First day back in CA and i get a ticket

[YAN-3]

so i flew back into CA last night after a whole day of airport runnin around, get out today drive to the gym and see a pig sitting on the other side of the street with his radar. so i drive nice and obey the speed limit. 1 hr and 15 min later im driving back now on his side of the road and come to a stop about 10 yrds from where he is sitting. I stop then go, the jerk gets behind me and flips his lights, pulls me over for having a euro front plate and a smoked rear plate. GAY!!!! I know some of you on here are ani euro plate, but come on. I ask him about all the cars that dont even have holes to mount front plates and he starts giving me some crap about how you can buy frames and crap at NAPA, and that only the italian cars are exempted from having front plates. the pig (and im trying to be nice here) then gives me a fix it ticket! my rant is this...

WHY? WTF so many ppl do it and get away with it, and this guy had to pull me over. what a jerk.

Now i know im in the wrong here b/c i have a european plate in the states, but but but.... ahhh screw it im done venting.

This is just another bad taste of California for me! Why cant they just let me be with my cars?

[YAN-3]

oh and I still need to go to court once the local cops sign me off!

[der affe]

AZ does not require a front plate.....just letting that out there.
and our emissions testing for older cars is tail pipe, not equipment.

[PiercedE30]

Come to the south. No emission bull shit. Inspection sticker consists of making sure lights and horns work. That's it. No front plate.

[mrsleeve]

PA MI AZ and 2-3 more dont require front plates

[BimmerTom]

MI - No front plate, no inspection, no emission testing. You should see some of the shit we have driving on the road.

Says me who drives his E30 with SpecE30 exhaust... emissions spewing away.

[netcsk]

TN doesn't require a front plate. Also no inspection of any sort.

We have some real pieces on the road though.

[YAN-3]

faq cali and the pig who pulled me over

[Alkasquawlik]

I got popped for the exact same things at Bimmerfest earlier this year. The cop drove by me in the other lane, saw my car, and pulled a U turn in the middle of traffic to give me my tickets.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

CT is horrendous regarding the front plate/tints/euro plates/etc. at least here in the small towns in Fairfield County. I got a Fix-it ticket for not having my front marker plate attached because it fell off the day before due to the Audi's lack of front plate holder.

I tried to explain that Rome wasn't built in a day and I didn't have the time to reattach it, but it was still sitting in my trunk but he wouldn't have it. Oh well, it really wasn't a big deal but you have to wonder about the bigger fishies they could be frying.

[JasonC]

Your car is red and they like to pick on red cars :o :p

[YAN-3]

I got popped for the exact same things at Bimmerfest earlier this year. The cop drove by me in the other lane, saw my car, and pulled a U turn in the middle of traffic to give me my tickets.

so what happened? u fix it then go to court and thats it right?

[YAN-3]

Your car is red and they like to pick on red cars :o :p

no crap. and this wasnt the M3. it was my stock e46 with both hands on the steering wheel, and me sitting up right! this sh*t ruined my day

[YAN-3]

CT is horrendous regarding the front plate/tints/euro plates/etc. at least here in the small towns in Fairfield County. I got a Fix-it ticket for not having my front marker plate attached because it fell off the day before due to the Audi's lack of front plate holder.

I tried to explain that Rome wasn't built in a day and I didn't have the time to reattach it, but it was still sitting in my trunk but he wouldn't have it. Oh well, it really wasn't a big deal but you have to wonder about the bigger fishies they could be frying.

dude my cousin lives in Wethersfield and has a euro plate that reads FOURGAZM or something like that on his A4 and never gets pulled over with his tints and plates. fack its just out luck

[BTP325ic]

Come to the south. No emission bull shit. Inspection sticker consists of making sure lights and horns work. That's it. No front plate.

haha Texas requires front license plate and they love to pull over cars for that alot my my drift buddy's in there 240s get pulled over all the time for that,so they just zip tie there plates to the intercooler or what not hahah.i hate pigs.:hitler: