# Do cops sit at PA border and watch/wait for people to come back to ny with fireworks **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 5, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089 "2010-06-05T16:09:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![misteroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misteroman/32/7423_2.png) [@misteroman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/misteroman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/1 "2010-06-05T16:09:17Z")
We were just talking about this at the pizzeria and people here were hearing more and more they have been doing so. Any truth to this. May or may not be going down soon so was wondering. ---
**Author:** ![Static](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/static/32/7340_2.png) [@Static](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Static)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/2 "2010-06-05T16:15:08Z")
Are fireworks illegal to possess in NYS? I thought they were just illegal to use. I could be wrong. P.S.- Your PMs are full, tried sending you one. ---
**Author:** ![misteroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misteroman/32/7423_2.png) [@misteroman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/misteroman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/3 "2010-06-05T16:29:25Z")
both I believe. Cleared out my inbox D ---
**Author:** ![TurboTSi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TurboTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTSi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/4 "2010-06-05T16:44:20Z")
I travel that way quite frequently and have never seen a cop at the border, let alone pulling people over. ---
**Author:** ![IROC-Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iroc-z/32/7389_2.png) [@IROC-Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IROC-Z)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/5 "2010-06-05T17:19:26Z")
I never seen it happen. ---
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/6 "2010-06-05T17:47:21Z")
just put them in your trunk out of sight or something if you’re nervous. i’ve never heard of it though. ---
**Author:** ![slo\_ride](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@slo\_ride](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slo_ride)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/7 "2010-06-05T18:10:07Z")
i don’t think they stake it out… its an awfully big border ---
**Author:** ![misteroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misteroman/32/7423_2.png) [@misteroman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/misteroman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/8 "2010-06-05T18:26:45Z")
keep hearing UC’s are grabbing plate #'s and calling them in and waiting in nys and watching. Also not planning on a ‘normal’ purchase either ---
**Author:** ![bigwoode](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigwoode/32/5175_2.png) [@bigwoode](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bigwoode)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/9 "2010-06-05T19:39:48Z")
I have heard of it in the past, and it has happened to larger than normal orders… If you’re nervous, your best bet is to cruise around; go to Erie and get lunch, and get back off at the Ripley exit, take Route 20 back into NYS and hop on the highway an exit or two in. ---
**Author:** ![JUICEDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/juicedss/32/7185_2.png) [@JUICEDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JUICEDSS)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/10 "2010-06-05T19:43:51Z")
Not illegal to transport, just illegal to use without a permit. I got a catalog from PA the other day and they spell it right out. ---
**Author:** ![Gl1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gl1/32/5471_2.png) [@Gl1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gl1)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/11 "2010-06-05T20:10:43Z")
here’s some good info. [http://www.fireworks.com/fireworks\_laws/laws\_newyork.asp](http://www.fireworks.com/fireworks_laws/laws_newyork.asp) Edit: and > any person > who shall offer or expose for sale, sell or furnish, any fireworks or > dangerous fireworks is guilty of a class B misdemeanor; > (c) Possession of fireworks or dangerous fireworks valued at fifty > dollars or more shall be a presumption that such fireworks were intended > to be offered or exposed for sale. > **[Article 270 - NY Penal Law | Public Safety Offenses | NY Law](https://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article270.php)** > > Offenses Relating to Public Safety. Unlawful dealing with fireworks. Fleeing a uniformed police officer in a motor vehicle | NYS Penal Law ---
**Author:** ![slo\_ride](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@slo\_ride](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slo_ride)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/12 "2010-06-05T20:30:28Z")
just don’t go to the place right over the border on the thruway… go a little farther or take a little less obvious route… although i really doubt they are seriously staking it out… PA doesn’t want NY cops hanging out at establishments that are intended to get out of state dollars and thus out of state revenue ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/13 "2010-06-06T04:06:31Z")
Why don’t you just take back roads after you leave? ---
**Author:** ![Pauly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pauly/32/7493_2.png) [@Pauly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pauly)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/14 "2010-06-06T04:42:59Z")
Go thru portville and down to shinglehouse, Rizers is on the main drag south of town ---
**Author:** ![slowa\_ek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowa_ek/32/5227_2.png) [@slowa\_ek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowa_ek)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/15 "2010-06-06T04:58:50Z")
slap them in the trunk, cover them up, then lock it up. They cannot search your car without permission, if you do get pulled over let the games begin ---
**Author:** ![bigwoode](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigwoode/32/5175_2.png) [@bigwoode](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bigwoode)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/16 "2010-06-06T05:29:51Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > Why don’t you just take back roads after you leave? +2, Like I said, Sky King/Phantom Fireworks are right on Route 20. Just take that back into NY, hop on the thruway at Westfield or Fredonia? ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/17 "2010-06-06T06:58:21Z")
I just made the trip to deliver a car last night all the way over to jersey pretty much. I didn’t see any cops within 50 miles of the border each way… ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Danger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/matt_danger/32/4981_2.png) [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/18 "2010-06-06T08:53:36Z")
I’ve never had a problem. The stores take photos of your license and make you sign a statement saying you are aware it’s illegal to take fireworks across state lines, I doubt they’d call you in. ---
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/19 "2010-06-06T11:38:04Z")
> [@Matt Danger](#): > > I’ve never had a problem. The stores take photos of your license and make you sign a statement saying you are aware it’s illegal to take fireworks across state lines, I doubt they’d call you in. lol do they really? i’ve never had this before… p.s. kmart and shit sells fireworks too if you want to avoid a small firework only store thinking they’ll grab your plates and call it in to ny. ---
**Author:** ![misteroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misteroman/32/7423_2.png) [@misteroman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/misteroman)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089/20 "2010-06-06T13:31:15Z")
I know they do all the license stuff as well. Thatis just protecting them. Will prob just go home another way [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/do-cops-sit-at-pa-border-and-watch-wait-for-people-to-come-back-to-ny-with-fireworks/156089.md?page=2)