Cop-Stop ala PD Live

   First Friday of the new year, and I was on my way to see Dave. I'd filled my gas tank and adjusted for time so my return trip would not take me into the sunset.  Glare is now my enemy. As I drove in the area near Pine Lake, I saw flashing lights in my rear view mirror. I pulled over, expecting the  car would pass me, but instead it  stopped behind me. The officer got out and approached my car, where I had muted the radio and lowered the window.
  "How are you?" he asked, and I said I was good. "Do you know why I stopped you?" Before I could say much more than no, he, pointing to my windshield, answered his own question. "Your inspection has expired, " he said, adding, "You probably haven't noticed?' That was true. I hadn't.
   Then, after asking if it was my car, he asked if I had my license and registration with me. I did, but told him my license was in my pocketbook on the floor behind me, and I'd have to get out to get it. Well, then, just your registration, he said. I keep my registration and insurance card in a separate envelope in the glove box, but all he wanted was my registration, which he took with him back to his vehicle, for whatever they do there.
    He returned in a short time and handed me my registration. He advised me to get the inspection taken care of right away. "Your sticker is yellow," he said. The new ones are either red or blue. Yours sticks out like a sore thumb, so you're going to keep getting stopped."   I said thank you and continued on my way.
   When I returned about an hour and a half later, I noticed the unmarked police vehicle had 2  cars lined up in the area where I had been stopped, and the officer was "interviewing" a third driver. Taking his message to heart, I drove directly to the closest inspection station.  As I signaled to make the left turn in, I saw a NYS Trooper had a car stopped right in the parking lot of the garage. So I drove my car down to the very end of the lot. I couldn't get an appointment until the following Monday morning, so I spent that weekend as a criminal.