porkchopexpress
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? NY
I was on the way home from the DMV, transferring the registration and plates over to a new car I would be picking up a couple hours later. I had pulled into a junk yard to confirm they would buy my junk car i was driving, then headed home. An unmarked car pulled me over because he "saw that you(me) werent wearing a seat belt." He then saw I had just come from the DMV and said this car was no longer registered.
He was a real prick about it too, said he was "doing me a favor" because he said he could have written me up for it being uninsured (even though it still was) and constantly threatened to have it towed. I told him I was planning on junking it anyway, and he threatened me not to give him any more attitude, that he would "remember this next time". Next time? what are they following me around?
Anyway, I got a ticket for no seatbelt (I have also heard they cannot pull you over for a seatbelt infraction alone, they have to spot something else first, then add on the seatbelt ticket if they notice it, is this true?) and driving an unregistered vehicle, although the time stamps from my registration to my ticket were no less than 15 minutes apart. Any way I can fight this, I think its a total BS thing because the cop was in a bad mood.
I was on the way home from the DMV, transferring the registration and plates over to a new car I would be picking up a couple hours later. I had pulled into a junk yard to confirm they would buy my junk car i was driving, then headed home. An unmarked car pulled me over because he "saw that you(me) werent wearing a seat belt." He then saw I had just come from the DMV and said this car was no longer registered.
He was a real prick about it too, said he was "doing me a favor" because he said he could have written me up for it being uninsured (even though it still was) and constantly threatened to have it towed. I told him I was planning on junking it anyway, and he threatened me not to give him any more attitude, that he would "remember this next time". Next time? what are they following me around?
Anyway, I got a ticket for no seatbelt (I have also heard they cannot pull you over for a seatbelt infraction alone, they have to spot something else first, then add on the seatbelt ticket if they notice it, is this true?) and driving an unregistered vehicle, although the time stamps from my registration to my ticket were no less than 15 minutes apart. Any way I can fight this, I think its a total BS thing because the cop was in a bad mood.