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Originally Posted by '97ventureowner
Some of these roadblocks are a good "revenue enhancer" ,for municipalities. The cops will ticket you for even the most minor infraction, because a lot of drivers are either too lazy to fight the charge(s), not from the immediate area so they don't want to have to go back and fight it in court, or inexperienced in the way the laws are or how the courts function. One of the problems of living in NY state is the excessive fees and surcharges that are placed on top of fines levied. Sometimes they equal or exceed the original fine. I hope you learned from this experience and the next time you get your new sticker to immediately affix it on your windshield to save yourself from the aggravation. It was a policy in one of the garages I used to work in that if a customer brought their vehicle in for the state safety inspection, the registration sticker must be current and affixed to the windshield. If not it was when the vehicle left the shop. I've seen cops give out tickets for improperly affixed registration stickers, as there are specific places you can place them on your windshield.
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Yeah, I did learn my lesson, and it wasn't that I was lazy - if anything it was an act of omission. I had been out of state for the past 6 months, kept my car registration and driver's license based out of NY for several reasons - most importantly in-state tuition since I planned to transfer to NY. I got the registration sticker and filed it away and I should have just put it on right there, regardless of whether I was in state or not. Anyway, I'm switching all my paperwork to SC - cheaper insurance, cheaper everything. Also, you don't even have to get your car inspected and the DMV is close to dropping it's policy of requiring insurance.