acook

alot of my buddies, and my brother have gotten smoke tickets(colorado). In one town ive had some friends get modified exhaust tickets as well!

casper_cobra

i got a warning in my 2nd gen...i woullda got a ticket, but it was me and another kid in a 12v and because of the smoke, he couldnt tell which did it
so i got an butt chewing, and excessive defined as "if it was that big cloud i couldnt see through, thats excessive"
oh well

610dodge

i read a law in a texas handbook that said vehicles can not produce smoke for more than 10 seconds and the smoke has to be cleared up in 10 seconds, it cant just linger around.

TXGREYGHOST

Thanks guys, I saw the guy run up behind me and write something down on his center console. Yhe smoke blew less than 10 seconds but it might of lingered longer if traffic had not ran through it.

XLR8R

My new DL came with a letter that states:

Report smoking vehicles online at smokingvehicle

or call 1-800-453-SMOG

973604x4

ive been called in before for passing illegally....the lady wrote my plate down, called the cops and everything. I watched her talk to the cops while following me down the road. she was all dramatic about it and made sure i knew what she was doing....I blew a cloud of black smoke, turned to a side street and haven't heard a word from anyone!

tristan21

Nothin will give you that awsome "im gonna get a ticket feeling" Like lookin in the rearview to see a cop bustin through the diesel smoke cloud you laid. And its kinda hard to hide when you gotta 6" stack goin through the bed.

jrussell

Sounds like they're starting to crack down on it in a lot of areas. I think Salt Lake has a program where people can turn you in.

dodgezilla04

I'd better watch it then...................

Baja

Years ago in my old 52 ****** I got a ticket in LA, the reason was "contributing to the smog in the city". A fix it ticket, simple carb adjustment did the trick.

uber_dzl

what i've heard down here in florida is that you can get an excessive smoke ticket if the smoke is constant, and not just on acceleration..smoke on acceleration is ok as long as its not an astronomical amount that it would cause someone to have an accident because they cant see...

jwb600

ive got stopped and got my a** ripped a few times for noise and smoke. no tickets for it yet. one cop got out and the first thing he said was, you wanna go to jail and I wasnt even speeding. I had went under a bridge in downtown Indy and made some noise he pulled me over and flipped out. of course the 01 dodge beside me that is ungodly loud, ran from the cops and he thought it was funny.

hole shot

I am a police officer in Michigan. Looking at the Michigan Vehicle Code you can not have excessive smoke, loud exhaust or muffler. BUT, it also states that Diesel is an alternate fuel and alternate fuel is an exception to the excessive smoke and noise. Let the Coal Roll..............

Not sure for other States.

rockcrawler304

Any other LEO's here care to say what the law is in other states (like TX)

TX_Diesel

I'm pretty sure that if the guy went the extra mile to file a complaint that you could get into trouble. I mean it's kinda along the same lines as reporting some jacka** in a rice burner weaving in and out of traffic at high speeds cutting people off. The cop didn't see it, but if they got the license plate number call you in to court, they can use the person reporting it as a witness for the state. But the chances are the guy isn't going to take it that far, after about 20mins he probably forgot all about it.

i wouldn't worry too much..