Personalized license plates

[oldbandnerd]

It seems I need to correct my facts . This plate will cost me $10.00 annually . The $10.00 I paid up front was actually the annual fee .

[Carroll]

My entire county, including deputies and town police, likely has fewer than sixty law enforcement officers. If I ever get pulled over for some "courtesy" warning (or whatever), I would prefer than there be NOTHING about my car that particular law enforcement officer would remember if they were to ever stop the same car again.

bloke "who prefers to fly (as it were) under the radar...The tuba (etc.) attracts enough attention on the bandstand."

Quite the opposite for me... the county where I work has fewer than 12 law enforcement officers. I DO want them to recognize me. They will "overlook" a few mph over the posted speed limit when they see that it is me. Several of them were students of mine and they always wave when we pass. A few years ago, I was hit head-on and the investigating officer knew me and thus knew who was at fault... even if it had not been clearly obvious. Both cars were against the guard rail in my lane!

[Todd S. Malicoate]

Quite the opposite for me... the county where I work has fewer than 12 law enforcement officers. I DO want them to recognize me. They will "overlook" a few mph over the posted speed limit when they see that it is me. Several of them were students of mine and they always wave when we pass. A few years ago, I was hit head-on and the investigating officer knew me and thus knew who was at fault... even if it had not been clearly obvious. Both cars were against the guard rail in my lane!

I hope you didn't mean this the way I'm reading it. They knew the other driver was at fault because you're a "friend of the police"??? I thought they are supposed to be a bit more impartial than that.

I know nearly all of the city officers here by name...I still would expect them to pull me over for "a few mph over" and fully investigate any sort of accident I'm involved with. After all, what happens if/when someone who's "better friends" with them hits you? Perhaps someone who gives a large donation to the police fund every year?

[oldbandnerd]

Finally, I really don't see any reason to "egg on" the government by showing them that I might have disposable income beyond the confiscatory amount(s) they require me to pay for various taxes, licenses, and fees.

Good grief Joe, how paranoid are you ? Do you honestly believe that some local-yokel hick cop will pull you over and slap you with a bunch of unwarranted fines and tickets just because he suspects you have a little extra change in your pocket? What the hell is going on in the state of Tennesse that makes you so suspicious of your local police dept. ? You sound like you're straight out of Orwell's "1984" . Big brother is right behind you and he's gonna get you !
Here's a tip for you Joe. Obey the posted speed limits and drive according to the rules of your state and you can drive anything you want and put anything you want on it and you'll never have to look over your shoulder again.

....... have a nice day, Joe.

[Carroll]

Quite the opposite for me... the county where I work has fewer than 12 law enforcement officers. I DO want them to recognize me. They will "overlook" a few mph over the posted speed limit when they see that it is me. Several of them were students of mine and they always wave when we pass. A few years ago, I was hit head-on and the investigating officer knew me and thus knew who was at fault... even if it had not been clearly obvious. Both cars were against the guard rail in my lane!

I hope you didn't mean this the way I'm reading it. They knew the other driver was at fault because you're a "friend of the police"??? I thought they are supposed to be a bit more impartial than that.

I know nearly all of the city officers here by name...I still would expect them to pull me over for "a few mph over" and fully investigate any sort of accident I'm involved with. After all, what happens if/when someone who's "better friends" with them hits you? Perhaps someone who gives a large donation to the police fund every year?

Todd,

You read it correctly, I just did not type what I meant. Of course, I expected the officer to fully investigate (which he did), I do not know what I was getting at in that statement. Too late at night to be commenting, I suppose. But I have passed by a cruiser doing 43 mph in a 40 zone and not been stopped.

Sorry for the confusion.

[dmmorris]

Not so subtle

[windshieldbug]

I guess I need to retract part of my statement. I DO INDEED have "vanity" plates on ALL FOUR of my vehicles: EACH ONE of them has a "John Deere plate mounted on the FRONT bumpers...(The vast majority of my county's police and deputies grew up on farms.)

I guess they didn't grow up on the RIGHT farms...

[John Caves]

Oldbandnurd has the costs correct. My only question now is: should I keep them (PLA 2BA) after my vehicle is lettered for my piano tuning business? What do you guys think?

[oldbandnerd]

How about "TUNAFSH" ? ref: The old joke "You can a piano but you can't TUNA FISH ."

[TubaRay]

Oldbandnurd has the costs correct. My only question now is: should I keep them (PLA 2BA) after my vehicle is lettered for my piano tuning business? What do you guys think?

I say keep them. Why not?

[Doug@GT]

Finally, I really don't see any reason to "egg on" the government by showing them that I might have disposable income beyond the confiscatory amount(s) they require me to pay for various taxes, licenses, and fees.

Good grief Joe, how paranoid are you ? Do you honestly believe that some local-yokel hick cop will pull you over and slap you with a bunch of unwarranted fines and tickets just because he suspects you have a little extra change in your pocket? What the hell is going on in the state of Tennesse that makes you so suspicious of your local police dept. ? You sound like you're straight out of Orwell's "1984" .

I don't know about Tennessee, but maybe Joe thinks he lives in Cuba.

[windshieldbug]

My only question now is: should I keep them (PLA 2BA) after my vehicle is lettered for my piano tuning business? What do you guys think?

Why? Are you going to quit playing the tuba after the vehicle's lettered!?

[MikeMason]

Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you...

[tofu]

[windshieldbug]

And they are!

(well, that's what they voices often say... )

[tubatooter1940]

Joe had a valid point.
If you make people angry, You don't need to give them info to find you later if their anger persists.
I found that, as a Marine private, the fewer higher ranks that knew my name, the better my life was.