We have too many cops.

[ryco]

Studies have shown that people without their front license plate in states that require it are typically also guilty of other crimes against humanity.
So the polce are doing a little "fishing" hoping you'll also be the guy with a dead body and 150 pounds of meth in your trunk while driving drunk in a stolen car with a kidnapped child in the backseat.
-Mike

Yeah, I was ticketing for this awhile back. New used truck and hadn't gotten around to putting on the front plate.

Tried to get out of it by telling cop it was my 25th wedding anniversary and we were heading out for a four day getaway. Nope.

First ticket in 13 years! Dang. Reduced to $50 - but still

I seem to remember ya didn't need a front plate. Must be a 9-11 thing

 

[Eric Perry]

Actually, I think it just meet the fate of nearly all good threads in OT. They get to the topic of beer eventually.

...As I'm going through massive DTs over here! lol

 

[BassyBill]

European beer yes, UK? No.

That's so funny on so many different levels, I don't know where to start.

Well done, Sir.

 

[mkrtu9]

man I enjoyed the last of this thread greatly.

 

[MatticusMania]

This thread made me thirsty. Think I'll go grab me a Stone Smoked Porter. Thats right, American beer (that any beer lover would actually enjoy).

 

[bassman314]

mmm... beer....

and er.. get a front plate

 

[MJ5150]

I'm really bummed out I didn't get any "LOL's" from my post. I tried really hard and thought about that one for a bit before I posted it. Maybe I tried too hard.

-Mike

 

[GrindYourMind]

Too many damn cops. Agreed. I saw a man cuffed, spread eagle and completely searched for...yep you guessed it J WALKING! not kidding. guy walked across the street, one cop pulled into the parking lot he walked into. Another cop pulls up within 5 minutes and they hassle the f*ck out of this man.

One of the most flagrant displays of pig feces I've ever seen.

 

[GrindYourMind]

This thread made me thirsty. Think I'll go grab me a Stone Smoked Porter. Thats right, American beer (that any beer lover would actually enjoy).

Their Chocolate Oatmeal Stoat is to die for. It's even better when you get it hot (cold) off the tap at the Stone Brewery. I live like 20 minutes away from it.

 

[Rattman]

Too many damn cops. Agreed. I saw a man cuffed, spread eagle and completely searched for...yep you guessed it J WALKING! not kidding. guy walked across the street, one cop pulled into the parking lot he walked into. Another cop pulls up within 5 minutes and they hassle the f*ck out of this man.

One of the most flagrant displays of pig feces I've ever seen.

That story is sickening to me. I sure hope that the budget crisis here in Calf will finally get this place to finally start laying off cops opposed to always hiring more.

 

[Joe Gress]

I'm really bummed out I didn't get any "LOL's" from my post. I tried really hard and thought about that one for a bit before I posted it. Maybe I tried too hard.

-Mike

What post? I'm to lazy to search.

 

[MJ5150]

What post? I'm to lazy to search.

Post #146 in this thread. It goes like this....

"Studies have shown that people without their front license plate in states that require it are typically also guilty of other crimes against humanity.

So the polce are doing a little "fishing" hoping you'll also be the guy with a dead body and 150 pounds of meth in your trunk while driving drunk in a stolen car with a kidnapped child in the backseat."

-Mike

 

[Joe Gress]

Ok, that was funny.

 

[BassyBill]

I'm really bummed out I didn't get any "LOL's" from my post. I tried really hard and thought about that one for a bit before I posted it. Maybe I tried too hard.

-Mike

I liked it, Mike.

 

[GregC]

That story is sickening to me. I sure hope that the budget crisis here in Calf will finally get this place to finally start laying off cops opposed to always hiring more.

What will that accomplish?

 

[machine gewehr]

Post

So the polce are doing a little "fishing" hoping you'll also be the guy with a dead body and 150 pounds of meth in your trunk while driving drunk in a stolen car with a kidnapped child in the backseat."

-Mike

 

[Unrepresented]

That story is sickening to me. I sure hope that the budget crisis here in Calf will finally get this place to finally start laying off cops opposed to always hiring more.

Yeah, we're laying off teachers instead, even though our schools are some of the worst in the nation.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Get the front plate attached and quit whining.

This.

Gotta love OT. 9 pages of illogical and sometimes heated back and forth where one simple sentence, offered on page 1, would solve the entire problem but was summarily rejected by the person whose "problem" it is. Home sweet home.

 

[Unrepresented]

This.

Gotta love OT. 9 pages of illogical and sometimes heated back and forth where one simple sentence, offered on page 1, would solve the entire problem but was summarily rejected by the person whose "problem" it is. Home sweet home.

The plate is due to get attached. I've got a ticket for it, I don't want it compounding and getting ugly. That was never really my point though.

My point is about law enforcement's increase in attention to minor infractions. I haven't actually been written up for a moving violation in years but I notice I've been pulled over a lot more for minor violations: license plate light burned out, "failure to signal," no front plate, etc.

Busting a high speed u-turn and throwing on the overheads to let me know I've got a headlight out is borderline silly, but at least I appreciate the public safety aspect of it. The front plate thing just seems like a prime example of excessive enforcement.

I'm glad all the eagle scouts in this thread appreciate the important role that cops are playing in protecting the world from the ravages of insufficient placarding. I still think it's chicken****.

 

[L-A]

Why not front plate photo-radars? No front plate, and it snaps a picture of your car's rear plate, sends in the bill, and no additional cop is needed. You still get your chicken**** ticket for doing something illegal, and the appropriate number of officers can focus on people more important than you.

I keed, I keed