Last night, my husband was driving home from work. He drives a 1999 Civic Si. He was pulled over, even though he was not observed breaking any laws (like a tail-light out or speeding). The police officer told my husband he had run his plates and discovered that they were expired, and that his registration did not match the plates (called it "Fraudulent Use of Registration), however, the tags were current and did match the registration. My husband tried to explain there must have been a mistake and the cop believed him but still slapped him with $400 in tickets. Long story short, a mistake had been made (we got it cleared up today at the DMV and the charges will be dropped).
My question is, why the heck should the cop be allowed to profile and run random plates while driving when he didn't see a violation occur to spark suspicion? I don't know, maybe I'm being sensitive, but it sounds like the cop had a quota to meet since it is end of month.
Informative answers please!
2006-10-30
05:47:44
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Yuna
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