Your car is probably ILLEGAL & you have no idea!

Speaking of license plate lights, I had a cop pull me over at 2 o’clock in the afternoon in full sunlight because he said my license plate light was not working. I explain to him that the license plate light only comes on when your headlights are activated. He gave me a ticket anyway even though I showed him that that in fact was true. I even showed him how on his own patrol car the license plate light did not come on until you turned on the headlights. Luckily, I videotaped myself showing him how the lights work and we went to court. When I showed my footage to the judge, the judge not only threw out my ticket but also, openly chastised the cop for the illegal stop and mandated that he go through the traffic violation school again. I did an open records request and found that he did go back through the school and had to present his little certificate to the judge. I run into this cop fairly regularly and never miss an opportunity to point out what a dumb ass he was. It’s the little victories!

I can't get my catalytic convert stolen if my car doesn't have one 🤷🏻

A "pharmaceutical distributor" I once knew always laughed at his peers who got arrested after being pulled over for some minor traffic violation. He always said "don't be breaking the law, while you're breaking the law". A very wise moron.

I used to live in Montana and car registration was the best. 10+ year old cars can get permanent registration by paying 2 years of registration at once. No sales tax. No inspections. Huge selection of custom plates. 24% tint front side windows and no tint restrictions on windows behind the driver.

I live in California and the DMV has a rule about the placement of the registration sticker. I put it where it is supposed to go but I put them on upside down. Doesn't say I can't do it. I hate giving the DMV money.

I had one cop that harassed me daily. I had a 95 chevy k1500 straight piped 350. It was loud and I was definitely a redneck kids truck but it was nice. I made sure everything that needed to work worked. The cop would follow me out of town and then pull me over for my exhaust, even going as far as stalking me when I was parked and waiting for me to start the truck. One night I had just replaced every bulb in the truck when he pulls me over and says he stopped me for not having any lisence plate lights. I said that's impossible I just put them in and checked them. I then asked if I can step out and see for myself. The cop then put his hand on his gun and said boy if try getting out your getting shot. I then explained again there was no way the lights were out. He runs my info and takes forever to do so. Mind you I'm 16 at this point so curfew is at 10. He stopped me at like 9:30. So since he couldn't get me for the plate lights he waited in his car and acted like he's running my info for 30 minutes and at exactly 10:01 he comes back and starts telling me to get out of the truck and I'm under arrest for being out after curfew. I was on my way home. He has since lost his job all togther and I laughed my ass off when he did.

I have bought ex government cars for 25 years. Mostly old police cars. Let me tell you how many violations they contain. Super dark tinted windows, burned out license plate lights, seatbelt wrapped around the seat and plugged in to prevent the seatbelt buzzer.

In cleveland ohio it is illegal to have an audio system in your car thats more then 20 watts. That technically means that your stock audio system from the factory is illegal.

Yeah my kid always leaves blunts in my cup holders… darn kids !!!

I keep a pound of ganja in the passenger seat so cops don't focus on my car mods.

A lot of these laws sound like "wahhhh wahhhh I'm a big trooper/lawmaker guy and i want more of your hard earned money. Gimme moooooooooore!"

In Oregon smoked license plate covers are illegal but every unmarked police car has them. They kinda stick out once you notice.

