I almost went to jail today! - Page 2

08-27-2004, 05:13 AM

Oh, the stories I could tell... When I was truely out of it at he height of my Co poisoning episode, I geot a couple of monor traffic tickets which I forgot ever happened. As a result, a bench warrent was placed on me, two cops showed up at my door one day to haul me off to jail; I had to pay the bondman a bunch of money, plus the tickets- now about quadrupled in cost, and my car insurance went sky high - all this at a time when I had no income since being poisoned is not exactly conducive to steady work. It was a nightmare. Traffic laws are little other than ways the states can add to their coffers - usually at the expense of those who can least afford it.

hollyoake · 08-27-2004, 05:25 AM

why can't they be that competant when dealing with real criminals?

08-27-2004, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by hollyoake

why can't they be that competant when dealing with real criminals?

I AM a real criminal according to the state Of Colrado. Go figure.

Elspode · 08-27-2004, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by hollyoake

why can't they be that competant when dealing with real criminals?

Because it is far easier to enforce the law against honest people, that's why. We show up for court dates, bring our credit cards, and say "yes sir" and "no ma'am" instead of whipping out an Uzi and trying to take out half the DMV.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-27-2004, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Because it is far easier to enforce the law against honest people, that's why. We show up for court dates, bring our credit cards, and say "yes sir" and "no ma'am" instead of whipping out an Uzi and trying to take out half the DMV.

Uh...er...duh. So that's what I did wrong.

Griff · 08-28-2004, 07:58 PM

Satanic DMV

Healey and Bailey have had proper titles and registrations for years, but both motorcycles were confiscated immediately. The roadside inspectors determined that the bikes didn't have original Vehicle Identification Numbers.

Standing in the grass, Healey and Bailey were dumbfounded as a DMV enforcer handed each a slip of paper stating "Auto Impound Notice." They watched helplessly as officials wearing green windbreakers marked "Investigator" loaded Healey's 1971 Sportster and Bailey's 1977 FLH onto a flatbed truck.

If you have friends who built their bikes from baskets of parts, tell them NYS is not where they want to ride.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-29-2004, 05:07 AM

Broken link, Griff.

Works now.

russotto · 08-30-2004, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Because it is far easier to enforce the law against honest people, that's why. We show up for court dates, bring our credit cards, and say "yes sir" and "no ma'am" instead of whipping out an Uzi and trying to take out half the DMV.

No matter how satisfying the latter might be.

hollyoake · 08-27-2004, 05:42 AM

it's just a case of they only catch who they can be bothered to reach for... therefore, it seems more worthwhile to do something really horrific doesn't it?

Cyber Wolf · 08-27-2004, 07:49 AM

I am going to throw a wrench in this thread by relating a good cop experience I had a couple of years ago and a good DMV experience I had a few months ago.

It is the opinion of most people I know that VA state cops are schmucks, plain and simple. In all my experiences with VA state cops, I must have run into the very few who aren't (or maybe they were just having good days). Nearly 3 years ago, I moved into the DC metro area. Around here, whole sections of highway are dedicated to HOV use during peak rush hour times. I did not know this coming here. About a week after I moved, I came off an exit ramp from such a highway and encountered some police cars waiting at the bottom of the ramp, holding an HOV violator crackdown. I was pulled over because I was one person in the car coming off the HOV-2 restricted highway. Either the cop was in a good mood or my 'What did I do??' face was in top form that evening, but after checking my still out-of-town license and whatever else it is cops do when they go back to the car with it, he explained the HOV restrictions and times to me and let me go with a "Have a good evening." Wow, I certainly did, knowing I could have gotten a ticket that I wouldn't have been able to pay (to the tune of a couple of hundred dollars) but didn't. I'm sure if I had gotten a hard-ass cop, I wouldn't have had such a good evening.

And now for the DMV experience. I moved again back in late March from one area around DC to another. In VA, when you move, you have 30 days to change the address on your license. I went to the DMV to do just that, with only my old license. I brought a book AND my GBA with me because all of my other DMV experiences came with at least a 20 minute wait, usually more. There were a fair number of people there already. I went in, got my number and sat down to wait. I had just sat back and opened my book when my number was called. So I go up to the counter and meet what must have been the only really cool DMV teller in the world. While I filled out the paperwork and she did her thing on the computer, she told me a bit about the area I had moved to, told me a few shortcuts, told me where some really good chinese food was and was really jovial the whole time. So we're done with that stage and it was time for me to go wait for my license to be printed. I went to sit down and my butt hadn't even touched the seat when my name was called and my license was ready. Total time at the DMV from pulling into the lot to driving out: 10 minutes. Best DMV expereince EVER.

hollyoake · 08-27-2004, 07:57 AM

wow, you were very lucky on these occasions methinks!!

