"Why the he'll did you pull me over?"
Posted Jun 3, 2018, 8:29 PM UTC
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Pfft........amature hour. To get a plate with a good sticker go to the junkyard and walk around the yard like your looking for a ride you can pull a starter/alternator out of. These are common wear and tear parts, yank the first plate you see with a good sticker and walk out like you couldn't find the part you need. Bounus, you can get all the parking tickets you want. Full disclosure, I would never do this I got the idea on Pinterest.
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They remove the plates from all of the junkyard cars before they are put in the yard.
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There's a salvage yard near me where every vehicle still has the plate on it. The moral of the story is don't ever sell/scrap your vehicle with plate still on it.
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I made that mistake last year - normally I take the plates off, but I just plum forgot.
I was donating my blown-engine pickup to NPR for the tax bene (ended up auctioning for $1k - so nice) - and I forgot to remove the plates.
I realized what I had done about a week or so later, so I frantically contacted NPR about this issue. Amazingly, I got my plates back. The truck had not yet gone to auction - it was still in the yard where they towed it, and they were able to recover my plates and mail them back to me.
...whew!
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As someone who collects license plates (yes, there are many of us out there) and has several salvage yards saving plates for me, please, continue to not remove your plates when you junk your vehicles. Thank You.
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In California the plates belong to the car, not the owner.
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In California vodka drink you. What's your point?
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Parking lot then
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Not only that but I'm pretty sure they'll just impound your car if the plate doesn't match
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If you are going to do that, make sure the vehicle you pull it from is the same year make and model that the vehicle you are going to put it on or you will have more problems to deal with than an expired tag.
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I had to do that (pulled the tag off another car we owned that was actually registered) when I was stuck in bureaucratic hell. Had a car I was trying to take off of non-op, but I had to get a smog check to do it. It had been parked for 3 years so the battery was obviously dead, and OBD2 monitors weren't ready. Had to drive the car illegally for a week to get it to pass.
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Here's a reason that idea won't work, if you were to actually find a plate in the junkyard with a still valid sticker, many states put the plate number on the sticker. Cops and plate scanners will pick that up pretty quick.
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The stickers that are maybe 1.5” x 1.5”? No camera is picking up anything but the year digits on that.
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I mean, why swap the whole plate just peel the sticker off and put it on yours
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The license plate scanners will pick it up as expired registration.
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I have a friend that has been driving with no plates for going on 3 years now. Im still amazed.
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Living somewhere that isn't an authoritarian shithole that automates law enforcement has its perks.
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those are a thing? wtf??
I should get my tags renewed xD
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Sticker is designed to self destruct if you try to peel it off of a plate.
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I may be stupid as hell but that's a tad unbelievable xD
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You've clearly never tried to fix a tab sticker that you accidentally let stick to the wrong spot on the plate.
The layers of the reflective tab sticker will come apart much easier than the adhesive on the back of the sticker will come off of the licence plate.
The stickers really are designed to self destruct if you attempt to peel them off.
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They usd to have pre cut areas that are designed to stay behind as you peel off the sticker. This is to prevent people from stealing the stickers. It dos not work that great because most people place the new sticker over the old and after a few years there is enough layers you can peal a lower layer off and retain the upper sticker intact.
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Not self-destruct as in explode, self-destruct as in the layers peel apart so it can't be reused. It's pretty common with stickers that are used as official seals on documents, medical samples, etc.
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There's a big reason why that won't work~ many states put the license plate number on the sticker, too. Cops will spot that pretty quick, as well as the plate scanners. That's been done for many years.
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Yeah someone else mentioned somthing similar. Tbh I was completely unaware of that.
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Do you and your shop mates like donuts? A quick call the the local police may end up with donuts at your shop when they get jackasses like this.
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This cunt is already stitched. Found $2,800 of baseball gloves in his trunk from local stores.
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Seems this person thinks GTA logic is real life, take it to the shop and the heat is gone!
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Yelp category wasn't clear enough when we said "paint", apparently. We're carpenters. Shit looked like Workaholics' Volvo when we got done. He paid, so all good.
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Don’t be a snitch /s
Edit: added the /s because Reddit is serious business.
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Bitch is a thief. No shame on me.
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No usually being a snitch can save lives
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In the circumstance of expired tags, I don't think many lives will be saved.
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Well it depend many murderers have been caught on traffic stops. Forgot who was caught for expired tags though.
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No, but there's an excellent chance somebody will be saved the aggravation of dealing with an accident with an uninsured motorist.
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What does it mean ? (european here).
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Expired yearly tag and the person tried to put it on marker
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And completely useless in the age of plate readers. Cops have plate readers on their cars that make a noise if the plate is expired or wanted. Putting that hand made sticker there is a bad idea. A misdemeanor ticket for expired tags went to a forgery charge.
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Some people are clueless. I'm sure they gave gotten away at least once with it that's they think it'll work
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Is it still forgery if it is obviously fake? I feel like forgery requires something to be at least somewhat believable. This is like trying to spend a dollar you made with a napkin and a green marker.
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Has to do with criminal intent or men’s rea. The courts don’t really care how skilled the fakery is
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Those are still a thing? My car had a tax sticker, but it was from 1996. During 1997 they switched to electronic systems and removed all yearly stickers.
Why would any country still use that sort of ancient system?
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They need reasons to pull people over. "Oh, I thought that blue tag was yellow and out of date. Computer must have messed it up. Get out of the car so I can break all of your shit and then leave sweaty gloves inside of it because I'm too fucking lazy to find a trash can."
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The US doesn't have widespread anpr, so they need a quick visual identification. If they pull you over for something else, they'll come up as expired when the police check, but this way you might be able to fool them for a few weeks.
