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ar0ck · 04-17-2006, 10:40 PM

By a good fair lawn cop! Cudo's to him

I was casually driving down rt. 208 from work at about 11pm and a NJ Transit bus cut across three lanes kinda cutting me off. I was only doing about 55-60. On my right comming onto the highway was a local Fair Lawn cruiser, he emedietly came right up my butt, I pulled over to the right lane slowed down even more & closed my cut-out. As soon as I closed it he pulled me over!

Came up to the window (I rolled them all down) and he asked for the usual, handed it over nicely. He takes a peak up & down my car and says "This is a real nice car, Id hate to see you loose it... Are your windows tinted?" I didnt lie and said yes, and he goes "you know you could get in trouble with that right?" I obviously answered yes not playing dumb. He simply says, well my wife is from hawthorne, I can't give you a ticket, but defenitly get rid of the lisence plate frame on the back!" I was kinda stunned because he didn't even go back to his car he was just handing me my paper work back and said, "have a nice night, drive safely" I obviously was ****ting my pants at that moment!

So +1 to the Fair Lawn PD!
& 1st pull over for the tint.

GP99GT · 04-17-2006, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by TransAm4Life

Came up to the window (I rolled them all down)

really? you rolled all 2 of them down?

Brando56894 · 04-17-2006, 10:56 PM

what was the deal about the liscence plate frame? nj cops are so wierd...

Tsar · 04-17-2006, 11:01 PM

yea what about the lisence plate? wtf?

Savage_Messiah · 04-17-2006, 11:07 PM

He was saying the frame is ugly. He was a cool cop. You two have thick skulls. Not all cops are dicks. Hence why he didnt run Alex's info or even mention the cutout.

Alex - nice one!!!

NP_00'T/A · 04-18-2006, 02:07 AM

Actually a liscene plate frame is technically illegal .....

BobonaStick · 04-18-2006, 02:30 AM

Any license plate frame that covers any part of the word New Jersey or Garden State is considered illegal... stupid rules

LS1Hawk · 04-18-2006, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by BobonaStick

Any license plate frame that covers any part of the word New Jersey or Garden State is considered illegal... stupid rules

Yet again, another gay license plate law brought to you by New Jersey!

Tru2Chevy · 04-18-2006, 08:25 AM

Alex - It's Kudos, not Cudos.

I got pulled over for a license plate frame once. After I got the warning, I grabbed my tool kit and sat down behind the car to take it off. The cop rolled by and called out the window, "You don't have to take that off!" I was like, "Didn't you just pull me over and tell me that it was illegal?" He had this somewhat stupid look on his face and then just drove away.

- Justin

camaro2you · 04-18-2006, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy

Alex - It's Kudos, not Cudos.

I got pulled over for a license plate frame once. After I got the warning, I grabbed my tool kit and sat down behind the car to take it off. The cop rolled by and called out the window, "You don't have to take that off!" I was like, "Didn't you just pull me over and tell me that it was illegal?" He had this somewhat stupid look on his face and then just drove away.

- Justin

lmao makes u wounder.

JL8Jeff · 04-18-2006, 02:19 PM

Yup, license plate frame, window tint, no front license plate, cut-out, no cat(s), obnoxiously loud exhaust - are all good reasons to get pulled over and a possible ticket. Yet, people try to break as many of those laws as possible and want to blame it on the cop. Go figure!

I just wish they would pull more people over for talking on the cell phone, using a Blackberry or laptop. Those are the people creating the dangerous driving environment. I think 50% of the cars I pass each day has someone talking on the phone while driving. So much for that law.

WayFast84 · 04-18-2006, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff

Yup, license plate frame, window tint, no front license plate, cut-out, no cat(s), obnoxiously loud exhaust - are all good reasons to get pulled over and a possible ticket. Yet, people try to break as many of those laws as possible and want to blame it on the cop. Go figure!

I just wish they would pull more people over for talking on the cell phone, using a Blackberry or laptop. Those are the people creating the dangerous driving environment. I think 50% of the cars I pass each day has someone talking on the phone while driving. So much for that law.

word. I agree 100% cops should stop hackling for stupid reasons like liscence plates. and focus more on cell phones,seatbelts and other tickets that could save lifes.

