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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1L243 wrote:
You must admit writing someone a ticket for having a GPS on their windshield is pretty petty?
I've never done it for a GPS myself, but I have written other "petty" tickets. I remember when pulling someone over for talking on their phone was "petty". I'm not sure when you worked, but I know that seatbelt laws and DUI laws were considered "petty" at times too.
I have pulled people over that have had their GPS mounted directly in front of their steering wheel and giving them a warning before. I'm sure if one of them decided they wanted to argue the merit of the stop and violation, I would have written the ticket so that a judge could explain it to them... I never really enjoyed teaching traffic law on the side of a major highway. I always figured that a courtroom was a much safer place for that type of education.
The whole point of my posts in this thread are that it is, in fact, illegal to mount a GPS where it blocks your view. I'm sure 99.99% of people that mount them there get away with it. That doesn't make it legal.
