In Nevada, and probably most states, when you buy a car from a dealer, you get a paper temporary license plate that you put on the rear bumper. In Nevada, it is good for 30 days.
Well, today I got pulled over by a Las Vegas Metro police officer by McCarren Airport for driving with the paper temp. license plate. That's all. The officer never mentioned that I was speeding, rolled through a stop sign. The temp. plate was not expired. Nothing. (and I was wearing my seat belt and obeyed all the traffic laws when I was driving).
He told me the only reason was because I had a temp. plate and he was just checking if the car was stolen.
Now, I was on my way to the DMV to get the real plate and the stop only lasted about 5 minutes, but still, people were looking at me like I did something wrong.
So, beware, in Las Vegas, you can be pulled over for doing nothing wrong except to have a legal temporary paper license plate you get from the auto dealership that is displayed properly.
More and more rights are, poof, gone.
The Rats Who Claim To Be Good Guys
17 hours ago
When I was in Ohio, I got pulled over three times in one year, and had to go to court (I won, because the arresting cop was on strike!). So, I was surprised to find when I moved to Las Vegas, that my traffic violations were not noticed by cops at all. Mostly.
ReplyDeleteSeveral years ago, I got pulled over for running a "right on red" without completely stopping. I was guilty, but got it reduced to a $50 parking ticket with a free lawyer. Cool!
Then, two years ago, I was zipping down Dean Martin Drive on Christmas Eve. I was going 46, and the speed limit (in that weird, slowed down curve around Silverton) was 35. My ticket was $1600! He got me on several "violations", most ginned up. I'm convinced it was my Obama sticker.
I got that reduced to $150 (again, not a moving violation, courtesy of another free lawyer). And that's it, so far, in 16 years. I guess I'm due for an unbeatable charge.
Free lawyer??? How did you get that?
ReplyDeleteBut for the Obama sticker, that should be worth a lot more than $1600. :)