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Originally Posted by mav1178
Fairly certain, or 100% certain?
Cops enforce laws at their discretion. If they deemed you to have done an illegal mod (for sake of being an ass, for example), the ticket is legally binding for you to prove your guilt or innocence.
The state BAR referee is simply a way for vehicle code violations to be inspected or verified. Some states call it an "annual inspection". Other states like Texas leave it completely up to the judge and officer to determine what is "excessively loud"
Every state has their pros and cons.
As for the comments about roadside smog and vehicle impounded:
1) I've gotten two "ref" tickets before, around 2003. The legal part of this is that you can drive your car after you have had a ref ticket, but if you currently have an outstanding ref ticket that is not resolved and you get another ticket, your car will be impounded. This is about the same as you getting a ticket for not having vehicle insurance, and then you get another ticket while the original ticket is unresolved. It's an administrative matter.
2) roadside smog is only an issue for people with poorly tuned cars.
-alex
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Texas has BY FAR the weakest laws concerning vehicle safety or at the very least they go completely unenforced. No roadside smog tests in Texas. The "inspection" here is a joke; not one vehicle that I have ever taken in has failed for any reason. Not even for wiper blades. Even though I maintain my vehicles carefully, I would have expected to encounter at least one or two items not up to snuff over the years. Cleary, the inspectors aren't making much of an effort to find problems.
Even if there are laws on the books concerning noise abatement, they go completely unenforced, except in some cities and these are local ordinances not state. Hell, we're about to go to a "system" where one sticker is used for both the tag AND the inspection.
You will have a much better chance of being shot in a gunfight here than of being pulled over for an inspection sticker or noise violation once our current legislative session is over.