Don't read this if you love police...

    Cop bashing ahead!!!.......... Just to warn you  

    I bought a car in November for $200, a car is needed in WI for winter I guess. It took until I think February to get the plates because the DMV was so far behind. I hadn't been pulled over from November 1 - March 17!!!! From March 17 - March 21 I got pulled over 4 times! lol That's not what I'm complaining about. The first time I got pulled over I was given a 10day compliance order.

 On Monday it was kind of nice so I put the plate on my car and headed over to grandmas house as I always do for dinner on Mondays. On the way there I spotted a police officer sitting in the parking lot of a bank. I pulled in there and pulled up by him got out and politely asked him to sign off on my ticket saying the plates are on the car so I can mail it in. He looked at me like he was all pissed off he had to do something and said "You want me to do what now?!" I held out the ticket and other paper I got with it and I said "I got a 10 day order to get plates on my car I put it on and I need it signed...." and he just grabbed it right out of my hand all pissy like so I finished "signed by a police officer so I can mail it in." He gets all huffy sighs gets out of his car slams the door walks to the back of my car looks at it then smiles and walks to the front of the car and starts laughing. He says "Nope, I'm not signing anything" I asked him why not and he replied, "well in the state of Wisconsin you NEED to have a front license plate, if you come here and look you don't have one."

I said "ok I see tons of vehicles driving around without a plate on the front of their car and I've never heard that law." He looks at me and says with a smartass tone "ok yea I'll be sure to pull them all over just for you will that make  you feel better?" Tosses the ticket at me and gets back in his car.

F U PIGS!

Want respect? Give respect. No wonder the world hates you.

Mike

So, did you get two plates or one?

he was  probably getting ready to go get his doughnut.

Wow, I would have taken his badge number and called the precinct he works for. Had a nice little chat with the Lt. in charge. Bum wrap homie.
 
So whats the word now? Have you gotten it signed?

Thats funny, The send you two plates and you only put on one and try to get it signed off.
 
Sucks the officer had a bad attitude.

Should of had that front plate on man.  If you want to go without that's fine, but you should have known he wasn't going to sign until he saw it on.  You can always take it off after they sign it.  It's too bad that guy had to have an attitude about it.

Sorry you got the attitude but over here in MN we have to have the front plate as well.  Should have seen how angry they got at me for my swedish plate I had made and threw on my Saab.  I thought it looked bad a$$ and once one of the officers even said that he thought it looked pretty creative.  Even with having my own licencse plate number with my tab in the lower right corner they still gave me the compliance order or fine .

So why did you think they sent you two plates .....just curious?
In case you lost one?
Dont hate the cop on this one..a law is a law and for all those other cars without front plates..they arent just pulling up to a cop in a parking lot looking to be vindicated...im quite sure you came off the wrong way by handing him something to sign when he wasnt the one who wrote the ticket...so even tho im not a cop ..i take the officer side on this one...and by saying F U Pigs only makes you look in so many words....Stupid...
Flame all you want but im sure there are a few select other with a little bit more deductive reasoning here that wil say the excat same thing....

Not all cops are pricks, I happen to be friends with some cops and they are cool guys man. 
 
Don't let one bad apple spoil the bunch, and with an attitude like that towards them you'll have nothing but trouble in the future.  You never know, he could have found out his wife was cheating on him or just got divorced or something. 
 
Such is life.  Get used to it and learn to let it roll off your back and you'll be better off in the long run.

What do you expect man?  you made him get off his ass and do something LOL!  Ohio is a two plate state,but I only run the rear plate since the vehicles look better without the front plate. I have only got pulled over once of it in like 7 or more years and just got a warning.

I hear you man... when you ask an officer to do something, you get a ticket thrown at you!  I'm still fighting a ticket a cop wrote me because he claims I admitted to a traffic violation... NO EVIDENCE EXCEPT FOR THE POLICE REPORT and I still have to go to court over it.  Some of them, are indeed, bastards.  Not all of them though.  I have had very good experiences in the past.  

I dont know why some of you jump all over him for only having one plate. Yes they send you two. But some states do not require it. Such as Arizona.

Yeah, but if the states send you two...there is usually a reason :)

I dont know, its a stupid law, and am willing to bet alot of you on here only have the rear plate on (as do I)
 
Even if you go to car dealers out here they only have the liscense plate frame mounted on the rear. No holes drilled in the front bumper. And they only put temp tags on your rear. But you still get sent two plates.
 
Bottom line the cop shouldnt have a bitchy attitude for no reason. Im sorry snowboarding82 asked him to do his job. signing off the ticket doesnt require a whole lot of him.

But if your going to get a ticket signed off why wouldn't you put both on. I know here in CA. they require two but I only got one when I bought the truck and thats the way I run it until I get a fix it ticket and when I do Im sure not going to have a tail light out when I go to get it signed off. I will make sure all is well....
 
These are simple laws that 90% of all people know about. Im sure he knew he needed both...

dont kno about other states but inCA its 2 plates EXCEPT where you cant put a front one on i.e no mounting brackets or drilled holes in CA i have a dodge SRT-4 neon and thers no spot for a front and i got pulled over for my limo tint in the front 0=) and the cop didnt care. also if you put it in the front window its visible therfor legal.

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also if you put it in the front window its visible therfor legal.

 
Don't try that in NJ, it will not work, lol

thats why i dont live back east lol besides that i dont think snow and my driving style and bike would mix well lol