BUSTED for no front plate.....in rural Texas
11-11-07, 02:04 AM
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I go tpulled over yesterday, for speeding, 73 in a 55. I thought ****, I got so much to write up a "fix it" for...
ANyway they guy did a walk around, even said you know you have to have a plate, told me I looked a litle dark... but then only wrote me up for the speeding and decided to make it 73 in a 65.
I was lucky.
ANyway they guy did a walk around, even said you know you have to have a plate, told me I looked a litle dark... but then only wrote me up for the speeding and decided to make it 73 in a 65.
I was lucky.
11-11-07, 02:22 AM
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I agree, the only time I'll pass a cop is if they are exiting the roadway or if they were going faster and they slowed down because they got stuck behind a slower vehicle. Some cops will pull you over for passing them, my GF got pulled over for doing that once. The cop yelled at her for a while then let her go.
11-11-07, 02:26 AM
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yup. cops just go on power trips. they need to be ahead of every one. so u just gota let them have their way. n odds are you can prob get out of alota tickets. like around where i live, theres this ridiculous 4 lane roads...with a 25mph speed limit. its pretty retarded, and its a hotspot for cops n they always give speeding tickets. theres a this one that drives a white convertible, that all of my friends always gets tickets from. but the one time i got pulled over i let him have his way, kept saying sorry n what not, and i got out of it 
. no tickets to date...woot!
. no tickets to date...woot!
11-11-07, 02:41 AM
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yup. cops just go on power trips. they need to be ahead of every one. so u just gota let them have their way. n odds are you can prob get out of alota tickets. like around where i live, theres this ridiculous 4 lane roads...with a 25mph speed limit. its pretty retarded, and its a hotspot for cops n they always give speeding tickets. theres a this one that drives a white convertible, that all of my friends always gets tickets from. but the one time i got pulled over i let him have his way, kept saying sorry n what not, and i got out of it . no tickets to date...woot!
. no tickets to date...woot!
Course it was a 7:30am comming back from the airport so driving at a unfamiliar 'time'... it was a good time to ask him about the pedestrian crosswalk laws, got a vague answer in return...
11-11-07, 09:28 AM
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Since installing the ft plate is non reversable, I won't install it and take the ticket if necessary. Its a non-moving violation in ticksass anyways. I make it pretty clear that I won't be installing the plate on there either so he has the option of giving me a ticket or simply not worrying about it. One of my supra friends goes home and installs the plates with suckers onto the windshield and takes a picture and goes to have a word with the judge. He's gotten everyone one of them dismissed that ways. I usually just extend the ticket till it gets dismissed or end up paying the $95 for it. I do make it hard for them to get my money but I alos look at it as a wash for how many time I should've been pulled over but didn't.
I think they do need to get a life if that is actually an offense. I'd be targetting the ones who cause traffic jambs by travelling slow in the passing lane.
I think they do need to get a life if that is actually an offense. I'd be targetting the ones who cause traffic jambs by travelling slow in the passing lane.
11-11-07, 09:44 AM
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pssh... i got a 59 in a 35, turning off the pali going towards nalo, cop was at the firehouse... i played it cool and he wrote me up for 59 in a 45. $127bucks... i couldnt even find the new kaneohe court house, i kept driving past city mill/nissan, been so long since i had a ticket... 1989... Course it was a 7:30am comming back from the airport so driving at a unfamiliar 'time'... it was a good time to ask him about the pedestrian crosswalk laws, got a vague answer in return...
Course it was a 7:30am comming back from the airport so driving at a unfamiliar 'time'... it was a good time to ask him about the pedestrian crosswalk laws, got a vague answer in return...
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11-11-07, 10:13 AM
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I agree, the only time I'll pass a cop is if they are exiting the roadway or if they were going faster and they slowed down because they got stuck behind a slower vehicle. Some cops will pull you over for passing them, my GF got pulled over for doing that once. The cop yelled at her for a while then let her go.
