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Cool cop, antique car plates...
Yesterday I am in my front yard working on a cabinet for a friend. Table saw, router, stack of lumber, you get the picture. Up pulls a cop from my local constabulary.
He asks me "Is that your hearse?"
I look down at my shirt. Yep, club logo a foot wide in black and white. I reply "Yes sir it is."
He says "Would you please put down the board sir?"
Oops, forgot I was holding it...
After disarming myself, I inquired as to the reason for his query.
"Somebody called my boss about your hearse. He, in turn, called me to come out here to tag it and have it towed."
"Excuse me? Why exactly is that?"
"Because it is not tagged nor inspected, and it is parked on a public roadway."
After a brief pause I asked whether he had looked at the license plate on the rear (which he had to pass to park his cruiser in front of it).
"Well, no, I didn't."
"Would you please come take a look at it with me?" I replied.
We walk to the rear of the hearse, he bends down to take a look AND I TOOK HIS GUN FROM HIM!!!
Nah, that's a lie...
He says "Okay, what am I supposed to be looking for?"
"That is an "Antique Car" license plate, issued by the state to myself and this car. It expires in May of 2013, comes without a window sticker and exempts this vehicle from the yearly inspection because of it's limited use."
After a few slow blinks, he tells me he is gonna check on this and proceeds to his cruiser. I go about my business. After about 25 minutes, he slowly gets out of his car, approaches me (once my hands are again empty) and tells me "Looks like you're right."
He sat in his car and looked it up in the printed Texas Transportation Code! He showed me the applicable section (which I had already read when I got the plates.)
He apologized for the trouble, handed me his card with the section # (548.052 sec 2) and then we had a 10 minute conversation about neighborhood busybodies and my Halloween display.
Ain't it great when the cops aren't asshats about being taught something?
Score one for the neighborhood pariah...
He asks me "Is that your hearse?"
I look down at my shirt. Yep, club logo a foot wide in black and white. I reply "Yes sir it is."
He says "Would you please put down the board sir?"
Oops, forgot I was holding it...
After disarming myself, I inquired as to the reason for his query.
"Somebody called my boss about your hearse. He, in turn, called me to come out here to tag it and have it towed."
"Excuse me? Why exactly is that?"
"Because it is not tagged nor inspected, and it is parked on a public roadway."
After a brief pause I asked whether he had looked at the license plate on the rear (which he had to pass to park his cruiser in front of it).
"Well, no, I didn't."
"Would you please come take a look at it with me?" I replied.
We walk to the rear of the hearse, he bends down to take a look AND I TOOK HIS GUN FROM HIM!!!
Nah, that's a lie...
He says "Okay, what am I supposed to be looking for?"
"That is an "Antique Car" license plate, issued by the state to myself and this car. It expires in May of 2013, comes without a window sticker and exempts this vehicle from the yearly inspection because of it's limited use."
After a few slow blinks, he tells me he is gonna check on this and proceeds to his cruiser. I go about my business. After about 25 minutes, he slowly gets out of his car, approaches me (once my hands are again empty) and tells me "Looks like you're right."
He sat in his car and looked it up in the printed Texas Transportation Code! He showed me the applicable section (which I had already read when I got the plates.)
He apologized for the trouble, handed me his card with the section # (548.052 sec 2) and then we had a 10 minute conversation about neighborhood busybodies and my Halloween display.
Ain't it great when the cops aren't asshats about being taught something?
Score one for the neighborhood pariah...
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