non-correctable front license plate - cop being @$$hole

[FR-Sky]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

I've had my license for over 10 years. I've never run with a front license place. I've never been ticketed for not having one. Half of the state doesn't use front license plates. It's just an easy excuse for cops to reach their quota.


Contest the ticket OP.

You are absolutely right, i think he jealous because he couldnt drive better car.
The point is , he wants to write me a couple hundred dollar ticket instead of fix it ticket ($25-45). There is no justice,,the cop do whatever he wants.

[FR-Sky]

Originally Posted by Pwolf

Yea, and the cop is an asshole for doing their job? Fucking own up to it and don't blame someone else.

Then i hope you keep your car stock ^_^, so they cant write you a non-correctable ticket where they can just give you fix it ticket.
couple hundred buck instead of $25.

I am not causing problem, he is looking for problem.
Cruising around 65-70 on sunny day, mustang flying by me speeding, and he was decided to wait in front of me and give me a non-correctable license plate ticket? Where is justice? god bless America.

[FR-Sky]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

I've had my license for over 10 years. I've never run with a front license place. I've never been ticketed for not having one. Half of the state doesn't use front license plates. It's just an easy excuse for cops to reach their quota.


Contest the ticket OP.

I don't know how to contest man, this is my first time. I will see how much is it when the letter come first. Can I argue with that judge that the cop is insist to give me the non correctable ticket for no particular reason where he can just give me a fix it ticket?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by FR-Sky

I don't know how to contest man, this is my first time. I will see how much is it when the letter come first. Can I argue with that judge that the cop is insist to give me the non correctable ticket for no particular reason where he can just give me a fix it ticket?

If you are going to contest, you need to hire a lawyer. If the officer was within the law (which it sounds like he was) the Judge will not accept your argument. The best option you have, as mentioned before, is to get it fixed, get it signed off on, then there is an opportunity to get it dismissed or switched.

If you go in with the attitude you have shown here, nothing will happen different. if you get in front of the Judge by yourself its very likely you'll pay the fine.

As far as Justice, that isn't the officer's job. Justice is administered by the court. It is the officer's job to enforce the law, and that means all of them. The "Mustang was speeding" argument won't get you anywhere. You were both breaking the law and you have zero proof of your point. (Not saying it isn't real, that happens all the time, but even with proof its irrelevant in a court of law).

[FR-Sky]

Originally Posted by jasonojordan

Excuse or not if its a law in the area they can enforce it. Here in Minnesota I have run multiple years without one and never had a single patrol pull me over for it. The two times (two different vehicles) that I got hit for it were both when the car was parked.

What irks me is when people knowingly break the law then bitch an moan about it when they get caught. The cop is doing his job weather you think its tick tac or not. Don't want to pay a fine,don't want to get hassled by the police then obey the law simple as that.

Like I said, i am totally fine to pay the fix it ticket, i didnt say i dont want to bitch about it and doesnt want to pay it.
This whole post is about the cop is playing stupid where he can just write me up a fix it ticket instead of couple hundred bucks ticket.

[funwheeldrive]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

If you are going to contest, you need to hire a lawyer.

This is false. Hiring a lawyer will be more than the ticket.


OP, if this is your first offense, just dress nice and show a picture of your front plate installed. The worst they can do is charge you the full amount that you would have already paid.

[jasonojordan]

Originally Posted by FR-Sky

my point is he is playing stupid, $25 dollar fix it ticket and he wants me to pay couple hundred now. I asked him why it isnt correctable,,his attitude is like fking , "oh, i am gonna write non correctable,what you gonna do?" He keep saying that by signing this doesnt mean its guilty, blah blah blah. Wouldnt you be pissed too?

No I wouldn't be pissed because above you admitted to knowing it was the law and broke it anyway. If you can't afford to play the game then don't. There is nothing in the law that says he has to give you a warning 1st.

[jasonojordan]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

I'm pretty sure the majority of the public breaks a law on a daily basis without even knowing it. Just because something is a law, that doesn't mean it's something that should be enforced.


People have the right to contest these petty charges, and it's the OP's right to do so.

I'm not saying he does not have the right to contest the ticket. I'm saying don't come to the internet crying when you get a ticket for doing something you know is not legal. He admitted in his original post that he knew it was wrong so your argument about people doing things they didn't know were wrong is invalid in this case.

[FR-Sky]

Originally Posted by jasonojordan

No I wouldn't be pissed because above you admitted to knowing it was the law and broke it anyway. If you can't afford to play the game then don't. There is nothing in the law that says he has to give you a warning 1st.

You still dont get it? its not about money. It is about cop is abusing his power for something that arent important.
If i am speeding and doing donut, he writes me up, and i can shut my mouth.

[jasonojordan]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

This is false. Hiring a lawyer will be more than the ticket.


OP, if this is your first offense, just dress nice and show a picture of your front plate installed. The worst they can do is charge you the full amount that you would have already paid.

What he is saying is if the OP wants to have a chance to get it tossed out (aside from the cop just not showing up) he will need a lawyer to work his case because from everything the OP has shared with us its cut and dry the officer was doing his job.

[jasonojordan]

Originally Posted by FR-Sky

You still dont get it? its not about money. It is about cop is abusing his power for something that arent important.
If i am speeding and doing donut, he writes me up, and i can shut my mouth.

There is 0 abuse of power at all here by the officer. All I see here is someone that is upset because he didn't just get a slap on the wrist.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

This is false. Hiring a lawyer will be more than the ticket.


OP, if this is your first offense, just dress nice and show a picture of your front plate installed. The worst they can do is charge you the full amount that you would have already paid.

I don't disagree with you, but sometimes hiring the lawyer (even if more than the ticket) is worth it, and is the only real way to know what your true options are. Also, given the attitude shown here, not sure representing himself would get the defendant very far.

As you say, probably not in this case though since this isn't probably not a points situation.

[funwheeldrive]

Originally Posted by jasonojordan

I'm not saying he does not have the right to contest the ticket. I'm saying don't come to the internet crying when you get a ticket for doing something you know is not legal. He admitted in his original post that he knew it was wrong so your argument about people doing things they didn't know were wrong is invalid in this case.

He came looking for help, and instead you guys are just telling him to bend over. It's not like he was going 100mph on the highway or talking on his cell phone. Front plate laws are ridiculous.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

I'm pretty sure the majority of the public breaks a law on a daily basis without even knowing it. Just because something is a law, that doesn't mean it's something that should be enforced.


People have the right to contest these petty charges, and it's the OP's right to do so.

What? Really? Did you actually say that? Who get's to chose what get's enforced and what doesn't? Is ignorance of the law a defense in your Sate? Is it anyplace in the world?


Do they enforce all the law all the time? No, they don't have the resources but that doesn't change the fact it is a law and therefore enforceable.


Of course he has the right to contest it and the cop had the right (and duty) to issue it. I would love to hear the cop's side of the story on some of these whiny "I got a ticket and shouldn't have" threads. You get a ticket and didn't break the law then fight it. You get a ticket for something you know was illegal and then whine that it is "unfair" or "petty" then try to fight it but don't blame the cop for doing what he is paid and sworn to do.