Brando56894 · 04-18-2006, 03:45 PM

and thats pretty funny justin... a cop gave my dad **** for having one of those clear plastic covers on his truck, i think the thing about frames is stupid...

Tsar · 04-18-2006, 03:47 PM

mini hijack, maybe some one knows
i always wondered why is wearing a seat belt a law, i mean its my life. when i dont wear one im only increasing my chances of not making thru an accident so wtf? old cars dont even have the damn things. seat belts are the suxors...

enRo · 04-18-2006, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsar

i always wondered why is wearing a seat belt a law, i mean its my life.

Cuz... if you are involved in a head on not wearing your seatbelt, and the other driver is, and you go through the windshield, you might just end up going through yet another windshield onto the other driver's lap

ShitOnWheels · 04-18-2006, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff

Yup, license plate frame, window tint, no front license plate, cut-out, no cat(s), obnoxiously loud exhaust - are all good reasons to get pulled over and a possible ticket. Yet, people try to break as many of those laws as possible and want to blame it on the cop. Go figure!

I just wish they would pull more people over for talking on the cell phone, using a Blackberry or laptop. Those are the people creating the dangerous driving environment. I think 50% of the cars I pass each day has someone talking on the phone while driving. So much for that law.

Well, techincally cell phone use is still a secondary offense. They are trying to rewrite the law (or istitute a new one) that makes it a primary. I haven't heard if it's gone through the state assembly and all yet.

Tsar · 04-18-2006, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BigDaddyKane

Cuz... if you are involved in a head on not wearing your seatbelt, and the other driver is, and you go through the windshield, you might just end up going through yet another windshield onto the other driver's lap

funny, but i doubt its the real reason

Savage_Messiah · 04-18-2006, 05:11 PM

Tsar: the government doesn't think the masses are intelligent enough to make their own decisions concerning safety so they try to control it.

Genie: I had heard in the summer that it was made primary... maybe that person was just an idiot tho

ar0ck · 04-18-2006, 06:20 PM

Well things I could have been ticketed for:
-Lisence Plate Frame
-Window Tint
-No Front Lisence Plate
-Tail Light Black-outs
-Open Cut-out (noise)

Im glad to have a clean driving record, I wasn't really doing anything wrong I figure it was more of a check up or an excuse to look at my car

ShitOnWheels · 04-18-2006, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Savage_Messiah

Tsar: the government doesn't think the masses are intelligent enough to make their own decisions concerning safety so they try to control it.

Genie: I had heard in the summer that it was made primary... maybe that person was just an idiot tho

I remember someone asking here about it a couple of months ago, and about a week or two after the discussion, I heard the news on the radio state state legislators were trying to write a new law to make it a primary.

NJSPEEDER · 04-18-2006, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by LS1Hawk

Yet again, another gay license plate law brought to you by New Jersey!

actually it is federal law that makes it so that covering any portion of the lettering on a license plate is illegal.

oh one ls1 SS · 04-18-2006, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by WayFast84

word. I agree 100% cops should stop hackling for stupid reasons like liscence plates. and focus more on cell phones,seatbelts and other tickets that could save lifes.

cell phone, seatbelts, and other tickets are illeagle just like license plate violations are..

i have tint, LT headers, no front plate, blackouts on taillights, smoked cover on back plate, cutout (most of the time open) and im sure theres more stuff...i knows its illeagle and if i get pulled over for it.. its MY fault.. and i dont think its cuz the cops picking on me

Tsar · 04-18-2006, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER

actually it is federal law that makes it so that covering any portion of the lettering on a license plate is illegal.

so are you saying dealerships brake the law all the time?

sweet!

p.s. im pretty sure our plate frame covers part of both

IROCZBeast · 04-19-2006, 06:02 PM

So I geuss I should take that smoked license plate cover off my rear license plate then eh?

BobonaStick · 04-21-2006, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by IROCZBeast

So I geuss I should take that smoked license plate cover off my rear license plate then eh?

Ehh... sometimes that could be your saving grace... I had one on my Beretta... of course i was speeding, but i got a ticket for the cover instead of the speeding... so it could go either way