Printed License Plate - Bad Idea?
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:14
Question and part rant below:
Ever since i'v had my license i have never once ran a front license plate and have never been hassled about it. But as of recent the city of Boulder (not Boulder PD), but the fing Boulder Parking Management "Enforcers" have been writing me "no front plate" tickets as if they were giving me candy. I am forced on occasion to park on the street outside my apartment every now and then when the lot fills up. I honestly don't know where my front plate is, probably buried in the basement at my house in HR, and i don't have time to go get it with school and work, nor do i really intend to put it on anyway.
But my question is if say i were to photoshop a CO license plate with my reg numbers and place it on the front bumper when i have to park on the street would that be illegal? I don't need to give them a reason to tow my car or write me some BS outrageous fine, but it's getting really rediculous that every time i get to my car i find yet another BS ticket. I got three (THREE! (3) ) "no front plate" tickets the last three days and in that time i never once drove or even looked at the car. I mean it's BS that they can give you a ticket for the same thing three days in a row when the car has never moved, leading a sensible individual to perhaps think that the owner isn't aware of the problems let alone the tickets hes now gathering.
Now before you say it's their job ect. I know first hand it's their job, i used to work for the parking enforcement department of CU my freshman year. I was one of those ***'s that gave students tickets and such. But never once did i, or would i give a plate ticket. I was supposed to but never had the hypocritical heart to. I also personally think plate related tickets should be handled only by state organizations (eg. police), not city organizations. I can't believe they have the right to give me a ticket regarding a state issue imo.
So while i get three tickets for not having a front plate, the guy three cars ahead of me parked on the curb, blocking part of a driveway, and touching the rear bumper of the car ahead of me is ticket-less. "Now Andrew they clearly didn't see that or else he would have been ticketed too." Not true, his (rather her) car was parked that way the very morning my car was issued yet another bs ticket. It was in fact parked that way all day. Good job Boulder.
Thanks for listening to my rant. So is the printed plate a bad idea?
Ever since i'v had my license i have never once ran a front license plate and have never been hassled about it. But as of recent the city of Boulder (not Boulder PD), but the fing Boulder Parking Management "Enforcers" have been writing me "no front plate" tickets as if they were giving me candy. I am forced on occasion to park on the street outside my apartment every now and then when the lot fills up. I honestly don't know where my front plate is, probably buried in the basement at my house in HR, and i don't have time to go get it with school and work, nor do i really intend to put it on anyway.
But my question is if say i were to photoshop a CO license plate with my reg numbers and place it on the front bumper when i have to park on the street would that be illegal? I don't need to give them a reason to tow my car or write me some BS outrageous fine, but it's getting really rediculous that every time i get to my car i find yet another BS ticket. I got three (THREE! (3) ) "no front plate" tickets the last three days and in that time i never once drove or even looked at the car. I mean it's BS that they can give you a ticket for the same thing three days in a row when the car has never moved, leading a sensible individual to perhaps think that the owner isn't aware of the problems let alone the tickets hes now gathering.
Now before you say it's their job ect. I know first hand it's their job, i used to work for the parking enforcement department of CU my freshman year. I was one of those ***'s that gave students tickets and such. But never once did i, or would i give a plate ticket. I was supposed to but never had the hypocritical heart to. I also personally think plate related tickets should be handled only by state organizations (eg. police), not city organizations. I can't believe they have the right to give me a ticket regarding a state issue imo.
So while i get three tickets for not having a front plate, the guy three cars ahead of me parked on the curb, blocking part of a driveway, and touching the rear bumper of the car ahead of me is ticket-less. "Now Andrew they clearly didn't see that or else he would have been ticketed too." Not true, his (rather her) car was parked that way the very morning my car was issued yet another bs ticket. It was in fact parked that way all day. Good job Boulder.
Thanks for listening to my rant. So is the printed plate a bad idea?
. I just personally hate them and don't see a reason for them outside of some nonsense state law. What really is getting me upset about this whole situation is that it would still to this day be a non-issue if i didn't on very rare occasions have to park on the street. Outside of that it would still be no problem (granted still illegal).
. I threw that bracket out first time the car came home.