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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 11:54 am
by Luke
it's ridiculous... I don't care what anybody says. gimme a break. it's a new vehicle. I haven't had a chance to get my information, plus I'm fairly sure the information is in my trunk, but the officer told me it wouldn't be a big deal.
I'm so sick of getting tickets for stupid stuff like this. Every time I start to get caught up and have some money, some jerk cop pulls me over for some stupid crap and finds a reason to give me a ticket. The cops in Paradise, CA are LAME.
Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 2:30 pm
by Kieran Huggins
Holy crap - you actually lived in a place
named paradise? I always thought you were being all metaphorical like.
You have my condolences. I got caught driving sans-insurance a few years ago and it was a $5000 fine
Pulled over for: expired sticker. Now I work from home!
Move to Toronto - we have awesome transit... and multiple seasons... and the world's most phallic object!
Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 2:34 pm
by Luke
believe me, it's no Paradise

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 2:36 pm
by RobertGonzalez
My nephew had gotten pulled over in the Bay Area once and did not have his license on him. He also did not have the updated insurance (it has been recently renewed and my brother forgot to put it in the truck) so the police impounded the truck, hit my nephew with several citations (no insurance, no license, failure to stop at a stop sign - which was actually a different truck, failure to use a signal when pulling over and not wearing a seatbelt). That amounted to thousands of dollars of fees, which were ultimately reduced because the idiot police officer wrote my brothers truck up as a silver Ford instead of the gold Toyota that it was.
All in all, my nephew got stuck with no license and no insurance and had to pay close to $1000 to get it cleared.
Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 2:40 pm
by Luke
these cops get off on that kind of stuff. they were picked on their whole lives and now they have a badge and a gun and they're getting their revenge.
Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 2:47 pm
by Chris Corbyn
dreamscape wrote:If you keep your vehicle registration and insurance cards in the glove box, then you never have to worry about not having them when you drive the vehicle.
Does that not just make it heaps easier for someone to steal considering they'll have not only your vehicle, but also the registration documents? I always thought it was a bad idea to keep vehicle registration docs inside the vehicle. There are probably also identify threft (a major problem these days) issues with doing that

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 2:56 pm
by Chris Corbyn
I had to pay £210GBP to get my car back from the police impound in November. My own fault... the vehicle was damaged so I couldn't drive it (literally... it didn't work). So I declared it off the road (SORN) thinking "I live in a quiet street, nobody will say anything". 3 months after sitting there with no tax, it just vanished. Called the cops and yes indeed, they had my car and were charging me £12/day to impound it + a fixed £210 fine to recover it. I wouldn't care... I sold the car for the price it cost me to get out of the impound (wait... they call them "recovery garages") right after I got it back. The guy who bought it was using parts from it to fix a crash-damaged vehicle. It's silly really, it was only parked outside my own house on a quiet street. It taught me a lesson though. I don't drive a car now simply because I don't need one living and working in the same city

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 3:13 pm
by Kieran Huggins
Totally - when you live and work in the same city (with half-decent transit) rentals are WAY more cost effective than owning a car. With the money I save not driving every day I've moved into a nicer place, bought lots of cool toys, etc... Owning a car sucks AND blows unless you have a crapload of extra money lying around.
Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 3:17 pm
by Luke
unfortunately not having a vehicle here in Chico would not work out. I still live in Paradise right now, but am moving to Chico which is about 15 minutes away. Once I live down here in Chico, I really will need a vehicle because my family and friends live in Paradise.
Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 4:17 pm
by RobertGonzalez
I'd say mass transit, but that is a rip, at least in the Bay Area. I looked at how much it would cost for me to take the train to work (BART) and it would be $51 per week. Plus the cost of bus fare from the train station to work and back.
Anyway, with a family my size, I need a car just for security and sanity reasons. But this thread is not about me, is it now?
Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 7:27 pm
by Kieran Huggins
for a family I definitely see the need for a vehicle (cough*minivan*cough)
In the t-dot our transit is $2.75 per trip with unlimited one-way transfers between subways, streetcars and buses. An unlimited monthly pass is $100. It's a pretty good deal considering it's the 3rd largest transit system in N.A. (behind Mexico City and NYC I think) You'll have to excuse me, I'm a bit of a transit geek...
Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 8:56 pm
by John Cartwright
I am too Keiran, I take the TTC several times a day.. there is simply no reason to own a car in Toronto .. especially for a poor student

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 9:46 pm
by d3ad1ysp0rk
1. Go to court
2. Tell them the officer said you wouldn't have to pay.
3. ???
4. PROFIT!
Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 11:20 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Actually, arranging a court date could work out to your benefit. At best, the officer doesn't show which results in a failure to appear and a drop of all charges against you. At worst, he does appear and you use his statements against him in front of the judge. Sometimes that, coupled with your 'current financial position' could result in 'financial hardships' is required to pay the fine.
Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 11:52 pm
by aaronhall
Luke - it sounds like you missed your court date
d3ad1ysp0rk wrote:1. Go to court
2. Tell them the officer said you wouldn't have to pay.
3. ???
4. PROFIT!
Brilliant.