11-11-07, 10:25 AM
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We’ve been down this path before. Nobody here seems to understand that there is a reason why many States require front plates. It’s so law enforcement can better identify a bad guy coming toward them from the opposite direction. This is how they could spot bank robbers, child kidnappers or car thieves from opposing traffic when they already know the plate number. It’s not a cure all, but it’s an additional tool that can help in some situations.
To ignore this just so your car can look more “cool” it a bit short-sighted in my view. Besides breaking the law, it shows a self-centered attitude that is not very flattering.
Furthermore, and perhaps even more important, to put yourself in a position of being pulled over for something as minor as this, where they can then find other, more serious things, like no seat belt on, no current insurance or registration papers, illegal mods or having had one too many beers at that party you’re coming from, is, frankly, foolish. You could be telling a story later of how you ended up in jail for two days and got your driver’s license suspended for a year because you had no front plate!
To ignore this just so your car can look more “cool” it a bit short-sighted in my view. Besides breaking the law, it shows a self-centered attitude that is not very flattering.
Furthermore, and perhaps even more important, to put yourself in a position of being pulled over for something as minor as this, where they can then find other, more serious things, like no seat belt on, no current insurance or registration papers, illegal mods or having had one too many beers at that party you’re coming from, is, frankly, foolish. You could be telling a story later of how you ended up in jail for two days and got your driver’s license suspended for a year because you had no front plate!
11-11-07, 10:40 AM
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11-11-07, 02:40 PM
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I couldn't agree more.
Yep, it sort of reminds me of the "aesthete" who want to defeat the DRL system in the name of not wasting energy.
Some people seem to have a nearly limitless capacity to justify their own foolishness.
Some people seem to have a nearly limitless capacity to justify their own foolishness.
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11-11-07, 10:57 PM
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It is quite common here for owners to ignore the front plate requirement in those states that require both plates, for 'aesthetic' reasons. My IS has both plates. But I was driving my WRX today from Austin after my wife and I went to the 'Taste of Lexus' event in Austin this morning (very well run, I might add). I was driving on US 290 about 10 miles from Johnson City, in the middle of absolute nowhere, when a Blanco County sherriff pulls out in front of me. I check my speed (70 mph, the speed limit) and notice the trooper is moving slow in front of me. Anyway, I pass him and and he immediately turns his lights on and pulls me over. He cites me for NO FRONT PLATES on my WRX! I had previously had the WRX in Nova Scotia, Canada for 2 1/2 years and they don't require a front plate, and when I brought the car back to TX in August 2006 I didn't reinstall the front plate as required in Texas. OK, call me lazy, but he had me. He just gave me a warning, but just remember, it is a crapshoot as to whether you get pulled over. And once they pull you over it is open season to check, a) driver's license, b) insurance, c) registration, d) booze, or e) anything else that looks 'suspicious' to them. I wasn't hiding anything, but who needs the hassle of getting pulled over and having them run your details through the state's DMV and having them do a virtual 'proctology' exam on your current situation? I DON'T! So on went the front plate this evening.
Everyone can do what they want, of course, but I don't like getting pulled over by the popo's. Sometimes it is easier to just be a good scout and play by the rules.
Everyone can do what they want, of course, but I don't like getting pulled over by the popo's. Sometimes it is easier to just be a good scout and play by the rules.
town I got stopped in my honda accord for not having front plates. the cops also decided to search the car, even though i said no to a search, and happened to find some some weed and paraphernalia in the trunk. my friend and i both went to jail and it was all for not having a front license plate, in the end the case got dismissed for an illegal search and seizure but still it was a hassle. now i drive my lexus too and from texas tech and I still don't have a license plate, but so far i've passed like 10 cops in the past few months and they havent done anything.
11-12-07, 12:25 AM
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11-12-07, 05:16 AM
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Kind of a quandry, isn't it. Don't pass him, and he looks in his rear view and sees you have not front plate. Pass him, and who knows?