Ticket for wind screen

[Theycallmecrash]

Just got a ticket for having a red windscreen!?! Isnt this factory?!?

 

[oh9bolt]

I have never had this happen to me, I have heard of it happening though. There is a good chance that I would give the cop a lesson on Buells and proceed to show him on the interwebz that it is stock. How much is the ticket?

 

[buellxb9rs]

Are you kiddin me!? What does it matter?! You don't look thru it!

 

[ReconLdr]

That sucks.... You should be able to go to court and fight the ticket. I don't see any reason they wouldn't drop the ticket. It's not like a car windshield where you look through it to drive.

Take a picture of you in riding position with you to court.... They will see that you look OVER it!!!!

 

[IstartTheMachine]

WOW! That has to be the dumbest ticket ever written by a cop. Is he retarded?

 

[jaimz]

I'd go to court and explain that it's stock, it's DOT legal and the cop is a jealous dick.

I've got an orange visor on my helmet!

 

[konarider94]

i would call and or go to the station and make a complaint about that. i doubt it even needs to go to court. ticket for a stock item....just when you think you've heard it all. [sad]

 

[03Firebolt9R]

I see from another post that you are in Vegas so I am assuming that is where you received the ticket. Here are the motorcycle equipment rules for Nevade, I see nothing that states the windscreen cannot be colored.

Nevada

Motorcycle Equipment
A motorcycle shall not be driven while carrying more than 1 person unless such motorcycle is designed to carry more than 1 person.

Passengers shall ride behind the driver and astride the regular seat that was designed for 2 persons, astride another seat firmly attached to the rear of the driver, or in an attached sidecar. Passengers must have footrests.

A rider shall be able to reach the ground with both feet simultaneously when sitting astride the seat in a stopped or upright position.

Handlebars may not extend above the uppermost portion of the driver’s shoulders when the driver sits on the seat.

The driver of a motorcycle or moped shall drive with at least 1 hand on a handlebar at all times.

Whenever operating a motorcycle, the driver and passenger shall wear a securely fastened helmet and protective glasses, goggles, or face shields.

If a motorcycle is equipped with a transparent windscreen, the driver need not wear glasses, goggles, or face shields.

Every motorcycle must be equipped with:

•At least 1 and not more than 2 headlamps.
•Fenders on both wheels.
•At least 1 rear tail lamp that emits a red light visible from 500 feet to the rear and is wired to be lighted whenever the headlamp is lighted.
•Electric turn signal lamps on both the front and rear of the motorcycle.
•At least 1 rear reflector, visible from all distances within 300 feet when directly in front of lower headlamp beams.
•Brakes.
•Two mirrors, 1 on each handlebar, in positions enabling the driver to view clearly the highway for at least 200 feet to the rear.
Every motorcycle or moped operated upon a highway at any time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, and at any other time when persons and vehicles are not visible from 1,000 feet away, must display lighted lamps and illuminating devices.
Motorcycle Licenses
A person may not apply for a motorcycle license unless he or she is 16 years of age, has successfully completed any examinations issued by the DMV, and has completed a course of motorcycle safety.

The other requirements are the same as for a regular license.
Motorcycle Noise Limits
Motorcycles traveling 35 mph or less may not be operated at a noise level above 82 decibels, and motorcycles traveling over 35 mph may not be operated at a noise level above 86 decibels.
Mopeds & Other
Mopeds need not be equipped with turn signals.

Drivers of mopeds need not wear helmets.

 

[wolfo68]

fight it in court, those are stock windscreens that are DOT approved.

 

[konarider94]

were you doing anything else that would attract attention to yourself? im just curious

 

[jaimz]

were you doing anything else that would attract attention to yourself? i'm just curious

I was curious about that as well. lol

 

[ct1200]

There is a DOT stamp on any OEM shield, take it in with you to court.

Whats illegal is any tinting or mirror that you can not see through.

 

[Theycallmecrash]

Oh and no reflectors on the rear swing arm? Exhaust illegal, licese plate tucked up undertail, and accused of doing 70 in a 65 says my ticket. But dead serious my chick will vouche for me seeing as she was following me i was doing no more than 55 in a 50. Cop was on something, got my address wrong, birthday wrong, verbally stated his radar was not set but writes he tagged me with a radar while approaching from the opposite direction on his bike over a 4 lane street.... Wtf!?!

Oh yeah im in southern cali, different laws maybe?

 

[Bolty]

Fight it

 

[03Firebolt9R]

I found this...paragraph D

V C Section 26701 Safety Glazing Material
Safety Glazing Material
26701. (a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or operate any motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, manufactured after January 1, 1936, unless it is equipped with safety glazing material wherever glazing materials are used in interior partitions, doors, windows, windshields, auxiliary wind deflectors or openings in the roof.
(b) No person shall sell or offer for sale any camper manufactured after January 1, 1968, nor shall any person operate a motor vehicle registered in this state which is equipped with that camper, unless the camper is equipped with safety glazing materials wherever glazing materials are used in outside windows and doors, interior partitions, and openings in the roof.

(c) No person shall operate a motorcycle manufactured after January 1, 1969, equipped with a windshield containing glazing material unless it is safety glazing material.

(d) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or operate any motor vehicle equipped with red, blue, or amber translucent aftermarket material in any partitions, windows, windshields, or wind deflectors.

(e) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or operate any trailer coach manufactured after January 1, 1977, that is capable of being towed with a fifth-wheel device unless the trailer coach is equipped with safety glazing materials wherever glazing materials are used in windows or doors, interior partitions, and openings in the roof.

Amended Ch. 540, Stats. 1993. Effective January 1, 1994.



DMV.CA

California Motorcycle Laws

 

[Theycallmecrash]

Aftermarket material? These laws are difficult to understand

 

[03Firebolt9R]

^^^I know, its OEM and not aftermarket.

 

[03Firebolt9R]

I think it is referring to a colored tint being applied to a wind screen.

 

[oh9bolt]

Bullshit, how did Erik get approval to have red, blue, orange windscreens. They sold Buells in CA from what I recall.

 

[oh9bolt]

You are probably right 03firebolt9r. [up]