
Oscar Castellanos and his wife enjoyed a weekend of biking. However, after returning to the city and removing their bikes from the rack, they were flagged by a police officer in Calgary and fined for an obvious reason – the empty bike rack was covering the vehicle's license plate.
According to CTV News' report, Castellanos was fined 162 CAD ($128) for the said violation. Under section 71(1) of Alberta's Highway Safety Act: