[timestax]

1 piece of advise....The police officer does NOT, REPEAT NOT, have to show up.

[Fresh Wind]

Check out this website-know the enemy and where he lurks:

http://www.speedtrap.org/index.html

[Trajan88]

Speeding ticket = guilty until proven innocent.

People accused of being ax murders have more rights than those caught in speed traps. I know, I've experienced the wrath of small-minded town cops (Elm Mott, TX and Argyle, TX)... I was ticked in Spring of '85 and '89... both times I was heading home for summer break from college. I guess I was really looking forward to a home-cooked meal.

Trajan88

[429CJ]

Here in Tulsa the members of the FOP (only cops are members of the FOP) get round medal badges about the size of tennis balls that they bolt to their rear license plates on their personal cars.

Sometimes they do it in such a manner that it blocks one or two of the letters or numbers on the plate which is illegel.

But they don't care because it is obvious why they have the badges on their plates.

It is 'get out of jail free' card. It tells on duty cops that the driver is a fellow officer or family member.

It a minor form of abuse of their position but it stills bugs the hell out me.

[ntnychik]

Great tips! I've learned them the hard way. I'm still on higher insurance rates even though my license has been clean for two years. Over the Fourth of July holiday my husband was pulled over twice in his company rental car. The offense? Having a NY Statue of Liberty plate on his car. They changed plate designs and the Statue of Liberty is persona non grata as of mid-May. You can, however, pay to keep your plates, which he did. He got one ticket and he gets to tell it to the judge 7 hours away in the northern Adirondacks.

[Arpege92]

"Spend $3 to replace a burned-out license plate bulb and you may save hundreds of dollars later."


I know of police departments who throw out a ticket if a person agree's to fix a burned out license plate bulb within twenty four hours.