Corrupt cops? Say it isn't possible!!

Where's the tag for this?

*facepalm*

Fraternal Order of Police tags seen sneaking out the back...

WOW, the subhuman's an idiot.

The California Highway Patrol and a CHP benefit foundation are doing away with expensive license plate frames that may have bought some drivers a pass on traffic tickets.

If I pay 5K for a license plate frame I'd expect to get a pass on a traffic ticket.

P.S. There's no corruption here.

And how is this any different from PBA/FOP cards?

What's the asinine tag for?

Occam's Chainsaw: Fraternal Order of Police tags seen sneaking out the back...

Those things are surprisingly effective

//two moving violations ignored
//up to 3 tickets avoided
//all for a pledge i didn't keep in the first place, but they still sent the sticker

Z1P2: What's the asinine tag for?

I was wondering this myself. I guess subby is a rich asshole?

Cog: If I pay 5K for a license plate frame I'd expect to get a pass on a traffic ticket.



For 5k I expect to be pulled over from time to time and given a complimentary BJ.

Silly people. Everyone knows the one thing that will you ticket-proof...

...well, two things.

/my C-cup friend Shawna gets pulled over about once every 3 months for speeding
//only ever got one ticket (so far)
///from a female cop
////insert scene from "Cannonball Run" here
//now with more Slashies_tm!

Do those boobies belong to Daphe Rosen?

leathco

Do those boobies belong to Daphe Rosen?

Nah, hers are bigger and faker-looking.

/gimme a break
//had to do a report on a famous Israeli

All I can say is "Family Member" PBA card has saved me many times. It's one of the best gifts I've ever received. If you're lucky enough to get a gold one you can be pulled over drunk as hell, with a kilo of coke in the passenger seat, and a sedated hooker in the back, and still be let off with a warning.

// I may be exaggerating a little, but you get the point

now i cant stop singing that chips theme song.

My drug friends stopped putting Police Benevolent stickers and blue line stickers because cops know drug users are buying those stickers and tags.

Well, since tickets are only given out for "revenue enhancement" anyway, I don't see a problem here. They get their money in advance, you don't waste time. It streamlines the process.

The law should not be above the law -Eliminate the F.O.P.

All you need in Texas is a bumper sticker that says "Back the Blue" or some silly sh*t like that, and you are immune.

Plate, Frame, or the famous sticker too.



These were NEVER a way to avoid getting pulled over.

OK, this article wasn't about the license plates themselves, but

I'd like to know why there isn't a movement that I know of to return us all to license plate neutrality. That is, name of state, tag number, done.

It started with little state tourism slogans (I blame Utah for starting this with "Ski Utah!", the first one I saw back in the day, anyway), moved into fundraising for things that our society should be paying for anyway, and now it's clearly degenerating into politics (with these outrageous "Choose Life" plates, even more horrifying "I Believe" plates, and fights over "In God We Trust.") Court cases, worries about police neutrality, road rage, etc. Not to mention that there are no so many plates you can't even tell at a glance any more what state the asshat doing 45 in the left lane is from. (New Jersey.)

I wish organizations would start at the state level to:

* Look at the recipients of speciality plate funds (Save the Manatees, Autism Awareness, etc.) and if they're critically worthy causes in the general public interest, find a way to procure direct public finding or procure private funding. (We're not talking huge amounts here that these plates bring in anyway.)

* Tell the more marginal causes they'll have to look for another revenue source.

* Pass legislation to limit license plate tags to: name of state, tag number, two colors: foreground text on solid background. Maybe a non-controversial state tag line like they used to have (The Constitution State. The Show-Me State)

Cog: If I pay 5K for a license plate frame I'd expect to get a pass on a traffic ticket.

P.S. There's no corruption here.

I'd expect a damn police escort to and from work.

hosalabad: Plate, Frame, or the famous sticker too.



These were NEVER a way to avoid getting pulled over.

I thought that sticker meant you were a lesbian. Well, not you the person looking at it, the person driving the car.

These on a plate! I like! I like!

