"Check Your Texas License Plate Frames"

[CAMAC]

Greetings from the Texas Hill Country,

Hey folks,please check your license plate frames.

If it covers the word "TEXAS" you can be stopped and fined.

Also no decals or logos on the plate/Like the Texas Longhorn logo.

Have a great day

MACSPACK1@AOL.COM

Mac

[NTX5467]

While the stated intent of this neat little bit of legislation had more to do with people running through the Toll Tag lanes on the turnpikes (people who do not have paid and active Toll Tags, that is), there are some other aspects that can have some greater implications as to how they are enforced and by and against whom. It's really a big can of worms, in one respect. Considering some of the editorial letters in the newspapers, it just might be possible that there will be some "policy" orientations issued for the enforcement operatives. Good intentions that went awry, it seems.

In the mean time, I suggest that Texas residents go to the Texas Online area and research this particular new statute and make sure that "you're legal".

Just a few thoughts (there are more, but . . .)

NTX5467

[raleets]

Holy Longhorn Steer, Batman,

I realize the great State of Texas is "miles and miles of miles and miles", but don't those dudes with the shiney badges have anything better to do with their free time between donuts and b-b-q than look for poor suckers with a fat license plate frame? At this time of year, when footballs fill the air, why not treat those fellers to a free ticket to the kickoff and a cold brewski after the game, therefore allowing their stress to lighten up a tad!

Just a thought from one of those silly Yankees,

Bob Leets <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

[rocketraider]

Bob, can you say "easy revenue"? If they have a law that says they can, they will.

Back in the 70s when I had the arse-end of me 66 442 up in the air with a pair of Gabriel HiJackers, we had a cop here who would write you an altered suspension ticket for 1/4" over legal bumper-to-ground height. He kept a stainless steel yardstick in the copcar and would pull us over if we so much as put the front tires on the street.

Smartalecky and going broke punks that we were, we figured out that we could adapt Cadillac Automatic Level Control to our air shocks. Scarfed up every one a local junkyard had one Saturday morning and spent the afternoon rigging it up on a 69 Chevelle. Sure enough we got pulled. While Johnny Law was getting his stuff together, we dropped the Chevelle's tail with the dump valve. He measured us, scratched his head, and measured two more times. Let us go, as soon as we were moving we raised the tail up. Got pulled again about an hour later, same scenario which provoked a spiel "I doan know how you droppin' that car, but I know damn well it's over the limit!" He never did figure out our little secret weapon...

And he's still out there, bugging the lowered Hondas with that yardstick. Of course they're not getting away with it as we did because it takes longer to pump up their air suspension than a pair of air shocks did.

[raleets]

Glenn,

Now, THAT'S funny!! I love it.

My secret weapon while in high school was to be best friends with the son of the local Chief of Police. This kid had the old man by the suspenders, so anytime we got into a little "jam" around town he would go to daddy and "take care of business". Worked every time!

Have a great day,

Bob Leets <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />