I had an interesting afternoon, too. I bought an annual park sticker this morning at the park. I didn’t stick it on the window because I wanted to scrape off the old one and use some Goo-Gone to get the sticky stuff off before I stuck the new one on. While I was parked in the horse trail parking lot I got a “Ticket” from the park ranger for a) Improper Sticker Placement, b) Parking too close to the handicapped horse ramp, and c) Expired Vehicle Registration. I put ticket in ” ” because there was no fine associated . I just had to put the sticker on and then show up at the office to show them that I had done it. Other State Parks I have been to have told me that it was OK to wait to put the sticker on from Rib Mountain where the Ranger told me that I just needed to have it on by the next time I went to a state park, to Mirror Lake where I was told I had 24 hours to attach it. Oh, and my registration is not expired, I just forgot to put the sticker on.
Then on the way home I got a little careless with the gas petal and got pulled over by a Portage County Deputy for 70 in a 55. Of course he also commented on the registration, but when he checked it out he found that it was current. I told him that the sticker was sitting on my kitchen counter with the new insurance card that I just got a couple weeks ago. He actually laughed when I told him that I had found 4 expired insurance cards while he was writing the ticket. Oh, but the ticket was only $10 for not wearing a seat belt. Best result of a pull-over I have ever experienced.
