bka0721 wrote:
joeshmoe wrote:
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?
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 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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Meh. Not worried about it. Enough with the fear and worry tactics AND making things up. I never suggested that I would ignore a cop rollin' code behind me.
Also, you saying it's "all good". That's BS. You can be stopped for next to nothing or for any obvious thing nowadays and you know it. Money's tight, you know. Gotta keep those pensions flowing. Anyway, there's lots of exaggeration on the part of LE today. And no, it not the job to "protect" other drivers. The job is to enforce the law. That's it.
If my safety and protection were the sole job of LEO's on the road, there'd be a cop EVERYWHERE and would actually stop people from unsafe driving conditions, not for minor license plate violations. But that's not realistic nor possible. So really, it's a matter of ENFORCEMENT and protection of officers lives, not the publics. Unfortunately, that's the line of bullcr*ap that you're told early on to convey to the public. "Oh, we're concerned for your safety and protection". Yeah right. What a bunch of rot. If that were true, conceal carry would be available to every competent citizen.
At any rate, the man asked a simple question: To move or not to move the plate. Nobody answers to anyone here, but only to get opinions. Were not talking about operating under the influence, neither about driving recklessly or any thing else. Just the plate. You've turned it into a bunch of what if's.. "The driver could be this or, could be that". You've pretty much suggested: "If you're committing an infraction, better watch your back". Really? Over a license plate position. Geezus.
