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Originally Posted by Duffman692002

I had no issues with the police while on the dragon but everywhere else was a different story.

As Brian said, it was my car that the driver got ticketed in while passing through NOVA. She said that all they wanted to see was the registration and insurance, show them the insurance but she didn't know where I kept the registration info. I keep the registration in the folder along with the owners manual but in Texas we're also required to have a vehicle registration sticker in the windshield, guess the NOVA guys were blind and couldn't see the bright blue/white sticker right above my inspection sticker. She got ticketed for my radar detector too.

Sounds more and more like this happened in Fairfax County. No they won't accept the reg decal on the windshield. They're stupid like that, and will not accept the inspections of other states legality if you're driving on VA roads--which is a catch 22, but usually can be dropped/complied with in court. They're really just banking on you to pay the ticket and send money without defense. I'm not sure, but you may be able to get an lawyer to stand in for your defense, but you'll probably pay more in retainer fees than actually paying the ticket. You may be able to continue your case until next year and go to court a few days before the dragon. But, I don't know if they'll let you continue that long.

As for the radar detector, they can not ticket you for it if it is un-plugged and not easily reached to plug in or power on. AKA, in the glove box, behind the seat, in the center console. Just be glad they didn't confiscate it.

After I left Brian's I got pulled over in Ohio and spend 2 hours in the back of a cruiser while two Akron cops and their dog tore apart my car, and I do mean tore apart. The pulled my storage bins out, took off my kick panels, pulled the spare out, poked around under the dash, crawled under and prodded around every fender well, and snooped around under the hood before the officer with the dog did the 'I don't know' gesture to the other officer after pointing at various things in the engine bay. Originally he said he pulled me over for following too closely, though I had about the same distance between the car in front of me as everyone else did around me, and loud exhaust which I'll give him since it is a touch on the loud side, but I feel that the real reason was that I have OOS plates and my car was covered in days worth of road grime and a bit on the faded side which automatically meant I was up to no good. Suppose my long hair and goin' on 26 hours without sleep also added to their suspicions. :/ The found a magnet in my car and gave me all kinds of grief over it as well as having a gas mask in the car with me. When all was said and done, the officer who initiated the stop gave me a warning for following too close and sent me on my way without as much as a thank you for your co-operation or any kind of apology for costing me 2 hours.

Sounds like you consented to the search. If not what was the probable cause?

All was well for the remainder of Ohio, all of Illinois, MO and most of OK where I got stopped again...for exhaust. I explained to the officer that I had already been stopped twice for it and showed him the warning from the Ohio officer and I was on my way without any fuss. Really cool guy actually.

Yeah, usually if you get the ticket for an offense in one day you do not get a ticket for it again... Most times.