license plate
How many remove their plate from the truck and install it on the camper. I have always just left mine on the truck, never any issues. I found a hitch hauler cheap and plan on using as a deck step ex...
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joeshmoe wrote:Some miss the point. It is really easy to check a vehicle, driver and rear plate when an officer drives by you, the opposite way. It is even no secret to an officer that someone is pulling a trailer/boat (it is on the back of a vehicle, duh). Some officers are very adept in doing this and can determine if there is a different numbered plate on the front of a vehicle, than the back. As well as if someone has switched drivers by the time the officer turns around, drives back and pulls a vehicle over.
I should mention my plate isn't blocked by the camper. But it stays on the truck. Can't see it with the boat or trailer hitched up anyway. What's the difference?
I might have written 2 citations in my career for an obstructed plate. I am more interested in the facts found by pulling someone over, like I have mentioned earlier. Lots of DUI drivers heading home from the lake . . . thus the comment of one does not need to draw attention to oneself. A police officers methods are to protect other drivers from those that have no business being on the road driving, where your family is or mine. Tools in the tool belt.
The largest majority of vehicle operators have nothing to be worried about and the Supreme Court has ruled that a citizen operating a motor vehicle is subject to a reasonable stop. A plate violation is a very good Probable Cause, no matter how unreasonable and trivial one might consider it. Just keep driving and don't worry about the policeman behind you with the emergency lights flashing, if you are in the latter camp. Its all good!
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