One of my friends is a DC cop, and he'd go out of his way to give a ticket to anyone he pulled over with a FOP sticker, blue line sticker, or other "get out of ticket free" card.

90% of them were fake for one, and for two, even if they weren't and started whining about how much they support the police, he'd say "Well, since I have to sit here ticketing you, I'm not out arresting other criminals now am I? Why not support the police by not taking up our valuable time with your idiotic driving?"

/best way to not get a ticket besides boobs is to mention another officer of that area by name, not that I'd know anything about that

michaeld5: All you need in Texas is a bumper sticker that says "Back the Blue" or some silly sh*t like that, and you are immune.

Donate to the Texas DPS. If I remember correctly it's a fund for officers disabled in the line of duty or their family if they are killed. Honestly, it's a good cause to begin with.

You get a little shield sticker. I have never gotten a ticket in Texas when I had that sticker. I was pulled over and chewed out more than once, but no tickets.

And honestly... I think that's fair. As long as I'm not doing anything reckless or dangerous then it's just I'm helping you out... you help me out.

thesandbender: michaeld5: All you need in Texas is a bumper sticker that says "Back the Blue" or some silly sh*t like that, and you are immune.

Donate to the Texas DPS. If I remember correctly it's a fund for officers disabled in the line of duty or their family if they are killed. Honestly, it's a good cause to begin with.

You get a little shield sticker. I have never gotten a ticket in Texas when I had that sticker. I was pulled over and chewed out more than once, but no tickets.

And honestly... I think that's fair. As long as I'm not doing anything reckless or dangerous then it's just I'm helping you out... you help me out.

The point is that if driving seven MPH over the posted speed limit isn't reckless or dangerous, then no one should be ticketed for doing it.

Fun off-topic story.

A year and a half or so ago I drove a 1981 Mercedes diesel. I had left my apartment complex to go somewhere. About an eighth of a mile down the road I heard my muffler start to drag on the pavement, (I've had the problem before, and thought welding it back together would fix it...it did for about a year). I cursed a great deal, pulled into the nearest parking lot, and turned around to head back into my complex.

When I turned around, a University of Florida police car was behind me. I haven't driven like a teenager since I was, well, a teenager, so I thought nothing of it. Also I was a tad preoccupied, what with hoping that my exhaust manifold wouldn't crack under the weight of supporting my whole exhaust and all.

As I turned left back into my apartment complex the officer hit the lights and followed me. "Does he really not think I'm aware of my malady?" I queried to myself. I pulled into a spot and the cop stops behind me. Being a tad preoccupied, I neglected to think straight. I jumped out of my car and stomped over to the back of it to inspect the damage. The back of it which just so happened to be where the officer had parked his car.

Stop and think for a moment. What is the proper thing to do when pulled over? Turn off the car, roll down the window, and keep your hands somewhere visible, right? The absolute wrong thing you can ever do when pulled over by a police officer is what I did. Never rush out of your car and appear to stomp over to the cop car with an angry look on your face.

The officer leaped out of his car with one hand resting on his firearm and the other outstretched in a 'stop' gesture. "Sir! Please stop right now!" he told me.

I ignored him, squatted down and inspected my exhaust system. As I did so, I told him, "I know! My damn muffler broke!" or words to that effect.

The officer hesitated and said, "Oh, your muffler broke?" and squatted alongside me. We began discussing places to take it to get fixed. As I did not have access to a welding machine at that time, I appreciated his advice. When he asked for my information I gave it to him, (license, registration, yada yada). As he took it he told me, "No, I pulled you over because your right brake light isn't working." He then told me, "I need to run this. Would you go have a seat in..." and paused. "Just hang out right there," he told me. I did so, and did something else that makes cops skittish, and I turned my back to him and opened my trunk to root around in there for some wire. He asked me, "You don't have any warrants or arrests or anything do you?" I told him my license had been suspended a while back because when my old car died on me I cancelled the insurance until I could afford to fix it, and didn't know I had to turn the plate in. He nodded.

When we were all done, he told me in the future I shouldn't rush towards a police officer's car when I get pulled over. It was then that I realized what I had done. Apparently the look on my face was priceless as he laughed so hard he began turning red. We shook hands, and he wished me luck on my car.

