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I just got a ticket in my parking lot at my job for not having "mudguards" I realize that my tires stick out and I do not run mud flaps on the jeep, but the cop that issued the citation was not sure what the law was. The officer could not(did not know how to) explain his interpretation of the law to me and would not explain how to make the cops stay away from me.
I realize this is just one incident, but the cop told me that mudflaps cover the tops of the tires and my tires stuck out too far.
This in fact would be a fender infraction. I questioned this difference because my concern is that the officer could still give me a citation in the future if I was to add mudflaps, ---as he had told me was my infraction. The officer said, "I dont know what it is, I think I wrote mudguards on the ticket".
The citation is the same for either _" 49-949"_ and is as follows for my rig:
(c) Behind all wheels of every motor vehicle other than trucks, buses, semitrailers, or trailers, the fenders or covers shall extend in full width from a point above and forward of the center of the tire over and to the rear of the wheel to a point that is not more than twenty (20) inches above the surface of the highway, unless the bumper is a factory built bumper fastened directly to the frame of the vehicle pursuant to factory installation requirements;
just an FYI
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I realize this is just one incident, but the cop told me that mudflaps cover the tops of the tires and my tires stuck out too far.
This in fact would be a fender infraction. I questioned this difference because my concern is that the officer could still give me a citation in the future if I was to add mudflaps, ---as he had told me was my infraction. The officer said, "I dont know what it is, I think I wrote mudguards on the ticket".
The citation is the same for either _" 49-949"_ and is as follows for my rig:
(c) Behind all wheels of every motor vehicle other than trucks, buses, semitrailers, or trailers, the fenders or covers shall extend in full width from a point above and forward of the center of the tire over and to the rear of the wheel to a point that is not more than twenty (20) inches above the surface of the highway, unless the bumper is a factory built bumper fastened directly to the frame of the vehicle pursuant to factory installation requirements;
just an FYI
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