here are my thoughts:
the officer's job is to set a good example. Heckling, teasing, insulting - is *never* appropriate for an officer of the law, ever. Regardless of anything else, this clown's behavior needs to be reported to his superior, and if that guy doesn't care it needs to be reported to HIS superior. and if none of them care, make a hobby of calling them and politely complaining. Four times a day, every day. Every day. It will get old for you, but older for them.
I have been crawling all over Massachusetts RMV and state charter sites for the last 20 minutes (bored, waiting for g/f to wake up) and have not seen one single reference to a guideline requiring the vehicle to have any particular sort of appearance. Demand that the inspecting (string of expletives) show you
in writing the whole of the law concerning these inspections. They
need to give you this information, or else a cop could just walk up to you and say "using 4x4wire is illegal, because I say so - you're under arrest".
As for my salvage experience, I hate to sound like a jerk but it was as follows:
- Girlfriend totals trooper by slamming it into a parked flatbed semi at highway speed
- drive badly damaged and crab-walkin-sideways trooper home from accident 200 miles (from north of flagstaff, to phoenix) in the middle of the night, with half the passenger side strapped to the roof and doors made from 5 rolls of duct tape
- Get almost as much $ from the hazardously parked semi driver's insurance company as I paid for the trooper, buy carcas back for $200
- buy calmini upper arms, welder, 33" tires, two doors, various glass and sheet metal, mirror, headlight, angle grinder.... etc..
- hack vehicle mostly together, with front camber looking like /--\ , exposed bondo still in need of more sanding, unpainted mismatched doors that don't close right, 33" tires sticking 2" past the fenders, hideously mangled front bumper straightened by kicking and slamming with sledge hammer..
- Print out temporary 3 day tag from Arizona DOT website, drive Trooper to inspection station with previous title, proof of insurance, and two receipts: one for 2 doors, one for a headlight from Indy4x.
- Inspector walks around truck, checks VIN a couple places, kicks front tires and says "gotta get this aligned" ... me: "yep, that's where it's headed this afternoon" him: "ok, ya pass... have a nice day"
so... not all officers or inspectors are retarded like your buddy there in Mass <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />
Good Luck fighting these clowns, man!
i just thought of something else... do you maybe look like a thug gangster or something? Try going to a different inspection station with a fresh shave and haircut, wearing business clothes and see if they treat you different? Oh, and put a bandaid over that "F THE POLICE" tattoo on your forehead <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/nana.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/nana.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/nana.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/butwiggle.gif" alt="" />
