My recent encounter with the police. I have had good and bad encounters but this is one of the latter. By no means do I harbor ill will towards the police.
Attached pic of my license plate and where it's mounted.
I was on my way home last night from a buddies house, it was around 4 in the morning. I'm about a mile away from my house when I get pulled over. I had no idea why because I was going 1 under the speed limit (30) and everything was up to date. The officer walks up to my bike and asks for just my license. While I am trying to pull it out of my backpack, he calls me a "stupid m*ther*****er." I said "excuse me?" He then repeatedly calls me the same thing over and over, cussing up a storm. I hand him my license and ask why I am being pulled over. He replies "I can't see your license plate." I ask him if he needs to see my registration and insurance and he says no. He then asks why did I make my license look like that and why is it mounted to where it looks hidden. I told him I bought the bike like this and it passed safety and everything is up to date. He said the previous owner is a "dumb*ass" and so am I because I didn't change it once I bought the bike. He stated that he thought I was going to run because he couldn't see my plates. He offers to "SMASH" my plates upward so it is more visible. At this point the officer was just really hostile and agitated, I felt as if he was waiting for an excuse to do something. The more I tried to speak up for myself, the more angrier he got. So at this point I just replied with "yes sir I will change it" over and over and also adding in a few "sorry's." He handed back my license and let me off with a "warning."
Attached pic of my license plate and where it's mounted.
I was on my way home last night from a buddies house, it was around 4 in the morning. I'm about a mile away from my house when I get pulled over. I had no idea why because I was going 1 under the speed limit (30) and everything was up to date. The officer walks up to my bike and asks for just my license. While I am trying to pull it out of my backpack, he calls me a "stupid m*ther*****er." I said "excuse me?" He then repeatedly calls me the same thing over and over, cussing up a storm. I hand him my license and ask why I am being pulled over. He replies "I can't see your license plate." I ask him if he needs to see my registration and insurance and he says no. He then asks why did I make my license look like that and why is it mounted to where it looks hidden. I told him I bought the bike like this and it passed safety and everything is up to date. He said the previous owner is a "dumb*ass" and so am I because I didn't change it once I bought the bike. He stated that he thought I was going to run because he couldn't see my plates. He offers to "SMASH" my plates upward so it is more visible. At this point the officer was just really hostile and agitated, I felt as if he was waiting for an excuse to do something. The more I tried to speak up for myself, the more angrier he got. So at this point I just replied with "yes sir I will change it" over and over and also adding in a few "sorry's." He handed back my license and let me off with a "warning."