got a fix it ticket in palo alto, need advice!
#16
i get at least one of these a month in palo alto (work there). i just budget it into my monthly expenses at this point. one time i got this ticket 3 (THREE!) times on the same day, on the same street, but the same officer. got the 2 tickets dismissed (just put all 3 into the envelope, a check for 1, and wrote a note).
just pay the damn thing. it's $70, not $700. it doesn't go on your record.
try not to park on the parking lots - they look for the front plates there. also, don't park where your front is visible - park on a street, behind another car. if you can park on a street at an angle, like on California Ave, that works the best.
just pay the damn thing. it's $70, not $700. it doesn't go on your record.
try not to park on the parking lots - they look for the front plates there. also, don't park where your front is visible - park on a street, behind another car. if you can park on a street at an angle, like on California Ave, that works the best.
#17
I say you leave the front plate off. Job security for me. J/K. And for whoever thinks stopping someone for no front plate is not fighting crime...? I personally, and know other officers, who have made DUI arrests, drug arrests, warrant arrests, etc., for stopping a car for "silly" things such as no front plate, or a burned out license plate light. All we need is probable cause to stop a car and then go from there. My advice, mount it and it's one less thing to for us to look for.
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Originally Posted by g35 chippie
I say you leave the front plate off. Job security for me. J/K. And for whoever thinks stopping someone for no front plate is not fighting crime...? I personally, and know other officers, who have made DUI arrests, drug arrests, warrant arrests, etc., for stopping a car for "silly" things such as no front plate, or a burned out license plate light. All we need is probable cause to stop a car and then go from there. My advice, mount it and it's one less thing to for us to look for.
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Originally Posted by markiev37
Sounds like profiling to me...Maybe I should hit up the ACLU and file a frivilous lawsuit against the CHP just to waste the money your city makes on writing these idiotic tickets....
I find it curious that you guys can write these ridiculous tickets and make hardworking law abiding citezens' lives more complicated while we have sexual predators roaming the streets and not being punished for the most Heanous crime one can think of.... Go fight some real crime!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by codeflux
i get at least one of these a month in palo alto (work there). i just budget it into my monthly expenses at this point. one time i got this ticket 3 (THREE!) times on the same day, on the same street, but the same officer. got the 2 tickets dismissed (just put all 3 into the envelope, a check for 1, and wrote a note).
just pay the damn thing. it's $70, not $700. it doesn't go on your record.
try not to park on the parking lots - they look for the front plates there. also, don't park where your front is visible - park on a street, behind another car. if you can park on a street at an angle, like on California Ave, that works the best.
just pay the damn thing. it's $70, not $700. it doesn't go on your record.
try not to park on the parking lots - they look for the front plates there. also, don't park where your front is visible - park on a street, behind another car. if you can park on a street at an angle, like on California Ave, that works the best.
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Originally Posted by markiev37
Sounds like profiling to me...Maybe I should hit up the ACLU and file a frivilous lawsuit against the CHP just to waste the money your city makes on writing these idiotic tickets....
I find it curious that you guys can write these ridiculous tickets and make hardworking law abiding citezens' lives more complicated while we have sexual predators roaming the streets and not being punished for the most Heanous crime one can think of.... Go fight some real crime!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by g35 chippie
I say you leave the front plate off. Job security for me. J/K. And for whoever thinks stopping someone for no front plate is not fighting crime...? I personally, and know other officers, who have made DUI arrests, drug arrests, warrant arrests, etc., for stopping a car for "silly" things such as no front plate, or a burned out license plate light. All we need is probable cause to stop a car and then go from there. My advice, mount it and it's one less thing to for us to look for.
#24
Originally Posted by Coreman
What about the cars I see with front plates on the dashboard? Are these guys "legal" or does the plate technically have to be on the front of the car?
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Originally Posted by markiev37
Sounds like profiling to me...Maybe I should hit up the ACLU and file a frivilous lawsuit against the CHP just to waste the money your city makes on writing these idiotic tickets....
I find it curious that you guys can write these ridiculous tickets and make hardworking law abiding citezens' lives more complicated while we have sexual predators roaming the streets and not being punished for the most Heanous crime one can think of.... Go fight some real crime!!!!!!!!!!
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Such rage! You're perfect for the job. Can I send you an application?