When will I be caught?

HungLikeJesus · 07-29-2008, 11:19 PM

My motorcycle license plates expired in May-2003. I've already put 190 miles on it in the last week. How long do you think I can keep riding it before I get pulled over? And what will they do when they stop me?

glatt · 07-29-2008, 11:25 PM

Those tags are really small on a bike. I bet they can't even see 'em.

Plus, don't they start using the colors over again on the little stickers? I bet they have come back around again.

And those windy mountain roads require too much attention for the cops to be squinting at your tags.

I say never.

lookout123 · 07-29-2008, 11:55 PM

A guy I worked with years ago made it five years on expired tags. I honestly don't think he'd have been caught if he wasn't using an obsolete plate style. oh yeah, and he was drunk enough to sideswipe a parked cop. i think he'd have been fine otherwise.

Griff · 07-30-2008, 07:51 AM

I figure with the big upsurge in moth-balled bikes getting back in service a crack down on expired registrations is coming. But odds are you can slip by the rest of the season.

Clodfobble · 07-30-2008, 10:02 AM

I think you won't get caught until you get pulled over for something else... so I give it a month.

Shawnee123 · 07-30-2008, 12:07 PM

heehee, an ex got pulled over and it was discovered he had purchased a sticker for his motorcycle and put it on his car. Uh, duh!

TheMercenary · 07-30-2008, 12:23 PM

I don't think you will be caught until you are unlucky enough to have a cop pull up behind you on your bike at a stop.

Cicero · 08-07-2008, 09:46 PM

lol! This sounds a little like the game I played with the gas tank yesterday. It's just, well, dumb and I know it.

Stress Puppy · 08-07-2008, 11:21 PM

I had an expired driver's license for about three or four years and was only tagged with it on three occasions. Twice in air ports and once in a restaurant trying to get an alcoholic drink.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-08-2008, 12:25 AM

I got an email today...

Quote:

Driving Ticket fine increase in PA:
Starting on August 15th, the price of a ticket for
violation of PA Law 39:3-29 (failure to show your
driver's license, registration, or insurance card at
the time you are stopped) is going from $44.00 to
$173.00 Please make sure your vehicles have the proper
documents in them. If you jump in the car to run to
the store and forget your wallet with your license
in it and you are stopped.... Oh well... you just
spent $173. And the fine for not having all three
documents is $519!!!

HungLikeJesus · 08-08-2008, 01:04 AM

That's ridiculous. All of that information is available through computers. Why do you need to carry pieces of paper? This is the 22nd century, isn't it?

smoothmoniker · 08-08-2008, 02:56 PM

Call it a tax on the forgetful. Gotta offset those budget cuts somehow.

marjoj77 · 08-08-2008, 04:39 PM

Everytime when I notice that this thread has new posts, I have to come and see whether you got caught or not...

Flint · 08-08-2008, 05:05 PM

Did he get caught?! . . . oh . . . nevermind . . .

HungLikeJesus · 08-08-2008, 05:06 PM

Yeah, me too.

View Poll Results: When will I be pulled over for having expired plates
On the next ride	2	10.53%
Within the next week	1	5.26%
By the end of August	5	26.32%
By the end of the year	4	21.05%
They'll never catch you	7	36.84%
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07-29-2008, 11:19 PM	#1
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	When will I be caught? My motorcycle license plates expired in May-2003. I've already put 190 miles on it in the last week. How long do you think I can keep riding it before I get pulled over? And what will they do when they stop me? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-29-2008, 11:55 PM	#3
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	A guy I worked with years ago made it five years on expired tags. I honestly don't think he'd have been caught if he wasn't using an obsolete plate style. oh yeah, and he was drunk enough to sideswipe a parked cop. i think he'd have been fine otherwise. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-30-2008, 07:51 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I figure with the big upsurge in moth-balled bikes getting back in service a crack down on expired registrations is coming. But odds are you can slip by the rest of the season. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-30-2008, 10:02 AM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I think you won't get caught until you get pulled over for something else... so I give it a month. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-29-2008, 11:25 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Those tags are really small on a bike. I bet they can't even see 'em. Plus, don't they start using the colors over again on the little stickers? I bet they have come back around again. And those windy mountain roads require too much attention for the cops to be squinting at your tags. I say never.

07-30-2008, 12:07 PM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	heehee, an ex got pulled over and it was discovered he had purchased a sticker for his motorcycle and put it on his car. Uh, duh! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-30-2008, 12:23 PM	#7
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I don't think you will be caught until you are unlucky enough to have a cop pull up behind you on your bike at a stop. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-07-2008, 09:46 PM	#8
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	lol! This sounds a little like the game I played with the gas tank yesterday. It's just, well, dumb and I know it. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

08-07-2008, 11:21 PM	#9
Stress Puppy Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 359	I had an expired driver's license for about three or four years and was only tagged with it on three occasions. Twice in air ports and once in a restaurant trying to get an alcoholic drink. __________________ ~Stress Puppy~ Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

08-08-2008, 01:04 AM	#11
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	That's ridiculous. All of that information is available through computers. Why do you need to carry pieces of paper? This is the 22nd century, isn't it? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

08-08-2008, 02:56 PM	#12
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Call it a tax on the forgetful. Gotta offset those budget cuts somehow. __________________ to live and die in LA

08-08-2008, 04:39 PM	#13
marjoj77 Layperson Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Finland Posts: 13	Everytime when I notice that this thread has new posts, I have to come and see whether you got caught or not... __________________ ... but maybe I'm only a figment of my own imagination.

08-08-2008, 05:05 PM	#14
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Did he get caught?! . . . oh . . . nevermind . . . __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-08-2008, 05:06 PM	#15
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Yeah, me too. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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