Front number plates in the US?
11-18-2003, 11:18 PM
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In Texas not only are you required to have a fount plate, but if ANY of the plate is covered by a frame, like say the top lettering of the "Texas" printed on the very top edge of the plate, it's eighter a 100 dollar, or 200 dollar ticket, I forget which.
Enforcement is spotty, usualy only if you get pulled over for something else and are not nice to the cop. That or the town he works for is in a budget crunch.
Thanks go out to the Texas Congress for a another half read stupid a$$ law...
Enforcement is spotty, usualy only if you get pulled over for something else and are not nice to the cop. That or the town he works for is in a budget crunch.
Thanks go out to the Texas Congress for a another half read stupid a$$ law...
11-19-2003, 11:22 AM
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The state of Ohio requires front license plates on all vehicles except for sportscars. I have not had any problems yet with my novelty german plate on my 928 yet. (Crossing fingers)
11-19-2003, 12:28 PM
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ok adam, if you insist :)
front plates are req'd here in WA, but i run without on both cars, always have.
i got pulled over a couple years ago in the jetta for no front plate. i did not put the plate back on, just checked "guilty" on the ticket and paid the $85. no judge involved.
about 3 months later the same cop pulls me over again for the missing plate:
um, didn't i give you a ticket for the missing front plate a few months ago?
yes.
and it's still not on the car?
no.
what about the ticket.
i paid it.
you paid it? what do you mean you paid it? what about the plate?
i'm not putting it on the car. you can go ahead and write me another ticket and i'll pay it too, but i'm still not putting the plate on the car.
(his jaw dropping a bit) you what?
he stood there thinking about it for a bit and decided it wasn't worth his time. gave my license back and told me to go away.
was it something like that the first time adam? memory fading...
i got pulled over a couple years ago in the jetta for no front plate. i did not put the plate back on, just checked "guilty" on the ticket and paid the $85. no judge involved.
about 3 months later the same cop pulls me over again for the missing plate:
um, didn't i give you a ticket for the missing front plate a few months ago?
yes.
and it's still not on the car?
no.
what about the ticket.
i paid it.
you paid it? what do you mean you paid it? what about the plate?
i'm not putting it on the car. you can go ahead and write me another ticket and i'll pay it too, but i'm still not putting the plate on the car.
(his jaw dropping a bit) you what?
he stood there thinking about it for a bit and decided it wasn't worth his time. gave my license back and told me to go away.was it something like that the first time adam? memory fading...
11-19-2003, 12:36 PM
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Wow David, you got lucky.
If the cop was me, I'd write you a ticket for the plate
Then I'd starting going through your car, looking for anything at all to write a ticket for. At the very least I'll find something else wrong. I'll even write tickets for questional items like window tint. And I'd be slow about it. Makeing sure to get everything down exactly right, and double checking everything. Wasteing as much time as I can. If you pulled away with a bit too much throtal, and make a bit of noice, I pull you over again and write you a ticket for the noise, or what ever they call exibition acceleration now.
From there, the next time I see you on the road, if your slightly over the speed limit, ticket time, plus anything else I can find.
I guess I'd be a mean cop.
If the cop was me, I'd write you a ticket for the plate
Then I'd starting going through your car, looking for anything at all to write a ticket for. At the very least I'll find something else wrong. I'll even write tickets for questional items like window tint. And I'd be slow about it. Makeing sure to get everything down exactly right, and double checking everything. Wasteing as much time as I can. If you pulled away with a bit too much throtal, and make a bit of noice, I pull you over again and write you a ticket for the noise, or what ever they call exibition acceleration now.
From there, the next time I see you on the road, if your slightly over the speed limit, ticket time, plus anything else I can find.
I guess I'd be a mean cop.
11-19-2003, 12:37 PM
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dave wrote:
Ah man...., you totally left out the part where the officer got so frustrated that he passed out, and you took his cruiser for a joy ride, and then he had to explain to his Sargeant why he got 14 photo tickets in one 45 minute period.
Actually you nailed it perfect Dave. I wish I could have been there to see the exchange. Were you wearing an AC/DC shirt that day? Maybe Metallica? That would have been great!
was it something like that the first time adam? memory fading...
Ah man...., you totally left out the part where the officer got so frustrated that he passed out, and you took his cruiser for a joy ride, and then he had to explain to his Sargeant why he got 14 photo tickets in one 45 minute period.
Actually you nailed it perfect Dave. I wish I could have been there to see the exchange. Were you wearing an AC/DC shirt that day? Maybe Metallica? That would have been great!
11-19-2003, 02:45 PM
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ViribusUnits, that reminds me of a story when a cop pulled me over on a breakfast run years ago...
I was on my ZX7 track bike, slicks, no lights, no turn signals, no number plate, the whole shebang. Woke up one sunday morning with the urge to go rattle cages amongst the `breakfast runners`. Got boxed in when slowing down for a 4-way stop and had no option but pull over when a cop jumped out.
Normally on superbikes we don't stop when a cop tries to pull us over. (yes, you can still do that in my neck of the woods) and on sundays there are so many bikes around they don't even bother to give chase.
Anyway, i pulled over and this cop walked around my bike calling out everything illegal. - He finally turned, looked at me, took his cap off, threw it on the ground and yelled at me "you make a ****ing mockery of everything i stand for...!"
I replied, "so what? - i'm naughty, i'm not robbing banks or shooting people etc, so just gimme the stupid ticket and get it over with". By then he was going red in the face with anger. Just my luck a taxi going the other way had a tire blowout, slided off the road and landed in a ditch. All the cops ran towards the taxi so i just upped and left. ha-ha.
btw - you know why traffic cops keep pulling people over? - They're looking for their parents.
I was on my ZX7 track bike, slicks, no lights, no turn signals, no number plate, the whole shebang. Woke up one sunday morning with the urge to go rattle cages amongst the `breakfast runners`. Got boxed in when slowing down for a 4-way stop and had no option but pull over when a cop jumped out.
Normally on superbikes we don't stop when a cop tries to pull us over. (yes, you can still do that in my neck of the woods) and on sundays there are so many bikes around they don't even bother to give chase.
Anyway, i pulled over and this cop walked around my bike calling out everything illegal. - He finally turned, looked at me, took his cap off, threw it on the ground and yelled at me "you make a ****ing mockery of everything i stand for...!"
I replied, "so what? - i'm naughty, i'm not robbing banks or shooting people etc, so just gimme the stupid ticket and get it over with". By then he was going red in the face with anger. Just my luck a taxi going the other way had a tire blowout, slided off the road and landed in a ditch. All the cops ran towards the taxi so i just upped and left. ha-ha.
btw - you know why traffic cops keep pulling people over? - They're looking for their parents.