Unfortunately they do pull people over for those silly reasons... I have not had that happen and neither has my husband.

So you are NOT paranoid.

But this is something to consider... A police officer can pull you over to check your registration and drivers license. Erratic driving even if only for a short distance can indicate something is 'up' in the car. Also don't forget that police are taught to be suspicious of everyone, that everyone is lying to them, and that they are in power all the time and have the kind of power that is easily abused. This is proven by the number of assaults that you see on the news that are perpetrated against women pulled over by male law enforcement. The whole, blow me and I won't give you a ticket. Good thing not one cop ever offered that to me... Although instead I got tickets, I should consider myself lucky I think... :)

I did have a similar experience when my husband and I were coming home from a friends house. Apparently my tail lights fuse had fried... I didn't know this at the time... So we were driving home... we pass a car, I see it whip a U turn in the middle of the highway, bubbles came on, my heart starts pounding cause I have my husband in the car and I hate to put him in any danger, I was driving... So I make my turn to get off the highway and pull over so we are out of the way of any traffic that could be coming.... He comes up to the car, I am in a panic, trying to look cool... and he asks me, did you know your tail lights aren't working AT ALL? The look on my face must have given him his answer before I ever said "NO!" and then I started to bitch cause I had JUST gotten my car back from the body shop that had repaired it from a deer collision... This was just one more thing that they screwed up on my car and I was thinking it was going to cost me money...

Thankfully the cop, didn't give me any tickets, only asked for my husband's name and then asked me where I was going, which was home... Told me that since I only had a shortish drive via backroads to home to turn on my flashers so that I could be seen from behind and header home... no ticket no warning, no nothing... He could have given me all sorts of hell but he didn't... He did describe what it was like to drive past me on the road and said it just wasn't safe... It was a cloudy night so quite dark out... he said one second he passed me and then I just vanished...

There are good cops out there, but they are so few and far between... Although, I should have more high MPH speeding tickets than I do have... so I have run in to a few, although none of them nice enough to just give me a warning. Unless they were a state trooper... Those Super Troopers are pretty cool... hehehe

No you are not paranoid , and yes the car is in the registry and they will pull it over just to see who is driving and to harass the SO . I was pulled over the cop said it was because he could not see the stickers on the tags , what a load of shit . It was the only car that was registered in the registry for me . I saw him coming from three blocks away , he was not pulling me over for the tags (stickers ) he pulled me over for the registry and found i was driving on a suspended license. I have been looking at cars and i have found at least three out of 7 cars in this area have plate holders that hide the stickers , So you are not paranoid they pulled you over for the tag registry!

I saw a cop die on the side of the road yesterday. I honked my horn and gave the other officers standing around wasting air and tax payer dollars a big THUMBS UP....just to let them know I approved of what was taking place.

CPR looks like a real work out..geeeesshhh that takes a lot of stamina .

My fiancé was pulled over, too. He noticed the unmarked cop car behind him for a while. At the freeway onramp, the light was going between red and green, and he was pulled over. The cop said he ran the red light, which could have been true or not…the light switches so fast. I was still on the phone with him and heard the whole thing. My guy had to tell him that he was on probation, and what the charges were. Then, he was let go without a ticket. My guy immediately called the PO (you are supposed to mention any police contact), and the PO did not even mention it. So, yes, it happens, it is purely intimidation, and it has not happened again. Nothing to worry about, I think.

Since being on the registry i have this constant fear of the police and the court system. I am so scared of going to jail. I get anxiety. Anytime a police officer is behind me I just pull into a parking lot because I know whats coming and why delay the inevitable. I got pulled over last friday for a "dirty license plate" but he couldn't tell me why he pulled me over until he ran my plates and found I had nothing. And I know my plate was clean because I cleaned it that morning. He said he couldn't see it. I was like really with your irridecent headlights you can't see the plate number of the tag. he was like nope. I was like yea ok. I know I am clean and I will be harassed because of the registry.

You aren't paranoid. They run plates for fun and every now and then some just decide to harass you. I am paranoid of officers behind me - and I am extra careful. It's worse when you are on probation because you have to report every police contact, no matter how minor or the reason. I have had some very nice police officers that have been helpful. I don't think I've been pulled over for harassment since I have been off probation.