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Originally Posted by edub370
worst... advice... ever...
sure u go ahead and tell a cop that "u had no reason to pull me over, and im not showing you anything". they can tell u anything. suspicious bahavior, suspicious vehicle (for having no front plate), or just because they can. then u will go from a probable warning, to having about 5 tickets coming your way for being a bag of douche, one of which will be failing to identify yourself properly to an officer.
i got pulled for it once. told him that it was already ordered and coming in next week. got off with a warning
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Actually this guy is right. If you look into the constitution for both Canada and the USA it says that you can refuse interaction with a peace officer (police) if there is no breach of the peace. They can't just come up to you and demand you to produce your ID. That goes against you basic rights. They have to observe you breach the peace in order to force you to identify yourself. Not saying how the OP explained how he would talk to the officer is how I would do it. But if you know your rights and understand some of the basics of law you can get your way out of a lot. Also remember to record the entire interaction with the cop from the moment they pull you over. Then when they tell you that "you need to turn that off" or "you can't record me" (because a lot of them don't want to be) well that's strike number one against them. They are then threatening you under the colour of law which is a violation on him! Then bring up the breach of the peace (you will need to know the definition o this for it to work) then you have another strike on them they also tend to back off at this point seeing that you are not some common person who has no understanding of there own rights. Like the majority of society who just allows them to violate there rights. People everywhere need to start recording more of the police and other public servants actions this is your right to do so, they work for us! This will help bring more honesty to the system and help expose the people taking advantage of there powers and can be very helpful if things ever get to court.
Go read something actually useful people. The constitution and bill of human rights is for you! Learn it because as the law states - ignorance to the law is no excuse - so they are saying its your own fault if you don't know or understand it. This how they take advantage of everyday citizens by bullying there way into a position of power and to many people are scared of the police thinking if thy challenge them that they are going to jail but you won't!
Also guys might want to reconsider putting the plate in front window. That can be a very sharp projectile in the cabin if you (heaven forbid) where to get in an accident!