Does anyone know if I can get a ticket in NC for a missing sideview mirror on the passenger side? Due to being broke and time constraints, I can't get it fixed immediately. Any suggestions?

thanks!

2/26/2009 5:58:27 PM

let me clarify...the sideview mirror isn't "missing." it is detached because i hit a mailbox. it is not broken, just detached, and is awaiting reattachment...i have all the pieces...

2/26/2009 5:59:18 PM

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"19A NCAC 03D .0540 MIRRORS 1. Mirrors shall not be approved if: (a) Loosely mounted. (b) Forward vision of the device is obstructed by mirror assembly. (c) They do not provide a clear view of the highway to the rear. (d) Cracked, broken, have sharp edges or cannot be cleaned such that rear vision is not obscured. (e) They are very difficult to adjust or they will not maintain a set adjustment. (f) Bus, truck or truck-tractor with a GVWR of 10,001 pounds or more is not equipped with a rear view mirror on each side. (g) Vehicles manufactured, assembled, or first sold after January 1, 1966 are not equipped with outside rear view mirrors on the driver’s side. (h) All vehicles must have driver side outside mirror and inside rear view mirror with the exception of a truck. A truck must have both driver and passenger outside mirrors or driver side and rear inside mirror. History Note: Authority G.S. 20-2; 20-39; 20-183.3(8); Eff. October 1, 1994."

If it's a truck, yes. If it's a car, you don't even have to replace it(though I use mine all the time).

If you're a female, will get you out of a ticket anyway.

[Edited on February 26, 2009 at 6:13 PM. Reason : .]

2/26/2009 6:09:57 PM

Thank you. I don't know where you found that so quick because I've been looking all day with no luck. I take this to mean that I don't HAVE to have a passenger side view mirror. But this lets me know that if I get it fixed it better have adjustability, which unforunately on my 97 Honda Accord if electronic so I guess I"ll have to get it rewired...

2/26/2009 6:12:28 PM

but if the car came with it from the factory, its got to have it to pass inspection

2/26/2009 6:30:13 PM

my car has no passenger side mirror from the factory.

this isnt an answer to your question though!

2/26/2009 6:45:24 PM

Not entirely true about the factory requirement. If it has the base, then the whole mirror has to be there. If you do a mirror delete on the passenger side so there is no mounting provision, then you are also ok.

2/26/2009 6:57:51 PM

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"if the car came with it from the factory, its got to have it to pass inspection"

Pimply faced jiffy lube techs have told me this my entire life, but the only thing even remotely like this statement that I find in the inspectors manual is:

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"a) All original equipped rear lamps or the equivalent are not in working order."

2/26/2009 7:31:43 PM

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"Pimply faced jiffy lube techs have told me this my entire life, but the only thing even remotely like this statement that I find in the inspectors manual is:"

its easier for stupid people

2/26/2009 9:09:13 PM

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"But this lets me know that if I get it fixed it better have adjustability, which unforunately on my 97 Honda Accord if electronic so I guess I"ll have to get it rewired..."

(Assuming you reattach it...) Do they really check that the adjustment works? And even if they do, would they fail you for the adjustment no longer working for the passenger side mirror? I can't say for sure, but that seems like something they'd be likely to let slide unless their boss is looking over their shoulder, or you're a dick about it...

2/26/2009 11:52:06 PM

I've never have one check it.

I've also only had like two inspections since 2002

2/27/2009 9:15:21 AM