Illegal GPS mounting
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....
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pitch wrote:
And by what stretch does that sentence have anything to do with windshield mounted GPS?
spoon059 wrote:
No person shall drive a motor vehicle when it is so loaded as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle
Maybe this will make it easier to read. I took out the other portions of the law.
Very simple law. You can't have anything other than federally approved equipment (rear view mirrors or A pillars) on your windshield or side mirrors if it would in any way obstruct your vision to the front or side.
Your GPS unit mounted directly below the center rear view mirror would be in violation of that law. Don't fuss at me though, I didn't write the laws in New York, I am just pointing out the fact that just because there isn't a specific law about windshield mounted GPS units, it is still illegal if they block any portion of your field of view.
