[BonzoHansen]

Based on growing up at the beach, where local cops have nothing to do, here is the big problem with no plates, bad inspection stickers, tint, lights out, etc. It is a reason to get you pulled over (what do they call it, probable cause?). If you have nothing to hide or whatever, then roll the dice. But if your goofy friend has something in his pocket that might not be legal, or you had ½ a beer at dinner, look out. You are sending out the welcome mat. And yes, your friend (or his friend who came along for the ride) the one with the 1/8th that you didn’t even know about, is the one that will screw you in a second, dumping it out on your floor or under the seat.

I never liked having conversations with the local boys, at least ones I didn’t initiate. So I learned to stop inviting them over. And I never liked stupid tickets that cost me money.

I’m rolling the dice with the 77, but I’m older, I have QQ plates, and I have a clean license, so I think I could talk my way out of a ticket. ‘Sorry sir, I am trying to find the right bracket – not easy to get for a 30 year old car’.

Just a thought.