Can you really get pulled over for this??

[TurboMutantNinjaBug]

Monday, I had to take the little girl out to Waukesha for a doctor's appointment. On the way back, I was on the freeway and got to about Moorland when I looked in my rearview mirror and noticed a cop behind me with his lights on. I wasn't speeding and I had my seatbelt on and I had actually been in that lane for awhile, so I had no idea why I could've been being pulled over.

The cop came up to my car and I handed over my license and he proceeded to tell me that he pulled me over because of the crack across my windshield. Now, my windshield cracked last April ('08) from a rock the hit it when I was on the freeway. Over the winter, it cracked more, but I've passed numerous amounts of cops, driven in front of cops, behind cops, never once was I pulled over for this until now.

I do think that maybe this is something you can get pulled over for, but it gets overlooked because it's not a big ticket amount. The guy that pulled me over had to be new because he actually asked me for my registration, and I've never been asked for that before. Also, right after he was done with me, he immediately went and pulled someone else over.

But really, you can really get pulled over for this?

[Josepy]

Yes you can get pulled over for it. It is considered an obstructed view. I have been pulled over for an air freshener on the rear view mirror.

[97z2801ss]

I remember I got pulled over for having my tassel from high school in my rearview mirror.

[DurtyKurty]

Yes. You can be stopped for any "safety violation". Specifically any windshield with a crack that is directly in the drivers view.

Also, because it's a state law, your comprehensive insurance must cover it without impact on your premiums.

[Exitspeed]

I remember I got pulled over for having my tassel from high school in my rearview mirror.

I've heard someone get pulled over for this too.

The registration thing is weird. I had a cop ask me for my SS# once. I said "I've been pulled over numerous times and have never been asked for it before." His reply was He's been doing this for 20 years, and puffin his chest out because I questioned him. I told him I would assume you'd understand with all the identity theft going on and quit frankly I don't know him you so why would I give it to you. He just gave me my ticket. Gotta love those kinda cops. But not really.

[WickedSix]

redneck trick: if you can't afford a new windshield we'd use a black sharpie and trace over the crack.... the sharpie masks the crack and keeps it from reflecting in the sun which is usually how the cracks get spotted.

[LIL EVO]

I assume Waukesha Sheriff pulled you over?

Sheriff / State Patrol are big on asking for registration

[Flicktitty]

yah you can, you can get pulled over for pretty much anything.

did you know you can get a ticket for not having windsheild washer fluid?

[Karps TA]

Arresting Officer: Sir, could I please see your license?
Pedro: Whuut?
Arresting Officer: Your license. Where's your license?
Pedro: It's back there on the bumper, man!
Arresting Officer: No, I mean your DRIVER'S license.
Pedro: Oh yeah, I got the bullshit back here man...
Pedro: Hey I thought'a somethin' really funny, man... Your mother!
[laughs]
Arresting Officer: Sir, what's your name?
Pedro: uuhhh... Isn't in on the license, man? Yeah, that's it! Pedro De Pacas, man, that's my name...
Arresting Officer: Sir, what's your name?
Pedro: Whut? I told you my name, man!
Arresting Officer:Sir... what's YOUR name?
Pedro: Hey man! The dude wants to know your name, man!
[Man vomits onto the floor of the car]
Pedro: Uuhhh - His name is RAALLLPH, man!

[y2kws6]

^Flicktitty^ LOL

Also the windshield is a structural part of the car (like the frame), if put in an accident it could result in you having greater injuries to yourself.

[Exitspeed]

Arresting Officer: Sir, could I please see your license?
Pedro: Whuut?
Arresting Officer: Your license. Where's your license?
Pedro: It's back there on the bumper, man!
Arresting Officer: No, I mean your DRIVER'S license.
Pedro: Oh yeah, I got the bullshit back here man...
Pedro: Hey I thought'a somethin' really funny, man... Your mother!
[laughs]
Arresting Officer: Sir, what's your name?
Pedro: uuhhh... Isn't in on the license, man? Yeah, that's it! Pedro De Pacas, man, that's my name...
Arresting Officer: Sir, what's your name?
Pedro: Whut? I told you my name, man!
Arresting Officer:Sir... what's YOUR name?
Pedro: Hey man! The dude wants to know your name, man!
[Man vomits onto the floor of the car]
Pedro: Uuhhh - His name is RAALLLPH, man!

