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What is the fender law in CT? got stopped

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BlacXJeep:
Ok so on my way back from getting my new axle, this state trooper today was stalking me all the way from exit 97 to evit 92 on 395. He was eyeballing the hell out of my rig and purposely trying to intimidate me. It was really pissing me off! I was minding my own damn buisness, and following the speed limit and this guy was just relentless. So I tried to stay behind him. But he basically bullied me into the fast lane and then pulled me over for hanging out in the left lane. What a punk! So then he starts giving me crap about my tires sticking out and saying that he could have pulled me over back at ex. 97. so I asked him point blank, "why are you stalking me like that first of all, and second of all if you could have stopped me back there, why didn't you?," "why did you wait for me to do something to pull me over for." All he said was, "stalking you, NO," giving you a break, YES," and walked away. I'm usually very polite to any officer who stops me, but this dude made me really angry. So someone please tell me, what the hell is the law concerning how far the tires can stick out from the flares?

kirksjeep:
By the law the tires can not stick out past the fender/ fliar at all.  I have never heard of anyone getting a ticket for tires sticking out, but I have heard of people getting warnings.  It only takes one cop to have a bad day to get a ticket and it would be one of the ones that require a complete vehicle inspection. 

BlacXJeep:
This guy was a dick. But in the end he let me go. You know I tried to look up the statutes, and there was nothing in there about fender flares. The only thing I could find is the 30 inch bumper and no more than four inches of lift. There is one vehicle safety section that is repealed. so as Far as I'm concerened there is nothing that states that your tires can't stick out. I have a CT state trooper in my Unit, I will ask her if she can find anything that says otherwise. This really erked me all afternoon, So I slapped my rear flares back on and they cover everything. the fronts stick out about an inch and a half to two inches, but at least this way it wont look so conspicuous.

kirksjeep:
All the info I know about this comes from NE Jeep and CT Jeep.  I think there might be some stuff on Jeep Forum too.

calvynandhobbs:
If you were driving without any flares on your XJ at all it will stick out like a sore thumb. I think as long as you keep flares of some sort on your XJ you won't have a problem at all. My tires stuck out by about 2" on my XJ, but I always kept the flares on and never had a problem except having a couple Groton officers do a uturn behind me because I didn't have a license plate on the front. As soon as they see the Michigan plate they just peel off and go back to what they were doing.

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