[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Originally Posted by 97camaro

So yesterday I was headed back to school via rt 80 around 1pm. I was going along pretty much the speed limit (65ish) with like 1 or 2 other cars. NJSP came speeding up on my left and slowed down just ahead of me. I knew he was going to pull me over, I forgot to put my license plate up by accident (show-n-go).

Pulls behind me and I get over ... To avoid ball-busting I quickly ripped my radar off the windshield (above rearview mirror) and the mount and stuck the wire in the headliner out of view and put the radar w/ mount in the center console. Also note my radar never went off between him passing me and me pulling to the side. As far as you could tell no radar was present.

So he asked my what he pulled me over for and I said I don't believe speeding. He said your license plate is missing up front, I said it probably is down and explained nicely what it is and how it works. He asked if it was controlled from inside and I said no. He said nothing more and walked back to his car.

30 mins later he comes back and hands me a written warning for the license plate. Ok, I understand mistakes happen and I screwed up. What I don't understand is:

A) How he knew I had a radar if he couldn't see it (I know he can detect them, but as far as where it was located unless he can see that well from a distance how could he see it on the windshield?)

B) How he can tell me he pulled me over for a missing license plate, and come back with a ticket for 'obstruction of view' without even telling me that ...

NJSP is scum to me as is the state of NJ. Obviously they are dieing for money. There are far more important things to control like actual speeders. I KNOW he profiled me out based on young driver, black Z28 camaro, and girl friend in passenger seat. No question.

Is there anything I can do? Or am I screwed with the $54 fine ...

I asked the cop how much the ticket was and he said $45 ? Maybe he is dyslexic?

You didn't say he mentioned about the radar detector, but I assume after reading your whole post that he claimed you had a radar detector and said it was an obstruction of view?

not sure about part B.