I got stopped for failure to use a turn signal, got a ticket for no insurance. There was a 3 day gap on the verification forms. Since I knew I'd paid my insurance, I went and got a letter from my agent stating it was a typo on the insurance company part. Took it to court and it was tossed out and i had to pay a reinstatement fee of $175. Three years later in was stopped for a tag light and arrested for driving under suspension and a state warrant for no insurance three years earlier they hauled me in and I bonded out grabbed the letter from 3 yrs earlier. The judge remember me and dismissed it again and I paid my reinstatement fee and and off I went. Fast forward 4 yrs and I get stopped for a tail light out (a 64 Impala) and arrested once more for a warrant on the no insurance and driving under suspension and had to get bailed out of jail. Letter in hand I get Infront of the judge who looks at me and then my charge sheet said i was to set and wait until the end of court. When it ended he said something to the court reporter and the bailiff and then said to come into his chamber and get comfortable. A few minutes later the bailiff returns and hands me a soda and sits the the report comes in and sets up and then we all stated our names then he picked up the phone dialed a number and chat's for a couple of minutes and then after a really long pause where he became extremely irritated with having to wait. After 15 minutes he got someone on line asked if he was so and so head of Dept of public safety he got the answer and asked about my case and was told it was suspended for failure to have insurance and failing to pay the fine. Judge cut him off and said what fine and he listened to a couple words and cut him off and said in a cold cold voice there was no fine because it was dismissed the guy said something about it takes time to get it in the computer and judge cut him off and asked if it took 3 yrs the guy said no then he asked if it took 7 yrs . Guy said no then judge said i dismissed the ticket two days after it was issued because he had insurance, the guy started to say something when the judges cut him off and stated he dismissed it again 3 yrs after it was issued the guy was quite and said he had just dismissed it again that day, then in a deadly quite voice that scared me he said if ever appeared on that charge again he would dismiss it and issue arrest warrants for everyone starting with the director on down until everyone who has anything to do with my case was in jail for contempt of court and would set in jail until they figured out what they did wrong and and then make them pay big fines to top it off. I paid reinstatement fee and every time it was double the last one. I wasn't happy but i figured it's over and I'm only out of my job and $1225 dollars and not happy but glad it was over. 6 months later i got my mail and there was a letter from the DPS and there was a check for $3675. 00 the letter was from a law firm that filed a class action lawsuit for deceptive reinstatement fees and everyone they found between two dates were getting their fees back except in my case the judge ordered I get 3 times for the issue of not having gotten tickets just suspended license.

I owned a 95 9c1 Caprice in 99. It was ordered by Missouri Highway Patrol with tinted windows. I had the build sheet and subsequent order modification sheet. They wanted the spotlight removed, tinted windows, full cloth interior. It waa ordered and used as an accident investigation vehicle. I'd get pulled over for the tint and would show the work order and say "You ordered it not me. I lived in Missouri and they'd shrug it off and leave me alone.

I once got pulled over for "no front bumper." Long story short I had blown a hole in my transmission at the race track, and had to remove the front bumper cover in order to get the car on the dolly because it sat too low. Had a parts car at the house, pulled the trans from it, pulled the busted one from my car, installed good one, and didn't get a chance to put the bumper cover back on. So I ran out for lunch one day, a local cop lights me up, and asks if I know why he pulled me over. I didn't and he says because I don't have a front bumper. Mind you, my actual bumper, AKA the crash bar was still in place. I was befuddled, but signed the ticket and got back to work. I researched the law he said I was violating, and sure enough I was not in violation of it since the crash bar was still there. I plead not guilty, took pictures of the car as it sat and printed them off. When I went for my hearing I let the cop talk, then I just handed the pictures to the judge. I then read the statute verbatim. The cop looked at me and asked why I didn't question him when he pulled me over. I responded, "Only an idiot would argue with a cop on the side of the road. " The judge laughed, and told me I was good to go and to get on out of there. I walked away paying nothing, and the cop got embarrassed, and a talking to by the judge after I left.

My Dad taught me this years ago. The whole point is to stay under the radar. Don't give them a reason to stop you. You do that by knowing state and local laws. Knowing where the police hang out. Lastly, keep your vehicle clean and be cool when stopped. I've always had a lead foot. I've been stopped dozens of times over 30 years of driving. Yet, I've only been ticketed a few times.

My favorite is a blown headlight. Had one go out on my way to work (3rd shift). Pulled over, towed my vehicle, impound fee, missed day of work, $285 to get my vehicle back. Now if a police car's light blows at night, you can bet your ass they won't tow it to the shop. It's unsafe for me, but acceptable for it to get taken care of at their leisure when it's their vehicle.

Best way to avoid being pulled over: drive a car with government plates

I had a friend that got a ticket for expired registration. it was FIVE years expired. He thought it was cool that the fine was less than 5 years worth of registration. It wasn't malicious he just never thought about it.

it's funny they have that sound law for decibels on exhaust in florida, but half of the state troopers in challengers have mid muffler deletes which definitely brings their DB over 86