Black flag with blue horizontal stripe in middle ?

[Swimmer]

I don't really know anyone who pulls anyone over for just one plate. I am sure they are out there, but not with me. The mobile data terminals save many people from getting stopped in that regard. One plate gets you noticed, but when it is run in the M.D.T. and comes back right all is o.k.

[2na]

I got pulled over for just one plate 10 years ago or so (right after they changed the law I believe) right at the end of Suicide Ally early (8-9 AM) one Sunday morning. I had removed my front plate because I used to plow with the truck during the winter, then strip the plow frame off and attach my front mount to the posts, so the plate was in the way. The statie was sitting in the old rest area, and I was the only one on the road, wasn't speeding, saw him a mile away. Didn't have a front mount on either. When he walked up to my truck he asked "Do you know why I pulled you over?" and I replied "At the expense of sounding like a hole, I have no idea.". He laughed, told me it was because I only had one plate, gave me a warning and sent me on my way. So there's at least one of us out there. Went home, found it, put it back on and have never had a problem since.

So Swimmer, the truth is the blue stripe on the black decal is an officer? I wondered myself, being in Truro I figured it was something I really didn't want to know.

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by ptmike

So Swimmer, the truth is the blue stripe on the black decal is an officer? I wondered myself, being in Truro I figured it was something I really didn't want to know.

More than likely yes. But many times its subtrefuge, or a wanabe.

You know the first five years on the job newbe wants everyone to know he is a cop. Second five years on the job, officer only wants his neighbors to know he is a cop. By the time the third five year increment rolls around, he moves into a new neighborhood and doesn't tell anyone what he does for a living (if he is smart).