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Hi all...
I have a little story to tell you about a traffic stop in Reno Nevada. As several of you know I do not have license plates and registration for my auto. I still have the plate I made that says Nevada Registered No. 2003126894-1 and PRIVATE NOT FOR HIRE. Here is my story and I had a witness this time.
RENO TRAFFIC STOP 05
The date was August 15, 2005, the weather was calm, the temperature about 92 degrees and the skies were blue. The place, Sierra Street Reno Nevada downtown where the casinos are. The time was 1305. The police in that area are real hard asses and they will write you up for anything they can. The following is the story of the person involved in the stop.
I was traveling south on Sierra Street with my friend Greg and I noticed a motorcycle officer in the center lane slowly driving by checking for registration. When he came to my car we were at a red light and when the light changed to proceed he got behind me and turned his lights on. So I drove to get off the main street and as I did he sounded his little horn. I pulled around the corner stopped and turned off the motor.
The officer came up to the car and said he stopped me because of license plate and registration on my car. He said “Was that issued to you by Department of Motor Vehicles?” I said “Oh no they only issue license plates for people in commerce!” He looked at me kind of funny and asked me for my Driver License. I said “Gee I don’t have it with me because I am not doing any commercial driving today and this is the automobile I do my personal business in.” So he says do you have any ID? And I said “Yes, here is a copy of my birth certificate.” He says do you have any ID with your picture on it?” I said “Gee I thought I had my Costco Card with me but its at home too.” (And I really did say “gee.”) So he goes back to his motorcycle and in the mean time I remember that I have a pix ID I made so I gave him that. He took the card and after he called the info in he came back and said “I don’t need this.”
So when he was asking me about an ID he was standing at my windshield. In the middle of my windshield it says “In my opinion Judge Fidel Salcido is an *******! And he keeps glancing at it. Me, I didn’t even notice him looking at it.
So he comes back after checking out my “papers” and says “So you don’t believe you need a Driver’s License is that right?” I said “ Well not today because I am not doing any commercial business.” Oh so then you have a Driver’s License” I said “Yes, but I signed it under duress and it says so in front of my signature.” He says “So why do you have a Driver’s License if you don’t think you need one?” Well I do have one but I left it at home it’s on the kitchen sink and he says Look I am not arguing with you and I haven’t said you’re getting a ticket. And I say “Well I am not arguing either.” And he askes me again if I believe in a Driver License and I said, “Well if I have to do any commercial driving then it good for me to have one, But so far I don’t do commercial driving.” He says “You’re a constitutionalist aren’t you.” I said “Oh well aren’t you? It was written for you ya know.” He says “And what about insurance you don’t believe in insurance either?” I said “Well in this case I agree with insurance, because there is a lien on it and the lien holder requires that I have insurance to protect his investment.” Then the officer says “Well don’t the think the lien holder would want you to register the car too?” I said “Gee, I can’t think of any benefit to the lien holder whether the car is registered or not so, (pause) no, the lien hold has no interest in that.”
Then he says “Well I could arrest you… And I could write you a citation but you probably wouldn’t sign it and then I would have to arrest you, and I don’t feel like taking you to jail so just get out of here.” I said “Thank You.” And when I drove off (laughing really really hard with my “guest”) I flashed on the fact that the cop was reading my bumper sticker about Judge Salcido being an ******* we laughed even harder!!!!!!
My friend Greg said after he discovered he had no jurisdiction to stop me, he was trying to get me to argue right to travel and constitutional rights. I just kept the whole conversation in commerce and was very friendly and smiling and absolutely NOT intimidated. The end result…no ticket no arrest and no hassle.
Kitchie
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