Dear Lebanon, Ohio,

"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko)
06/05/2016 at 18:23 • Filed to: None

Enjoy your hard earned $160 for that speeding ticket issued by not your cops but the Ohio Highway Patrol last Sunday morning. Ya’ll suck, so you don’t even get the original version of this song.

DISCUSSION (18)

JeepJeremy > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
06/05/2016 at 18:27

Where'd you get zapped? Out on route 48?

someassemblyrequired > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
06/05/2016 at 18:38

Surprised you didn’t post some Electric Six.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > JeepJeremy
06/05/2016 at 18:40

71 north at the bridge

Katsumoto > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
06/05/2016 at 18:47

OSP pulled me over in my work truck while I was on my to the dealer.

The cop claims I was given 2 commercial plates with my new registration, which I wasn’t. I was given one, and was instructed to put it on the front.

So my rear plate is just a hello kitty frame and fake plate(I did it for my autistic little cousin, shes 6, she loves Hello Kitty and thinks its funny I have it on my “big twuck”). The cop told me that I should listen to what OSP says and not, and I quote “ some office worker that hands out plates”.

I swear some OSP guys are REALLY cool and nice, but the majority are just assholes who think they own the highway.

For every 10-20 asshole OSP guys I deal with, I get one genuinely nice guy who just there to remind you of the rules, and lets you go with a verbal warning.

JeepJeremy > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
06/05/2016 at 19:04

Bummer, dude!

random001 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
06/05/2016 at 19:26

hell, that’s too close to my home.

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Katsumoto
06/05/2016 at 20:06

....they have you put it on the FRONT?! Weird

-this space for rent- > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
06/05/2016 at 20:22

Why do you think Lebanon has anything to do with you getting tagged by OSP on the interstate? Pretty sure that ticket money is going to state of Ohio.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > -this space for rent-
06/05/2016 at 20:28

It was paid to Lebanon, at their rates, because I was in Lebanon.

Katsumoto > V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
06/05/2016 at 20:37

Yes I was only given 1 license plate.

It’s all that’s on all my 5500 Rams. Just the front plate, with the appropriate sticker for it’s weight classification.

http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4503.21v1

“ A motor vehicle that is issued two license plates shall display the validation sticker only on the rear license plate, except that a commercial tractor that does not receive an apportioned license plate under the international registration plan shall display the validation sticker on the front of the commercial tractor. An apportioned vehicle receiving an apportioned license plate under the international registration plan shall display the license plate only on the front of a commercial tractor and on the rear of all other vehicles . All license plates shall be securely fastened so as not to swing, and shall not be covered by any material that obstructs their visibility.”

So it says there, front of truck, and rear of trailer basically.

Because if it was on the rear, the trailer would “obstruct” visibility.

-this space for rent- > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
06/05/2016 at 20:50

Neat, I didnt know they did that. If those fucksticks would enforce ‘keep right except to pass’ I wouldn’t be so pissed about their other ticket writing.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > -this space for rent-
06/05/2016 at 20:54

Yeah the tickets they write get paid to the city where the offence happens

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
06/05/2016 at 22:03

Am I the only one here who thinks $160 isn’t a very terrible ticket?

Carbon Fiber Sasquatch > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
06/05/2016 at 22:15

On I71? That's where my only speeding ticket is from. In a seafoam green carry no less!

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Katsumoto
06/06/2016 at 08:03

By tractor they mean a vehicle that can haul a trailer/shipping container, yes?

I’m guessing you have a 5th wheel setup. That makes sense now.

Katsumoto > V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
06/06/2016 at 08:14

I guess thats what they mean by tractor. I have a gooseneck. I couldn’t go with a 5th due to the height of one. It would have raised the front of my trailer.

I’m already close enough to the legal height limit, I didn’t need anything else to push me over.

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Katsumoto
06/06/2016 at 08:27

Look into their legal definition for tractor in this sense. If a gooseneck is included, you’ll be OK.

Katsumoto > V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
06/06/2016 at 10:23

Other than the above mentioned time, that was the first time I was hassled about it.

I was stopped by a regular state patrol car. In Ohio, they have the “Motor Carrier Enforcement” team. They are typically in Tahoes. They’re the DOT Enforcement. They’ve never said anything about my plate. Just some asshole with a micropeen and a badge.

Most Ohio SP are DOT guys. They’re familiar with DOT laws regarding trucks. Not all of them. The guy I was stopped by obviously had no experience with DOT law and was just trying to enforce a law that doesn’t apply to me.

Ohio considers a gooseneck/5th wheel the same. I called the DOT outpost closest to me. My 5500 is a “medium duty” truck. It’s specific purpose is for work. It’s registered and owned by the business. If I sold the business to someone, they’d be getting the trucks and trailers too.

This plate thing is legal, and has been that way for over a year on my specific truck, and over 2 years on the rest of them. This is the first and only instance of being stopped about my lack of rear plate. I have 1 license plate, it’s on the front. I’ll leave it there until I’m ordered to put it on the back.