I spent quite a bit of time in VA having worked in the Cumberland Gap (driving back&forth to sNJ) and also in the eastern shore (down by the entry of the bridge-tunnel) back&forth as well ...what with all the talk about "jersey drivers" I must say I found MD and VA drivers to be less predictable and less aware of their surroundings than here...of course, that may be my familiarity with local stuff here, but one thing for sure, they drive faster and don't know what the turn signal is for and also have the habit of slow driving in the fast lane on highways ...not that we are in any way better, just MHO!!
-----Original Message----- From: phartz...@gmail.com [mailto:phartz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:31 AM Subject: Re: Computer gadgets in cars On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Jordan<jor17...@gmail.com> wrote: > Exactly! Mine does not block my view anymore than that sticker. The road can > not be seen through the part of the windshield it blocks. Actually, and I did not mention this previously so we must remain quiet about it, but in Virginia no unauthorized item or any sort may be legally affixed to any windshield. That includes privately issued parking stickers, AAA decals, GPS devices or radio receivers. Nothing. Even that inspection decal should not be affixed to the windshield by the inspector if its top edge is more than four inches above the point where the windshield meets the dash. Only certain commercial vehicles such as taxis and garbage trucks, yes garbage trucks, and authorized emergency vehicles are allowed to have any view out of the windshield blocked by any device or item, including any analog or digital electronic display apparatus. Manufacturer mounted rear view mirrors are allowed as they are DOT approved. At this point in time, no unauthorized device of any sort may be mounted to a windshield in the state of Virginia. With the growing popularity of various devices that so many drivers want to have on their windshields, it is only a matter of time before it comes to a head, as is happening with cell phone use. When that occurs, you can bet that police will seriously begin cracking down and ticketing drivers and inspection stations wil start to flunk any vehicle that enters the inspection bay with a device affixed to a windshield not in accordance with the law. Anecdotally, a friend of mine who was getting his annual safety inspection was told by the safety inspector that if he didn't remove his radio receiver from his windshield prior to the car being driven into the inspection bay he would be rejected. He removed it. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
