biff420
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Oakland, CA
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| reply to xv920
Re: the "no suction cup on your windshield" law
said by xv920  :In California it is illegal to attach anything on your windshield(except a rearview mirror basically).
26708. (a) (1) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied upon the windshield or side or rear windows.
» www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc26708.htm... Interesting, as most of us attach our FasTrak
transponders on the windshield. If they wanted to pull
a "revenue enhancement" stunt, they could ticket every
Fastrak user for starters.
»www.bayareafastrak.org/static/ab···rs.shtml
TOLL TAGS
The FasTrak® toll tags must be mounted properly before use. If the toll tags is not properly mounted, it may not work and may be unlawfully positioned*.
1. Clean placement area on inside of windshield with isopropyl (rubbing alcohol) and allow to dry.
2. Remove plastic tape from back of Velcro™ mounting strips on toll tags.
3. Position toll tags as illustrated below based on your mirror type.
4. Press toll tags firmly against the windshield glass.
DOH!  |
MotherNature
Chile peppers are my heroin
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Fontana, CA
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| reply to biff420
My sister got a 225 dollar ticket from the CHP for not having her transponder attached to the windshield when she went through the automated toll plaza on the 73 toll road.
And today she got one for 275 bucks dismissed in court because her transponder didn't transpond when she went under the transmitter. IOW, the battery was dead. But the asswipe cop didn't care that she had a transponder that was properly mounted, he ticketed her anyway.
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bobrk
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| reply to DrewCapu
said by DrewCapu :You didn't click the link. fastrak (along with a bunch of other things) are ok. You mean this part, right?
(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(1) Rearview mirrors.
(2) Adjustable nontransparent sunvisors which are mounted forward of the side windows and are not attached to the glass.
(3) Signs, stickers, or other materials which are displayed in a 7-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield farthest removed from the driver, signs, stickers, or other materials which are displayed in a 7-inch square in the lower corner of the rear window farthest removed from the driver, or signs, stickers, or other materials which are displayed in a 5-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield nearest the driver.
(4) Side windows which are to the rear of the driver.
(5) Direction, destination, or termini signs upon a passenger common carrier motor vehicle or a schoolbus, if those signs do not interfere with the driver's clear view of approaching traffic.
(6) Rear window wiper motor.
(7) Rear trunk lid handle or hinges.
(8) The rear window or windows, when the motor vehicle is equipped with outside mirrors on both the left- and right-hand sides of the vehicle that are so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway through each mirror for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle.
(9) A clear, transparent lens affixed to the side window opposite the driver on a vehicle greater than 80 inches in width and which occupies an area not exceeding 50 square inches of the lowest corner toward the rear of that window and which provides the driver with a wide-angle view through the lens.
(10) Sun screening devices meeting the requirements of Section 26708.2 installed on the side windows on either side of the vehicle's front seat, if the driver or a passenger in the front seat has in his or her possession a letter or other document signed by a licensed physician and surgeon certifying that the person must be shaded from the sun due to a medical condition, or has in his or her possession a letter or other document signed by a licensed optometrist certifying that the person must be shaded from the sun due to a visual condition. The devices authorized by this paragraph shall not be used during darkness.
(11) An electronic communication device affixed to the center uppermost portion of the interior of a windshield within an area that is not greater than 5 inches square, if the device provides either of the following:
(A) The capability for enforcement facilities of the Department of the California Highway Patrol to communicate with a vehicle equipped with the device.
(B) The capability for electronic toll and traffic management on public or private roads or facilities.
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