---
title: "Nebraska Driver Paints Registration Sticker on License Plate, Cops Have None of It"
description: "Kudos on the artwork, but sucks about the ticket."
date: "2019-08-02"
modified: "2019-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/29251/nebraska-driver-paints-registration-sticker-on-license-plate-cops-have-none-of-it"
categories:
  - "News"
---

# Nebraska Driver Paints Registration Sticker on License Plate, Cops Have None of It

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We get it, car ownership can be expensive and time-consuming. On top of car payments and gas, drivers must budget for insurance, parking, regular maintenance, and unexpected repairs. Another expense people typically forget to budget for comes courtesy of Uncle Sam: vehicle registration. One [Nebraska](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/29087/its-so-hot-in-nebraska-right-now-you-can-bake-biscuits-in-a-parked-car>) driver, however, took matters into his own literal hands by hand-painting his own registration sticker instead of ponying up for a proper tag.

According to [*Fox News*](<https://www.foxnews.com/auto/nebraska-driver-cited-for-painted-registration-stickers>), a Nebraska State Trooper pulled over the unidentified driver on Interstate 80 on Monday when he spotted the DIY "stickers." The not-so-bad artwork indicated that the plates were good until May 2020. As Nebraska State Patrol wisely pointed out on Facebook: "Art is great and no doubt it takes talent. However, that talent does not amount to actually having valid vehicle registration."

It wasn't specified if the work was done in-house by the driver or outsourced to a morally questionable artist. And while the painted-on stickers may look legit from a distance, they're rather sloppy up-close. In any case, the driver was slapped with a ticket for driving with fake plates as well as not having a valid motor vehicle registration.

In related motoring MacGyver news, [a Colorado trucker was recently caught](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/29151/crafty-truck-driver-escapes-ticket-after-using-red-drink-bottle-to-fix-broken-taillight>) with a bottle of red Gatorade duct-taped to the back of his truck in lieu of a working taillight. Before that, police in Australia [pulled a Holden over and found a garden-variety leaf blower](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/29050/aussie-driver-busted-with-bald-tires-leaf-blower-under-hood-to-boost-performance>) under the hood. That car's owner said it was installed in the pursuit of "improving engine performance."

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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