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Originally Posted by wschruba
The wording is loose enough that merely having something in front of the plate constitutes 'blocking'.
Technically, they're always within their right to give you a ticket for it (NJ/NY). Most of the people that I know that have actually gotten a ticket for it go out and apply for a second (third) plate. They're not expensive, compared to the ticket.
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The added plate works on a lot of hitch units, not so much on bike racks, where the bike is hiding the rack. But 'dunno, maybe somebody makes a special rack adapter for a plate.
I'm actually surprised the NYPD cops actually wrote a ticket for this. There's a gazillion things they can go after folks for, tinted windows, broken tail lights, etc....
I got a ticket in the middle of Brooklyn a few years back in my Ford, a rainy day, I was stopped for a failed brake light and a failed running light. Mind that I had my lights on in the rain, which NOBODY on the road around me - including the cop, had on. Thus he knew I had a missing running light. Then the shmuck gives me a ticket for a failed brake light after I slammed on the brakes to avoid rear ending a VW with NO brake lights, no lights on and no turn signal. I was about to friggin go off on the cop, a Highway Patrol Officer, way out of his normal patrol area (the Parkways) but knew I could just go buy bulbs and show the receipt to my LEO's locally.
What I've learned about NYC having worked there for 37 years is the typical NYPD beat and highway cops are complete and total dicks.
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