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That's just the plate I'm sure the police can still check in the system, but on a quick glance it's just an easy work-around b
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In most up-to-date US jurisdictions, by the time the cop has stopped behind you, the plate data and related information is already pulled up. Cop cars have plate readers, it’s really household tech these days.
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Every year, in California, you have to register your vehicle. The cost is calculated by the value of the vehicle. Trucks also get a surcharge for their weight capacity. If you are late in paying, a late fee is added. Once you have paid your registration, you get a “tag” to place on your rear license plate. In California, the tag color changes every year so law enforcement can spot it easily. For 2019, the tags in California are blue. If you are driving a vehicle with an expired tag, you get fined, plus you have to pay your registration and late fees, and in some cases, your vehicle can be impounded.
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"Every year you have to register your vehicle. The cost is calculated by the value of the vehicle." Maybe in your state- doesn't work that way at all in mine. I even have lifetime plates on a few.
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I corrected my comment :)
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Instead of renewing their tag and getting a new sticker, they made a sticker out of painters tape.
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What color painter's tape is correct for this year's tags in Louisiana? Asking for a friend.
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He'll
He will
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They most certainly said it as applied. Couple rednecks
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Context (not American)
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In some states, your vehicle gets a yearly inspection to make sure that it's road-worthy. You get a card to keep in the vehicle and sticker with an expiration date to stick on your license plate so that it's visible. This person decided that tape and a sharpie is the way to go instead.
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Expanding on u/Fromthe802's comment, not all states require that the inspection sticker be mounted to the plate. In New York, the inspection sticker is affixed to the bottom left corner of the windshield.
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To be fair. Registration is a fucking joke.
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"Officer, I'm not driving, Im traveling freely as a citizen of this earth"
Hahahahaha. Sovereign morons
"I don't have to follow the rules because I didn't ask to be born!!!"
Oh look 14yo me
That's an excellent argument actually. If there's going to be a social contract it needs to be entered into voluntarily, without coercion. The fact we don't choose to be born has ethical implications that people like you don't seem to understand because you religiously violate them.
That hilarious.
I'd call 'em morons only in the sense that they think they can somehow go up against the State and win. Which of course doesn't usually end well...
That said, well over a decade or so ago I found out about this whole "sovereign citizen" thing, and it intrigued me enough to do my own research about it. I primarily focused on the two main issues you see crop up among the followers of the idea - income taxes and driver's licenses.
After a few months of research - looking at everything I could both online and off (mainly library research) - I came to the conclusion that - shockingly - they were correct.
Technically - both income taxes and driver's licenses do infringe upon US Constitutional protections - but you'll never get a court or a judge to agree on it.
I don't remember the specifics, but the income tax thing boiled down to basically an improper ratification by the States; something like Ohio or Michigan (or some other State) did not properly ratify things in time or something. It's right there in the public record and history, but it's one of those things that just got papered over and railroaded through - to hell with due process and people's rights and such.
The license thing is more "hand-wavy" - again basically the States asserting power where it wasn't an issue before:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement_under_United_States_law
...which also has fed into the whole "Free Speech Zones" thing - which really pisses me off. I can understand - to an extent - the idea - perhaps even need for - of a vehicular license. I cannot understand how a government can say with a straight face that political speech must be restricted to certain "zones", given the 1st Amendment.
Then again, look at where we are today. I am honestly beginning to believe that regardless of what happens later this year, that I am going to witness - in one way or another - the dissolution of our country. It may certain still be called the "USA" - but it certainly won't be anything like what I was taught about in school. Of course, that also assumes I survive whatever does happen, should it turn violent in some manner.
So again - while I don't subscribe to the whole "sovereign citizen" movement thing - for a couple of their issues I do see where they are coming from. I agree they are morons - they are attempting, in a less than fully-educated manner for most of 'em - to take on the State and "powers that be" (who - interestingly - are also poorly educated - it's a very weird feedback system); they can't and won't win, because the State has much bigger guns, and the powers of incarceration. It's a system that - even if they could convincingly create an air-tight argument - they still won't win. Because reasons ("and fuck you we're not gonna budge or give you our reasons" - sincerely, The State).
It's a lost cause - it was lost a long, long time ago - likely sometime prior to the Civil War if I had to guess. Heck, maybe the general knowledge never actually existed among the populace - that, coupled with poor or non-existent education, over generations - the blind leading the blind, the ignorant teaching the unlearned - whatever...
I don't see where Freedom of Movement suggests that it's OK to drive a car on public roads without a license or registration.
What I see is "go wherever you want" but not "operate a motor vehicle wherever you want". There are modes of transport that don't require a person to acquire a license or register the vehicle. A car is usually the most convenient, but driving a car doesn't appear to be a Constitutional Right.
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Your interpretation is the common one. You still have the right to travel, but you don't necessarily have to have the privilege of driving a car to do it. You can fly, you can take a bus, you can get a cab, you can ask a friend, and so on. You don't need a Class C endorsement to do any of those. You are still free to travel wherever you want.
You can just drive without a license though. They'll put you in jail for it, but that's also what they would do if they couldn't take away the license in the first place. Can't drive in jail even if you do have a license.
No, sovcits are not in any sense correct. Right to travel does not equal right to operate a motor vehicle on a public roadway. You're free to hop on a bus or walk your way across the whole country without being impeded by law enforcement.
I was honestly wondering the same thing myself. I kinda figured they were right in a sense however its never going to get you anywhere or work out in your favor because cops aren’t trained that way. Worst case you get arrested and charged for resisting arrest, when you could have just handed your license over. Thanks for typing this out.
As a German: this sounds familiar... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsb%C3%BCrgerbewegung
Still smarter than everyone commenting on r/news though.
r/amibeingdetained is a wonderful guilty pleasure.
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I want to laugh and punch somebody at the same time whenever I hear or see something that stupid.