical I guess. When I fish it's because I want to eat fish, which I love to eat. If I was trolling for cops, well, I probably don't really want to have one that I never met before over for dinner.

Obviously becoming invisible as possible to authority and the path of least resistance is not for everyone, I simply like where it takes me: a place where I can get to quicker and settle down on the shore with a bottle in my hand and cast my line, as opposed to sitting on the shoulder of the road trying to prove my point because I know that I'm in the right.

Does it really make you feel that much better after you've argued your point, or are you just that little bit more pissed off at the ignorant person you just spent 10 minutes arguing with?

[john n]

Catch and release, single barbless hook.
Never eat bottom feeders, like lawyers and cops.

[kb&2dogs]

We were just talking this morning about daytime running lights, and I'm wondering if anyone has anything new on this. Bushbunny is an 89, although the dealer originally registered and inspected it as a 91 (oops! mea culpa they said). Anyhow, through a long drawn out process I've had the paperwork changed to read 89 and it is insured as an 89, so do I need DRL or not?

[RZ350]

Try ridinga sport bike, as the RCMP have designated the month of May as motorcycle awareness month. That actually translates into pulling any sport bike they come across over for no real reason and issuing VI's for any number of idiotic things (reflectors, fender eliminators, angle of your plate (80 degrees vice 90),etc, etc). I've always been very supportive of the RCMP in the past but since owning both a JDM Deli and a sport bike I'm starting to think more and more that they are unreasonable idiots incapable of applying any form of common sense!!

Ok I have to respond to this one.
As you can probably tell from my screenname I have ridden a sportbike or two. For the record I'm no lover of the VPD but, take a look around at some of the morons in this area that ride. Major illegal mods, tiny little single diode LED signals, plates that can only be seen by helicopter etc. Riding down Georgia street on the back wheel. I could go on, but you get the idea. Then look at the statistics for accidents, and how many times these guys have to scrape a moron off the pavement, and you'll start to understand where these guys are coming from. I'm not saying they are right, I'm just saying I get it.
My experience is that when I treat them with respect I get the same back.
Ok stepping off the soapbox now.

[jrman]

I 2nd that - have been pulled over numerous times on both my bike, and in my Deli (once evening forgetting to have renewed my license the week prior!) - treated the police with respect, have always got respect back.

Even if you don't get the respect in return - stay calm and take the high road (and remember to take the badge number if you really think you're really really getting hosed). Cops are people too and humans make mistakes from time to time - hard to believe I know!
Cheers.

[JMK]

I enforced the Highway Traffic Act, Motor Vehicle Administration Act, and Transportation Safety Act for many years on the Trans Canada Highway.

On numerous occasions a situation that warranted a specified penalty ticket or perhaps even an appearance notice, turned into a warning.

Now I'm trying to remember if that was subsequent to situation #1 or #2:

1: "Officer, I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking when I did that..."
2: "Why don't you piss off and go spend your time catching real criminals instead of hassling law-abiding citizens"

they are unreasonable idiots incapable of applying any form of common sense!!

Yup, I'd say that was me at times (and many of my co-workers), but hopefully less than 1% of the time when I was having a bad day....

I've always been very supportive of the RCMP in the past

All I can say to that is: it's regretable that you no longer are....