Illegal GPS mounting

Always amazes me to see folks with real bright GPS screens mounted in line of vision at night - that blue light totally kills your night vision. When I am out on the open road at night I set the cruise and turn the dash lights off, I want to be able to see whats out there. Never have dash lights above anything but minimum brightness. There is a reason most airplane instruments are red instruments

Dennis M M wrote:
Always amazes me to see folks with real bright GPS screens mounted in line of vision at night - that blue light totally kills your night vision. When I am out on the open road at night I set the cruise and turn the dash lights off, I want to be able to see whats out there. Never have dash lights above anything but minimum brightness. There is a reason most airplane instruments are red instruments

are you sure those are gps, the last 4 gps I've had (I'm a service tech and use them every day so they wear out), have an automatic night mode, dull dark screen.

Large screen GPS like Rand MNutty etc would block some vision in a car windscreen.
The majority of regulations/laws written these days are because somebody got bit by the nanny bug and though their ought to be a law.
2300 new regulations right before holiday by federal edict. Have no idea how many may have broken by driving to the store.
There is a level of out of bounds paranoia among LEO agencies these days.
Wife pulled to the shoulder to take a cell phone call. Deputy pulls in behind to see if there is a problem. Great appreciate that might have the engine seized or something. The whole time, at the window his eyes were darting over every bit, of the car interior. I bet he had a headache/eye ache by end of shift.

down home wrote:
Large screen GPS like Rand MNutty etc would block some vision in a car windscreen.
The majority of regulations/laws written these days are because somebody got bit by the nanny bug and though their ought to be a law.
2300 new regulations right before holiday by federal edict. Have no idea how many may have broken by driving to the store.
There is a level of out of bounds paranoia among LEO agencies these days.
Wife pulled to the shoulder to take a cell phone call. Deputy pulls in behind to see if there is a problem. Great appreciate that might have the engine seized or something. The whole time, at the window his eyes were darting over every bit, of the car interior. I bet he had a headache/eye ache by end of shift.

But, but, they care about us. They are here to help.

TyroneandGladys wrote:
Was stopped by a Arizona Highway Patrol officer for having my GPS mounted on the middle of the windshield. Was told that it was only allowed on the windshield in the bottom right or left lower corner. Luckily only got a warning,
What is funny is it illegal to mount your GPS in the center of your windshield in Arizona but it is not illegal to text while driving.

GPS mounting by state

It would be interesting to know what you meant by middle? Dead center in your line of vision I can see a ticket!

I prefer the lower drivers side still in easy view but not blocking! I see people mount right below the rear view mirror, that would be a hazard in my book.

myredracer wrote:
Illegal here in BC. In fact, you aren't supposed to drive with anything hanging off your mirror that can obstruct your view like say a handicap or CG tag.

Distracted driving is illegal here too, but an awful lot of drivers do it anyway. The law is only good for when someone is in an accident and then the insurance company has something to blame you for.

First I've heard. All kids of people in BC driving with radar detectors, GPS on their windshields and assorted c#%p hanging from their mirrors.

You have a crash with one of those on your windshield You will probably be at fault. You hit and injure or kill someone with one of those blocking your vision, You will be sued to the stone age. Might even go to jail.
Not a joke and not a reason to look into your rig. Just keeping a clear view through the windshield.

Let me drift a bit from the obstructed view by GPS to something that I've run across that obstructs my view. We traded cars. Everything is great on the new car, 10 air bags??? Wow!!!!. But, the windshield post is so darn big that it obstructs the view a lot more than any GPS could even if clamped onto the windshield.

My GPS sits on the windshield just below the rearview mirror, how is that interfering with my view? Not illegal in my state and never been stopped about it all over the country.

donn0128 wrote:
Yea, illegal anywhere on the windshield in CA too.

If your CA refers to California, then you're mistaken - California specifies that a GPS can be mounted in the lower left corner of the windshield, so that it doesn't obstruct vision. Now, if your CA refers to Canada I'll let current Canuckian residents respond...