Moral of the story? Inspect the rubber O-rings that hold up your muffler. If even one of the four break, the rest will soon follow. And a cop may shoot you.

Tommy Moo: thesand

Well that depends. Driving 7 mph over the speed limit on a flat, relatively straight highway with very light traffic is not reckless. Texas actually raised the speed limit to 80 in certain areas for this reason:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_in_the_United_States#Texas

Doing it in heavy traffic or in the rain on a winding road is reckless. Even doing it in the wrong car can be. I had an ex who would constantly take her Honda Civic up to 100+ mph... she didn't understand the car just wasn't made to do that. I was impressed that it would go that fast but the skinny 13" tires, brakes and handling weren't up for it.

A while back, the Toronto Police Association ran a funding drive called True Blue. They would call you and ask for money. If you said yes, they sent you a sticker to put on your car. If not, well, nobody really knows, do they?

So is there anything like this left in Toronto? Maybe something to 'support' the OPP?

Like the 100 Club stickers in Houston?

thesandbender: Driving 7 mph over the speed limit on a flat, relatively straight highway with very light traffic is not reckless.

I lived in a place where you could drive 20+ MPH over the limit, and not be any danger. The normal speed was 10-15 MPH over the limit for a stretch of about 50 miles on the interstate. I know for a fact that it's worse in the eastern part of the state, where I would routinely drive 75+ on a road that I could literally see for 10 miles straight in front of me.

But that's Oregon, who has decided "55 MPH" is the limit on non-interstate highways, and "65 MPH" is the limit on interstates. Geography be damned.

Police are f*cking up, and laws are f*cked up. There's no reason why someone shouldn't be able to drive 80 MPH on a flat highway with little traffic, sunny weather, low humidity, and a warm air temperature. Not that all speed limits should be 80, but the police shouldn't care if someone is going that fast, unless there are real (not made-up non-safety-related laws) reasons not to do so.

bub2000: So is there anything like this left in Toronto? Maybe something to 'support' the OPP?

I support the OPP

/yeah you know me

this thread needs more juggs.

Grrr: WOW, the subhuman's an idiot.

The California Highway Patrol and a CHP benefit foundation are doing away with expensive license plate frames that may have bought some drivers a pass on traffic tickets.

And it so doesn't. It's just like the "KMH-367" frames a few years back. The only way to get out of a ticket is to flash your badge AFTER the cop pulls you over...because CHP, Sheriff's, and PD's all over the area know that dumbasses buy those frames thinking "The cops won't pull me over because they'll think I'm a cop, ha ha!" And then....they get pulled over.

Real cops don't use "11-99 Foundation" frames any more than they used "KMH-367" frames. But whatever.

I got a hat that says "************ county sheriff's deputy" from someone on the force. Been pulled over and let go at least twice because of the hat. When cops (local or hundreds of miles away) see me they usually like to strike up a conversation. Also, people tend to believe I am a deputy. I just tell them "don't worry, do what you want. I'm not in the mood to fool with 'paper work' tonight".

Works like a charm. Get respect and fear all the time.

/ don't try this at home
// if you do, do so at your own risk !!

I've been a cop California for 13 years. These license plate frames do NOT get you out of a ticket here. Even being a cop's wife or relative doesn't get you out of a ticket here. Maybe an individual cop may let someone go for these reasons, but I've known cops who let people go because the cop is a Yankees fan and the motorist had a few Yankees stickers on his car. But overall, the reason why people are let go is because they are civil and apologetic, not because of a plate frame or sticker

Do I ticket relatives of law enforcement? Probably not. But I've let enough everyday citizens off the hook on a regular basis.

And this whole thing where people think tickets are issued to generate revenue needs to stop. If you actually believe this you are quite ignorant. Tickets are not issued to generate revenue. They are issued to make people correct their behavior. If you get caught in the carpool lane without a passenger you're going to get hit in your bank account for almost $300 dollars...I bet you'll think twice before doing it again right? Exactly.

Revenue generators are things like parking meters.