[mmmpop]

I still am not reading the NYT piece but the original Denver7 piece which lists these infractions: - Driving with a broken taillight - Not wearing a seatbelt - Driving with minor damage to a bumper - Driving with a registration that has been expired for less than two months - Relocating a license plate to another visible part of the vehicle - Obstruction of view (such as an air freshener placed on the rearview mirror)

The OP added the other article after posting and realizing the weakness of the argument with just the first source, so I'm not addressing it.

[cscurmudgeon]

> The OP added the other article after posting and realizing the weakness of the argument with just the first source, so I'm not addressing it.

OP here. The argument was about minor traffic violations. Nowhere did I say the Denver post covered everything. Did I? I gave that as example. My assumption was folks would read and understand that in good faith. Boy, was I mistaken.

[jeffbee]

Obstruction of the view should be the #1 thing that gets you pulled over. It kills pedestrians! You can't have crap hanging on your mirror and you can't mount your stupid iphone right in the middle of the windshield, either.