| Title: | Conference for Non-Harley Motorcycles |
| Notice: | For Sale in 2 and 3, Wanted in 9 |
| Moderator: | JAMIN::WASSER |
| Created: | Thu May 07 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1374 |
| Total number of notes: | 16669 |
I ride my bike to work year around. I just had the strangest thing
happen to me today.
I got stoped on I290, for having a "dirty plate." Now this weekend was
in the 60's in Conn, so I just washed my bike. There is a lot of sand
on the roadsways and I travel about 100 miles a day, so my plate was
"dirty", but nomore than any of the cars on the highway.
Now the troopers first question was "Did I have and firarm or knifes
for my presonal protection?" I said "What?" He asked for license,
registration, and insurance card. I kepp me on the side of the road for
20 to 40 min. He wrote me a warning for "Plate dislay" 90/6.
Now I am an old fart, I am sure half of my kids are older than the
trooper, so I have not been pulled over in at least 15 years.
Is there something going on? Are their looking for biker carring guns?
Or is Tpr. S.F. Bunker just a cleanness nut. Why did it take so long
tocheck me out?
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| 1365.1 | ABACUS::MCCLELLAN_W | Wed Feb 26 1997 15:01 | 7 | ||
Sounds like Tpr. Bunker has been watching too many Grade B biker
movies.
As for the license plate write up, sounds like a hassle. If they wrote
up cars for "dirty" license plates, they'd be awfully busy...
-Bill
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| 1365.2 | Heavens.. dirty plates? | HIDEOA::GABRIELI | Mon Jun 02 1997 14:30 | 9 | |
Speaking of license plates, I can't tell you how many times I've seen
Mass car plates that are so faded as to make the numbers barely
legible. I keep asking myself why doesn't a cop notice *these* and
confiscate them/require fresh plates to be reissued. The cons' must be
thinning the paint or something when they're making the plates....! In
your case, I'd say that Tropper X must have wanted to stretch his legs.
Rick
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| 1365.3 | CLEAN Plates=Your Job, Bad Plates = State's | BRAT::J_GALLAGHER | Wed Jun 04 1997 14:48 | 43 | |
Yep; you're being paranoid. You CARE, but the State DOESN'T.
Point 1:
CLEANLINESS is your responsibility, but the "QUALITY" of the finish
materials on the plate is NOT.
Point 2:
The plates are STATE PROPERTY and the State has basically shot itself
in the foot in the name of greed, (aka higher profits).
Instead of the original practice of issuing everyone fresh plates
periodically, they now give you a couple of weenie stickers and a
printed piece of toilet paper every year for the same amount of
fees/taxes.
Because they discontinued the practice of periodically issuing you
new plates, the State has taken a calculated risk and can't hold you
responsible for their durability.
If YOU care enough about appearances to WANT a new set, THEY are
obliged to exchange them, for a modest fee, of course.
If, on the other hand, an officer stops you and tells you to do
something about your clean but otherwise illegible plate, that
constitutes the State telling you that THEIR property is in bad
condition and must be replaced...
In that case, the STATE is formally establishing their own liability
to replace it...something they're not going to make a habit of doing
because it reverses the PROFITABILITY of not issuing you new ones
periodically.
All these picky issues have been through the courts BIG TIME, and I'm
sure the STATE has lost on the point of law and issue of responsibility
often enough that they avoid the court expenses and hassles on purpose.
That do it for ya?
Regards,
John
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