Preparing by fixing Little Car Problems - that can get you a Fix-it Ticket

[gunDriller]

This is as much to remind me, as anything.

My right front turn signal doesn't work.

I'LL FIX IT ! I'LL FIX IT !


Now that the Kenyan Traitor has created additional gun laws, it's an even worse time to be pulled over in a traffic stop.

It's always a Bad Time to be Pulled Over. The Cops pull you over, and start their fishing expedition. Quite often the purpose of the Fishing Expedition is to make a Mole-hill into a Mountain - and to generate Revenues for the city/ county/ state.

They pull you over for expired insurance, they impound your car - and among other fees, you have to pay a $100 'Impound Fee' (AKA Highway Robbery).


But what if they find that you are exercising your God-Given rights to { Fill in the Blank } ?

With the passage of all these additional laws, I'm thinking it's a really good time to be Good Boys & Girls, in terms of Dotting the i's & Crossing the T's.


So what else do I need to do - update my Proof of Insurance statement in my glove compartments on my cars. I have Proof of Insurance, but they are expired.

[Glass]

Do you have to have things like a functioning spare tire and stuff like that?

[MNeagle]

Check all lights. The shop just caught that 1 of my headlights was out during a routine oil change. Who knows how long I'd been driving along unaware of it?

They can pull you over for the most minute infraction, & once they have you over, they can add whatever fines/revenue they want to your 'violations', i.e. tire pressure too low, bumpers, tags crooked, et al ad naseum.

[gunDriller]

Check all lights. The shop just caught that 1 of my headlights was out during a routine oil change. Who knows how long I'd been driving along unaware of it?

They can pull you over for the most minute infraction, & once they have you over, they can add whatever fines/revenue they want to your 'violations', i.e. tire pressure too low, bumpers, tags crooked, et al ad naseum.

some of these little details actually do relate to safety. if it's your left headlight that's out, in some situations it may look like you're a motorcycle - where the right headlight is.

i've heard of "Fix it" tickets for lights.

also, reg. tags are worth money. i had mine stolen - it was easy because i had a 10 year 'pile' of old tags.

so now i always scrape off the old one & put on a new one. it's difficult to remove a new one without destroying it.




Do you have to have things like a functioning spare tire and stuff like that?

i'm not sure what they check. i've never heard of the Ocifers checking that.

[zap]

Gundriller quote;;;;; so now i always scrape off the old one & put on a new one. it's difficult to remove a new one without destroying it.

We always had problems with the tags on the trucks on the jobsite, so now when we put a new one on, we take a knife or razor blade and slice it into pieces, then if someone tries to take the tag they only get a tiny piece.

[MNeagle]

My FIL had his tags stolen via tin snips!

[Cebu_4_2]

I once was pulled over in a town I had lived quite a while. I purchased a used car that was not familiar in the area and was pulled over. The reason was that the plate did not register to the type of vehicle. I contested and said it surely does with confidence, I did not let him get the first word in by asking for license/ins/registration. He said to wait and a minute later he said I could go. Talk about fishing in an empty pool. They DON'T need a reason to pull you over.

[gunDriller]

i was pulled over on a rainy day in rush hour traffic by the head of the local SWAT team in March 2012.

he cited 3 reasons -
* that i had my wipers on
* that my brake lights were flashing
* that i signalled too early before a turn, e.g. 150 yards in stead of 50 yards.

i'm not kidding. those were the reasons cited.

it was a TOTAL FISHING EXPEDITION. it is one of the reasons i have since bought one of these -

http://www.amazon.com/Kodak-PlayTouch-Video-Camera-Teal/dp/B003VTZE5I

the city has a $100 'impound fee', and it was about the 30th of the month. this is how towns AND cities raise money.

the right part of my car is duct tape city - it runs good, but it lived part of its life on the East Coast. rust from road salt, etc. i think that's one of the reasons i was pulled over - i looked poor, i looked like a candidate for expired insurance. which would have given them a legal pretext to impound the car.

TOTAL make-work for the cops.


More on the Playtouch - it has an external mic jack - very important. many video recorders have crappy sound. sound makes the video - including surveillance video.

i want to get an image of the "Impound Fee" notice - right inside police headquarters. if i do that with a camera, "open carry", they may object. so i was going to wear a small hidden camera (concealed carry), get the shot, and ask them any of a dozen "Legal Trivia" questions (to create a reason for being there), or to use the bathroom.


i spoke several times to a friend from the Y, who happens to own a gun shop and refuses to sell to the city Police Department - about an abuse-of-force lawsuit involving the same Rogue Cop. he has a police harassment/ abuse of force lawsuit in Federal Court - in the amount of $300K+ - for an incident that occurred in about March 2011.

it was the same officer - the head of the local SWAT team.

the friend was eating biscuits & gravy at a local restaurant - and open-carrying. the owner of the restaurant was part of the town 'good old boys' network - including the city PD - and called 911 about a guy open-carrying, sitting there eating biscuits & gravy.

they gave him the "Up against the Wall Motherfucker" treatment. he basically refused to jump through their hoops - he ignorred them and kept on eating his biscuits & gravy. so they assaulted him.

he responded by collaborating with a retired attorney general to file the federal abuse-of-force lawsuit.


i am interested in starting a website about Rogue Cops, and the growing police state in America.

[Mouse]

I inventory my vehicles and I know what maintenance items they need now, will need later, and what crap they will need eventually. Nobody can really do this completely, but I have pretty much all the maintenance in the future needed items on the shelf in my garage for one truck. I have an entire drivetrain and every part for one car ready to go, all new stuff. I have stocks of oil filters and air filters and basics on the shelf for all vehicles. If you have a vehicle it makes sense to have all the basic stuff on the shelf. I still have a long way to go, but we do have to live in reality while we prep.

[gunDriller]

i wonder about mud-flaps.

mine fell off my truck a long time ago.


it's hard for me to get excited about non-functional fix-it items.

but American cops already love to pull people over, for no reason, and to give tickets, for bullshit reasons - and they're getting more desperate.

in terms of 'dotting the i's & crossing the t's', i think it makes sense to take care of all those little items.


of course, it's hard for me to take my own advice on this subject.

[MNeagle]

The best way is to know your states' vehicle regulations (or adjoining states you travel frequently). For example, I think laws about window-tinting, mudflaps, etc. vary from state to state. Should be able to find the info online.