Maybe try using term labs scores to compare the noise ordinance.
Ask the police officer how many decibels he thinks the system was, and ask what the noise ordinance is.
Did he check the system out?
Maybe put some entry level 12" in there to prove it can't even get that loud if you wanted. If you have multiple alts then anything short of removing them for a while means you would be pretty screwed.
And yeah, harleys are ******* annoying. Why don't they get more tickets to them. Clearly they are breaking the decibel limit. Some of those fuckers gun it right in front of my house when there is a stop sign up ahead. I don't get their logic.
But in all seriousness, you shouldn't be that loud on streets anyways. It's your fault. do the crime, do the time. (or pay the fine)
You can argue that you were on the freeway and didn't get a chance to turn it down. Depends where he stopped you. If you were stopped at the off ramp, then that's no good.
One time I was playing downtown oakley and a cop pulls up next to me and just tells me to turn it down. I got lucky. No serious bass so I wasn't really shaking anything I guess.
Other time I got pulled over for just my tweeters. guess they heard them far away. I had expired reg, so got a ticket for that. was my own dumb fault really. and I had just gone the day before and failed the test by a few questions, went a few days later and passed..
moral of the story is: don't bump when it's not needed. You don't need to go full tilt at a stop light. just turn it up enough to feel/hear...no need to go full tilt all the time
Look at jessi adkins...18 tickets...guy just doesn't learn