My old car failed emissions, not because of emissions—it passes fine—but because it had a
computer problem. I was waiting for my appointment to take it in, and thought the "fail" was enough for the 90-day extension you get on a fail. I got pulled over for speeding, and it was NOT good enough, I needed to go to the county facility and get yet another piece of paper while I waited my week to take the car in. Major PITA.
Good news is that my sone was ringing in the back in his car seat...
wearing his police uniform costume/dress-up clothes.
I was scrounging for the emissions stuff, and the female cop looks in back, sees my super cute son, and says, "Don't worry, I'm just gonna give you a warning." (I was doing 48 in a 40 zone)
My advice, take a super cute 4 year old in a police uniform everywhere you go