RangerClay Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 As you all know, New York does not have a budget yet and is starving for cash. It seems as though the NY Troopers are fishing in grey areas for a traffic ticket. Lately they are pulling people over and giving out $250 tickets if people are leaving their trailer hitch in the receiver. There is no such law! If you get pulled over, arm yourself with this article, http://www.wktv.com/news/local/95641864.html I know a local LEO and she has said that if they were looking for a reason to pull someone over they could get me because I have a trailer ball on my bumper. Why you ask? If they wanted to stretch the law they could say that it blocks their view of my license plate. I know its baloney but hopefully this can keep you from getting pulled over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinch314 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 WOW are you kidding me? I would be broke then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goinghuntin Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 Wow that's just crazy. The local police in my town will just about pull you over for anything it seems, except for the absence of a muffler I'm surprised I've gotten away with that for this long now. Three weeks and counting :gunsmilie: Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY_Bowhunter14 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 word has been getting arond that they are pulling people over AND giving them tickets for doing as little as 4 MPH over the speed limit... it is getting kind of ridiculous... but to give a ticket for leaving a trailer hitch on us going overboard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 It seems as though the NY Troopers are fishing in grey areas for a traffic ticket. Very funny to me you word it that way Joe. About a month ago I got pulled over on my mountain bike heading home from the trout stream. The officer said he pulled me over because someone had called claiming they saw a rifle sticking out of my back pack just up the road....or so he said. Had my fishing pole strapped to the side. Asked him if he was gonna give me a ticket for being "murder" on the fish. He kinda chuckled and let me go after he ran me to check for warrants. Clear this time,lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMAN Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 This is rediculas,bu I'm afraid it's only going to get worse. The way things are getting with budgets and states being short on money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 I heard of the hitch thing being illegal here, too. NY troopers were out in mass all the way through Tuesday afternoon. Only a couple had customers. Traffic was doing 70/75 mph. A tap on the brake slower when you rolled up on one. I had the state police marine patrol pull alongside Monday on the Lake. They checked me out and gave me a safety inspection. Got a warning for no flares or distress flag. Didn't seem like they wanted to write a ticket. They did get a guy for speeding in the harbor and a cracked windshield on hos boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkay Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 So are speeding tickets and all the other BS tickets really the best use of the police. Maybe if that's all they have to do is clock speeders and trailer ball offenders, htey could do without a few. Mean while how many real crimes were committed while they tamed all the criminal speeders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 I'm pretty sure it's illegal here in Ontario too, almost positive. It has more to do with safety than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 Thanks for the heads up Joe! NYS is forever looking for ways to raise money :hammer2:. I leave a Pintle/ball combo hitch ALWAYS in my receiver on my truck. I have to be sharp on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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