New York State Police have an important message for drivers: Creative and confidence do not count as valid documentation.

A New York State Trooper conducted a traffic stop Thursday night and discovered the car had fake registration and inspection stickers , police said. The vehicle was pulled over for switched plates when the Trooper noticed “something unusual.”

“The vehicle’s ‘inspection’ and ‘registration’ on the windshield were not official at all. In fact they appeared to be hand drawn using a mix of pen, marker, and crayon with an impressive amount of confidence,” the official NYS Police Facebook page said Friday.

To the driver’s credit, the stickers included expiration dates, numbers and words like “New York State Safety Emissions.” But the bar code on the “inspection” appeare

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