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Got pulled over by accident once. In CA, our renewal is up in January and we get the a sticker that has the year of expiration. So, we got a 2013 sticker in orange. Apparently it's really similar to the red sticker from a year or so ago.
Police pulled me over on Saturday evening with my wife as the passenger after we came from a fairly nice dinner social. I pulled over, turned the car off, hazards on, keys on the dash, both hands on the wheel, no froggy movements. Policeman approaches on the passenger side, motions for us to roll the window, and said...
"Folks, I'd like to apologize - I thought you had expired tags, my mistake. You weren't even speeding. Let me just see your license and you'll be on your way."
I gave it to him, waited for them to run my # to see that I'm not in trouble, and he said, "Be sure to get up to speed before reetering the highway. Have a nice night."
He was a young guy as well. So...police folks can be nice, especially when you drive the speed limit (I nearly always do) and don't seem as though you're ready to be a smart%^&. Sometimes they'll even say when they make a mistake.
At least this time the police fellow certainly was a good guy!
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