Problem with Wisconsin State Patrol

[Ben Davis]

> I got a warning for having a non-stock exhaust.  I must get a stock
exhaust
> put on by January 16 or I will receive a ticket.

How... why does the law do this? Why the hell are there laws for not having
a stock exhaust?!?! That's absurd! That would put all the exhaust shops
anywhere in the state out of business!!!

Fight this bullshit. I *HATE* stupid automotive bullshit laws like this.
There is no WRONG in having a exhaust different than stock. I could see
maybe a noise law, but as discussed on this list before, it would be hard to
even prove this in court. They would have to have a specific instrument for
measuring noise at particular positions and distances from the car, and even
then different exhausts cause different noises at different places relative
to the car and different qualities of noise, if any noisier at all.

Why is our country turning into an oppressive state as far as automotive
laws go? It is a CRIMINAL ACT to exceed a arbitrary speed on any particular
road, same that rape, murder, theft, and other victim-oriented crimes are.
Who the hell cares if I do 120 on the interstate? Who cares if I go 36 on a
road arbitrarily forbidden above 35? So my exhaust is noisy? You don't like
it? Then lodge a complaint- it's not the law enforcement's job to decide
whose car is too noisy. Having a loud ass stereo isn't against the law- but
if someone complains, then the law should take action if the dispute between
the two parties cannot be resolved.

These ideas bother me to such a degree that I almost want to form an
organization against the government(s) to go against these issues. Others on
this list have suggested that the main reason for these laws is to generate
revenue for the local governments via tickets. Freaking TAX us more or
something, don't turn arbitrary ideas into criminal acts to make money and
piss the hell out of your citizens in the process.

These issues make me hotter than just about ANYTHING else...

Ben Davis
citizen of an oppresive government in terms of automobile laws