Windsor58
07-17-2008, 08:06 PM
I got my first ticket in the Marauder today on the way home from work.
It wasn’t for doing 148 mph. It wasn’t even for speeding. It wasn’t for demonstration of acceleration or racing. It wasn’t for loud mufflers or cutting some a-h off in traffic.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
Get this – it was for lightly tinted license plate covers. Seems the traffic light revenue cameras might not be able to read the plates… I had the same covers on the Touareg for over two and a half years, then as soon as I got the plates for the Marauder in December I put them on with the covers. I’ve driven past literally scores of LEOs without ever being stopped. The LEO was a state trooper. He was very nice and courteous. He wrote me for obscured plates (as in dirt or something blocking it) rather than for tinted covers. Obscured plates are $22 and no points. Tinted plate covers are $136 and I think he said 3 points. I think he also knew that my window tint was too dark, but didn’t do anything about it. He said something like “I was also looking at your window tint, but it looks like it is probably ok.” I think if I had been a jerk instead of respectful, he might have written me for that as well. Before he walked up to the car, I shut mine off, rolled both drivers side windows down so he could easily see into the car as he walked up and also put my empty hands on the upper left side of the steering wheel so he could see them when he walked up. I watched in the mirror and he had his hand resting on his side arm as he walked up until he saw my hands and could see that the rest of the car was empty. I always do those things when I get pulled over (not that it happens all that often).
When I rode with my police officer friend and neighbor in Texas, I got a new respect for what those guys go through on traffic stops late at night by themselves. So I try to make it as least threatening as possible for them when I get stopped.
When I got home I took off the covers.
Well, if that is the worst ticket I get in the car, I will be happy. <o:p></o:p>
It wasn’t for doing 148 mph. It wasn’t even for speeding. It wasn’t for demonstration of acceleration or racing. It wasn’t for loud mufflers or cutting some a-h off in traffic.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
Get this – it was for lightly tinted license plate covers. Seems the traffic light revenue cameras might not be able to read the plates… I had the same covers on the Touareg for over two and a half years, then as soon as I got the plates for the Marauder in December I put them on with the covers. I’ve driven past literally scores of LEOs without ever being stopped. The LEO was a state trooper. He was very nice and courteous. He wrote me for obscured plates (as in dirt or something blocking it) rather than for tinted covers. Obscured plates are $22 and no points. Tinted plate covers are $136 and I think he said 3 points. I think he also knew that my window tint was too dark, but didn’t do anything about it. He said something like “I was also looking at your window tint, but it looks like it is probably ok.” I think if I had been a jerk instead of respectful, he might have written me for that as well. Before he walked up to the car, I shut mine off, rolled both drivers side windows down so he could easily see into the car as he walked up and also put my empty hands on the upper left side of the steering wheel so he could see them when he walked up. I watched in the mirror and he had his hand resting on his side arm as he walked up until he saw my hands and could see that the rest of the car was empty. I always do those things when I get pulled over (not that it happens all that often).
When I rode with my police officer friend and neighbor in Texas, I got a new respect for what those guys go through on traffic stops late at night by themselves. So I try to make it as least threatening as possible for them when I get stopped.
When I got home I took off the covers.
Well, if that is the worst ticket I get in the car, I will be happy. <o:p></o:p>