Ticket for rack blocking license plate?.

What if I put a bunch of these stickers on my rack?

I’m thinking it might make me a target for the anti law enforcement crowd instead.

Drove home feeling like I am playing roulette after reading this thread today. Guess it’s going back in the garage.


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39:3-33 says plate cannot be obstructed and must be visible. Plate must be permanently fixed to vehicle (obvi open to interpretation).

39:3-66 says rear plate must be illuminated at night enough that it is visible.
 
Carson said:
39:3-33 says plate cannot be obstructed and must be visible. Plate must be permanently fixed to vehicle (obvi open to interpretation).

39:3-66 says rear plate must be illuminated at night enough that it is visible.
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39:3-66 says rear plate must be illuminated at night enough that it is visible.

Officer's headlights count as illumination?

Years ago shortly after I got my license, I was driving my '65 Falcon that was painted yellow with house paint by the previous owner with 4 other teenagers. Got pulled over by the cops, everyone taken out, searched etc. Only thing they could throw at me was that ticket.

Ended up going to court and fighting it saying my car didn't come with a light. Prosecutor definitely just didn't even want to deal with the situation and they dropped the charge.
 
Santapez said:
39:3-66 says rear plate must be illuminated at night enough that it is visible.

Officer's headlights count as illumination?

Years ago shortly after I got my license, I was driving my '65 Falcon that was painted yellow with house paint by the previous owner with 4 other teenagers. Got pulled over by the cops, everyone taken out, searched etc. Only thing they could throw at me was that ticket.

Ended up going to court and fighting it saying my car didn't come with a light. Prosecutor definitely just didn't even want to deal with the situation and they dropped the charge.
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No, illuminated by the vehicle. Once had a woman tape a flashlight aimed at her rear license plate and turn it on at dusk. She was on our radar (suspended license, no insurance, constant problems) but I thought that was pretty cool and told her so. I told her keep extra batteries in the car. I miss her.

And Steve I would search your car, too. No one drives around with that much bed head without being into something illegal.
 
Carson said:
No, illuminated by the vehicle. Once had a woman tape a flashlight aimed at her rear license plate and turn it on at dusk. She was on our radar (suspended license, no insurance, constant problems) but I thought that was pretty cool and told her so. I told her keep extra batteries in the car. I miss her.

And Steve I would search your car, too. No one drives around with that much bed head without being into something illegal.
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There's enough laws on the books that we all break the laws sometime during the day.
 
Interesting thread. I used to get pulled over all the time cause my nice rack was covering my tail lights. Which has since been fixed.

However, I never get pulled over for my rack covering my rear license plate, which it does and has since I got it.
 
BPaze said:
I have never understood how so many people can use those license plate covers with no issue. People get pulled over for the littlest thing and they are everywhere.
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Like 99% of the time it's cop's personal cars with that shit on there. That's how. My old office was next to the State Police HQ (Hamilton) and every single car parked there had those covers on their license plates.

edit - hand in hand with every window of their vehicles blacked out with tint.
 
gpTron said:
Like 99% of the time it's cop's personal cars with that shit on there. That's how. My old office was next to the State Police HQ (Hamilton) and every single car parked there had those covers on their license plates.
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So I saw a really bad one this morning on 80 on my way into the office. I should have snapped a pic, I think it was a PA plate, but was so dark, I actually couldn't tell for sure. Passed a trooper on I-80 and nothing, then again they don't seem to pull vehicles over too often.

I believe you on them being cops or related to them because often they have the PBA shield in the front window.
 
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