Obstructed license plate (California)

[stroken04]

Originally Posted by rednekexprez

I was pulled over by a state cop and told here in Illilois that a new law after the first of the year remove unless pulling a trailer...maybe same for you..

Wow I have never heard of that before, a couple months ago i was sitting at a stop sign when some lady who wasnt paying attention rear ended me. My ball saved my bumber from being damaged, thats why i leave my hitch in. put a big hole through her bumper. Maybe next time she will pay attention

[stroker27]

ya no doubt...my hitch has saved me twice. two days in a row i got rear ended and BOTH times my hitch put a hole in their bumper.

[SCUFFY828]

just something else to have to worry about , geez

[cstroke69cpy3]

my hitch put a big hole in my shin

yeowwcchh
only once though

[dieseldan2005]

This reminds me of Bill Dance's bloopers where he walks into his own receiver hitch while carrying all his fishing tackle. This is also why i leave my hitch in. I case someone is one their cell phone and isn't paying attention, then bang. Maybe i should just put ranch hand bumpers on.

[rdkl]

I have never heard of this. I have lived in Santa Clara county for a long time and have pretty much always left the ball in.

I will ping some SJPD folks I know and see if they have heard of this.

Where were you when they stopped you?

[sevenmalards]

Originally Posted by Diesel Monkey

I was just pulled over by a Santa Clara County Sheriff and he said I need to remove my towing ball when not towing as this obstructs the license plate. I am guessing this is a ruse and he is just out pulling over drivers at 3am looking for a DUI bust. He let me go, but I sure would like to know if this is real or was he full of what falls out the backside of a bull?

I was pulled over about 5 years ago for an obstructed plate (it was covered in concrete)
The CHP officer let me go with the knowledge I needed to clean my plate off.

[sevenmalards]

Originally Posted by cstroke69cpy3

my hitch put a big hole in my shin

yeowwcchh
only once though

I have a 4" X 1/2 wide scar on my right knee cap from when I was a kid (maybe 10) and I was running behind my uncles truck and smashed my knee into his slide in hitch. It just tore a huge chunk of skin and meat out, and since my older brother told me they will have to put my knee into a sewing machine to stitch it up I stayed away from the house the rest of the day, and by the time I came home it was too late for stitches.
So I got a switchin' instead

[Barchetta]

Originally Posted by sevenmalards

So I got a switchin' instead

Nothing like two beating in one day. You were an unlucky kid that day.

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Last edited by Barchetta : 03-18-2008 at 06:45 AM.

[mdiesel]

Originally Posted by Tat2thor

Here in Md its the same way with obstruction of the tag.....but if its not blatantly obvious and done on purpose....Who cares...I have been an officer for 16 years and never have I enforced it, believe me, there are more important issues to tend with than a tag I can't read without changing my angle of view. Then again I work in a large city and have enough to deal with......

what city?


Matt