Interesting experience today

[nachoman]

I have been pulled over half a dozen times because "my license plate was illegible", when it wasn't dirty, was mounted according to specs, and properly lit.
I have been stopped while walking to the grocery store to ask what I was doing - multiple times.
I was pulled over once because the rental truck I was driving only had a temporary registration in the window. When the deputy asked if the vehicle had a license plate, i said it was a rental from enterprise and pointed to the temp tag. he then asked if I worked for enterprise. Huh ??? I told him they were a company that rents cars and trucks, and he still needed further explanation.
I once saw a police helicopter pull a car over, shouting at them using a speaker and shining their floodlight at the car. They circled for about 5 minutes, never did a ground patrol car come to investigate, and then let the car go.
Sometimes I feel like cops are just like chief wiggum pulling people over because their tail light was "blinking when they went around that last turn". But then again their are the times I was glad they responded quickly and were inquisitive. Sometimes we get frustrated at all the rules that keep police from being able to ask what they need to to do their jobs, but if it wasn't for law abiding people being harassed over nothing perhaps their wouldn't be those rules. Those "license plate illegible" stops started to irritate me enough, I started recording the officer's name, and forwarding that information to the state DMV telling them that that officer claims they are issuing illegible license plates. They werent pulling me over for the license plate. They were using that as an excuse. Young guy driving an old car - I must be a thief .