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Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan
To piggyback off of this, these things always seem petty to people.......until they are negatively impacted by somebody else's actions. It may seem petty that we pull someone over for not having a plate on their vehicle, but if they are involved in a hit & run with a vehicle with no plate - thus, leaving us with a generic vehicle description - all of a sudden they understand. It may seem petty that someone is pulled over for a tail light that's not in good working order.....until they rear-end someone who has an inoperable tail light, causing damage to their vehicle.
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I understand pulling someone over for a missing plate, and an obviously unsafe vehicle condition, and really unsafe driving (weaving in and out, excessive speed differential, etc). But with technology today everything else can be an email or mail notification or citation.
Sometimes it feels like the traffic police are an HOA on wheels.