That's classic. I always wanted to say that to cop.

[michelle]

Yep, I got pulled over for a few black and pink strings hanging from my rearview mirror in Elm Grove. It was a good opportunity for the officer to check my window tint too. :durr

[Mr Twigbert]

Trans 305.34 Windshields. (1)

Every motor vehicle

manufactured after January 1, 1936, shall have a windshield made
of safety glass. Such glass shall be plainly marked to identify it as
safety glass or a certification from the glass supplier stating that
the glass is approved safety glass shall be carried in the vehicle
during operation or vehicle inspection, or both.
(2)


The windshield shall be of sufficient size to provide adequate

protection for the driver and shall be in place when operating
on a highway.
(3)


The windshield may not be excessively cracked or damaged.

A windshield is excessively cracked or damaged if:
(a) The windshield has a crack inside, or which extends inside,
the windshield critical area.
(b) The windshield has cracks which extend into any area more
than 8 inches from the frame.
(c) The windshield has stone or shot damage with a diameter
in excess of


inch in the windshield critical area or in excess of

1 inches in diameter in any other area.
(4)


The windshield may not have etching, scratches, abrasion

or repairs of any type which impair or distort vision within the
windshield critical area.
(5)


The windshield may not have cloudiness or etching in

excess of one inch around the outside edge on the driver’s side or
in excess of 2 inches on the passenger’s side.
(6)


Nothing may be placed or suspended in or on the vehicle

or windshield so as to obstruct the driver’s clear vision through the
windshield. There may not be any posters, stickers or other nontransparent
material, other than a certificate or sticker issued by
order of a governmental agency, located on the windshield or
located between the driver and the windshield. This subsection
does not prohibit the following:
(a) Attachment of an inside rearview mirror in accordance with
s. Trans 305.26.
(b) Windshields tinted by the manufacturer of the glazing and
installed as part of the original manufacturing process.
(c) Application of window tinting film or other nontransparent
material to the inside of the windshield if it is attached only to that
portion of the windshield which is both outside the critical area
and above the horizontal line delineated by the mark “A” or “A.”
If no such mark was affixed to the windshield by its manufacturer,
no window tinting film may be attached to the windshield.

[Goat Roper]

The registration thing is weird.

They don't ask for your registration when you get pulled over in Wisconsin?

[DurtyKurty]

Not usually.

[PureSound15]

Not usually.

Werd. Never happend to me in the 10 (+/- 5) times I've been stopped.

[Exitspeed]

Werd. Never happend to me in the 10 (+/- 5) times I've been stopped.

Glad I'm not the only one around here with that many "meetings" with the cuties finest. Of course now I have a car that's incognegro so they don't even look my way anymore.

[Karps TA]

dumb question, but what the hell is registration? Like what paperwork are you suppossed to even have.

[michelle]

It's the little 1/3 sheet of paper that comes with your original title. It's also the same thing you get when you renew your plates each year. You're supposed to keep it in your glovebox.

Also, your title does not belong in your glovebox. Working at the auction, you wouldn't believe how many people keep it there.

[Rocket Power]

It's that receipt looking thing you get with your stickers that lists your info and the cars info, about the size of a business envelope

[94greenbandit]

What if I have a bunch of cracks that are under eight inches. Does that qualify getting pulled over

[Dasred]

Yeah, it's like not having a front plate right? Is it just a 10 day fix-it ticket?

I've been driving without a front plate for well over 2 years and never has it been mentioned in the 3 speeding tickets or 7 other times I've been pulled over.

They just wanna look at an impala that's different than theirs is what one of them told me.

[lordairgtar]

Yep, I got pulled over for a black and pink string bikini hanging from my rearview mirror in Elm Grove. It was a good opportunity for the officer to check my window tint too. :durr
Fixed!:devil

[94greenbandit]

I had a cop in Mukwonago pull me over for no front plate. He must have been bored because he was in front of me, pulled over and got behind me to pull me over. It was just a fix it ticket but still pointless

[SSmike1]

i have NEVER EVER in 35 years, been asked for my registration.

what happens if you don't have it, cause i do not???
:confused

They don't ask for your registration when you get pulled over in Wisconsin?