you know I have to agree with hedetrimmer on this one. That law seems a bit,,, power wanting. I mean when you think about it, the reason they probably have that law is because they need to be able to identify you when driving down the road, so they can do stuff like check to see if it's stolen bike, or report you when you are running from them, or to just mail you a ticket when they see you break a law and can't chase you down
.. really it's something I would have a hard time classifying as a "fix it ticket" because those types of tickets came from being pulled over for a faulty head light or motor that smokes too much,, or some other problem with your vehicle that may actually cause it to operate in an unsafe manner,, IE it may cause you to be a problem to OTHER motorists, and the ticket helps protect people from unsafe vehicles.
That law seems to have been written purely for the sake of the law enforcement. So they are giving a guy a ticket for not having his papers in order.. set up a road block and you have a police state.. and that's just an abuse of power if you ask me.
Police should be there to help you when you need it and to keep real problem causers at bay. not to persecute the average joe for ,, having his plate at too acute an angle.
Also, Tickets are not why I tend to mistrust the police. Actually I reserve judgment until I see something they do, but they are going to constantly be judged in my eyes. I have seen too many times when they are just getting their power on, to trust all of them without question.
I think a lot of them are nice people, I have a friend or two that are police, and they are nice too, but so is everybody in the right situation.
When I see an officer practice discretion in their actions, It gains my respect. If they write me a ticket for 20 over or for running a stop sign,, I don't hate them, I just think "damn they caught me!" I have a hard time not laughing sometimes. But when the officer holds me for 30 minutes convincing me that I have the right to say 'no' to his wanting to search my vehicle and explaining my rights to me and asking me why I'm saying "no", when it "just won't take that long", that's an abuse of power. Once a female cop asked an overweight female friend of mine "how much do you weigh?" .. it wasn't a relevant question. it was asinine and it gives other officers a bad name. At the end of the day, I think many cops (at least here in the states) need to reevaluate their role in society, the people aren't their enemy and shouldn't be treated as such. I understand they are 'doing their job' but I've read the job description.
What you SHOULD have done is walk the officer 20m back and say .."ok now read the first line for me please" of course he may have billy clubbed your smart *ss
