Christine, you've been to the court house a few times this year now, are you on a first name basis with the court yet.
I received a ticket for this about 12 years ago in Chatham, NY. I got pulled over at about midnight coming back from a trip to Mass because I did one of those rolling stop moves at a stop sign. The cop asked me the normal questions and was clearly looking to see if I was drunk. When he realized I wasn't he started looking the car over. I had bought the car used about 6 months prior and the previous owner had put one of those we support the "whatever" police type stickers they give you when you donate money to the local police. It was on the front windshield next to the registration in the bottom left front corner (for you out of staters). He goes, "I'm not going to give you a ticker for the stop sign but here is a ticket for having that sticker on your windshield". I told him I didn't even know that was a law (that always works
) and he said, "would you rather have a ticket for the stop sign and get points on your license?" Easy choice. Then I went to court. It kinda went like this:
only like 3 people in court then the Judge, sec, and an officer (not the one who pulled me over). Judge calls me up says hello and starts looking over the ticket. He gets this real confused look on his face and then reads the violation out loud. He looks at the secretary and the officer and asked if they have ever heard of this? The lady says I think so, cop has no idea. He then ask me, did you do something else? I said, "I think he just wanted to see if I had been drinking and then saw the sticker".
Hey, mostly true just part 1 and 3 with no mention of 2.
He then ask if I had taken the sticker off, I said yes and showed it to him. He looked at it and then said ok just throw it out and you can go. I said do I have to pay anything? He said no and I tried not to jump and click my heals like a Toyoto commercial.
Zoom ahead to last June 2007. I parked at the Lincoln head parking area in NH to hit the Pemi. I thought to myself I'll just get a parking sticker now so I don't have to bother with it. I walk in and ask for a year sticker, the ladies in there were looking out the window getting mad that some hiker was letting there dog take a crap on the side of the parking lot. So now one comes over to deal with me. I ask for the year sticker pay my fee and then ask "where does it go" she looks at me clearly mad. On your car. I say yes, thank you, but where on the car? Still mad but sees it as a reasonable question, on your windshield. I say but I'm form NY and it is illegal to have stickers besides your registration and inspection on your windshield. Now she looks really mad, like I'm just making stuff up.
She goes well, that's where it goes or you'll get a ticket.
I say I'm the first person to ever say this aren't I? Her ->Yes. Ok I guess. Then I hit her with a whopper. Ma'am I've driving a rental so I can't put it on the windshield, can I just put it on the front dashboard for now and put it on my regular car later. She looks at me like I'm the reason for any anger she has ever experienced in her life and says that's where it goes, if you want another one for another vehicle it is 5 dollars. I say no that is all right I'll get it next time thank you, very cheery so that she hopefully forgets about me the moment I shut the door. I then go out and leave the sticker next to the window with something that looks like it belongs there to hold it up against the windshield and go hiking.
