# Colonie is Steppin it up **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [May 18, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colonie-is-steppin-it-up/244213 "2009-05-18T11:05:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 164
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colonie-is-steppin-it-up/244213/164 "2009-05-20T06:32:39Z")
> [@Going to Florida: Needs Suggestion/ Feedback](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/going-to-florida-needs-suggestion-feedback/18332/11): > > we are in a recession, in a state that cant pass its budget, in a broke town(colonie), revenue will be collected by any means necessary, everyone knows that. so again, dont stand out. its easy. ive only been ticketed once in the last 8 years in NYS. and it was from doing something very much illegal. now in WA state, i was ticketed probably 10 times in 5 years for speeding. because cops are sneaky and the roads are windy. oh well. pay the fine and move on. They were bustin balls over stupid crap 5 years ago when I started driving. Back when the Economy was doing just dandy, compared to todays standards. > [@Seen this on the 990 yesterday.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seen-this-on-the-990-yesterday/18340/11): > > LOL yeah right. Even on Long Island, you can be driving 80mph in a 65mph with the rest of the traffic down there with blacked out windows and they won’t do a damn thing. Up here CPD gets a boner from that kind of stuff because they really do not have anything better to do. One of my Maxima forums is NYC based. They always get ticketed for stupid stuff like tint. I don’t know what you two are goin on about. As far as going 80 with everyone else, that is why I love the Garden State Parkway, the Henry Hudson Parkway, The Cross Island Parkway, and many others. lol. > [@Looking up zip codes, in a new funky way](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-up-zip-codes-in-a-new-funky-way/18350/3): > > Unless you pull the tint off it wont get thrown out…l Not true. My brother had his limo tint ticket thrown out because the judge didn’t feel like dealing with it (something so retarded). This was back in 2001. He has 15% tint on his windows. Still does and has only been bothered once or twice because he drives like my grandmother. **POINT OF THE MATTER IS: MANY TICKETS THEY HAND OUT ARE REVENUE BOOSTERS ONLY. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH SAFETY, ETC. EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY SO (do you think they would tell you the ticket is for revenue purposes? Yeah. Right.)** How many times am I going to have to say it? Yes, you got it. Pay it. But the reason why those tickets exist is to help the state/town make money. It’s 0 points as Bakerian said, so just pay it. If it was about safety, the FEDERAL goverment would require a certain % of light to pass through. The fact that states set that law, means it’s not about safety. I’m sure every Police Department would love to keep their cops as safe as possible, but when you have states like NY with 70% laws and states like FL with 28% laws, what gives? It’s obviously not about safety. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colonie-is-steppin-it-up/244213)._