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Back in 1964 i was driving my early 40 chev north up I-5 towards Olympia. I noticed a State Patrol heading south but looking over at me as we passed. He then made the famous trooper u-turn coming back after me. I knew my stop lights didnt work so when his red lights came on i pulled on the tail light switch and pulled over. The trooper came to my window and told me i didnt have a front license plate. I said yes I do. After a moment of discussion, He walked up to front and there it was hanging where the grill was supposed to be. Because it was hanging on bailing wire the wind blew it back out of sight. He grunted and then wrote me a warning ticket for having a broken tail light. I got off easy.
Another time we did get a ticket because our rear license plate on our well drilling machine was 5 feet above the ground.
Then there was the time we got a ticket for having tires on our flat bed trailer that said M/H only on the sidewall. We were ordered to replace them ASAP.
I always felt they were just doing their job, but did feel kinda picked on.
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