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First time being pulled over by TRAFFIC VPD while driving my STI. I was taking the side streets since 12th was blocked off between Kingsway and Fraser. The traffic cop was parked right after a turn where you can't see him. The cop tells me I was speeding over 30km/h on the side street which I can't be because I was pacing a cyclist from behind. He also mentioned I did a rolling stop at the stop sign and I'll admit to that. He gave me a warning for both.
He asked me if my exhaust was stock. I answered: "I wasn't sure because I bought it as is at a dealership". He mentions the tips were changed and started to do a sound test on me. He asked me what my max RPMs were in the vehicle and I said 6500 RPMs. He looks into my dash and says no it is 8000 RPMs to correct me. I have no clue to why he needs to know that?
He starts the test by asking me to rev to 3000 RPM and to hold it there for him to measure. It measured 89 and gave me a warning. He told me to change the exhaust tips of my car to reduce the noise.
The kicker to all of this was he was smoking a cigarette the whole time. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think smoking while on duty is very professional. I don't smoke while I'm working and I don't think many jobs allow you to.
Last thought, the amount of car knowledge these traffic cops have is very limited. They need to be educated better or at least present it more clear to the drivers they are pulling over. The cop kept mumbling about exhaust sound is too loud because of your exhaust tips.
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