OnyxCougar · 08-27-2004, 08:19 AM

There is a thread here somewhere about my HELL with DMV here in North Carolina. It took WEEEEEEEEKS to get my license.

Bastards.

Trilby · 08-27-2004, 08:44 AM

In my experience "almost going to jail" and "definitely going to jail" are two really different matters. As much a pain in the ass "almost" going is, it's nothing compared to REALLY going.

So I've been told.

Trilby · 08-27-2004, 08:50 AM

I didn't mean "in my experience" per say...

Ok--I was at a Dead show at the Omni...a long time ago

jane_says · 08-27-2004, 08:54 AM

I used to work for a bail bondsman, and that's as familiar as I ever want to get with jail. I am far to delicate for things such as manual labor and imprisonment.
My sister came to take my kids to school today, which was really makes this a red-letter day as she is notoriously lazy (I may have mentioned that elsewhere). My second-grader forgot her homework and pitched a big fit claiming to be sick when my sister pulled up at the school. This made both thte kids late going in. I found her homework outside in the landscaping rocks a few minutes ago and called the school so they could let her teacher know.
In a moment, I have to turn off the computer and start calling places to determine how I can procure the documents I need with no frigging driver's license. Very soon, my nosy father will be calling to find out what I've accomplished, which won't be much since I will be on the phone with him most of the day. This afternoon my kids will be riding the bus home to the babysitter's for the first time, practicing for Monday when I start to work.
Calgon, take me away. Or something.

08-28-2004, 07:58 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Harleys confiscated by DMV Satanic DMV Healey and Bailey have had proper titles and registrations for years, but both motorcycles were confiscated immediately. The roadside inspectors determined that the bikes didn't have original Vehicle Identification Numbers. Standing in the grass, Healey and Bailey were dumbfounded as a DMV enforcer handed each a slip of paper stating "Auto Impound Notice." They watched helplessly as officials wearing green windbreakers marked "Investigator" loaded Healey's 1971 Sportster and Bailey's 1977 FLH onto a flatbed truck. If you have friends who built their bikes from baskets of parts, tell them NYS is not where they want to ride. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis Last edited by Griff; 08-29-2004 at 08:02 AM. Reason: the incredible moving link

08-29-2004, 05:07 AM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Broken link, Griff. Works now. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 08-29-2004 at 09:01 PM.

08-27-2004, 07:49 AM	#10
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	I am going to throw a wrench in this thread by relating a good cop experience I had a couple of years ago and a good DMV experience I had a few months ago. It is the opinion of most people I know that VA state cops are schmucks, plain and simple. In all my experiences with VA state cops, I must have run into the very few who aren't (or maybe they were just having good days). Nearly 3 years ago, I moved into the DC metro area. Around here, whole sections of highway are dedicated to HOV use during peak rush hour times. I did not know this coming here. About a week after I moved, I came off an exit ramp from such a highway and encountered some police cars waiting at the bottom of the ramp, holding an HOV violator crackdown. I was pulled over because I was one person in the car coming off the HOV-2 restricted highway. Either the cop was in a good mood or my 'What did I do??' face was in top form that evening, but after checking my still out-of-town license and whatever else it is cops do when they go back to the car with it, he explained the HOV restrictions and times to me and let me go with a "Have a good evening." Wow, I certainly did, knowing I could have gotten a ticket that I wouldn't have been able to pay (to the tune of a couple of hundred dollars) but didn't. I'm sure if I had gotten a hard-ass cop, I wouldn't have had such a good evening. And now for the DMV experience. I moved again back in late March from one area around DC to another. In VA, when you move, you have 30 days to change the address on your license. I went to the DMV to do just that, with only my old license. I brought a book AND my GBA with me because all of my other DMV experiences came with at least a 20 minute wait, usually more. There were a fair number of people there already. I went in, got my number and sat down to wait. I had just sat back and opened my book when my number was called. So I go up to the counter and meet what must have been the only really cool DMV teller in the world. While I filled out the paperwork and she did her thing on the computer, she told me a bit about the area I had moved to, told me a few shortcuts, told me where some really good chinese food was and was really jovial the whole time. So we're done with that stage and it was time for me to go wait for my license to be printed. I went to sit down and my butt hadn't even touched the seat when my name was called and my license was ready. Total time at the DMV from pulling into the lot to driving out: 10 minutes. Best DMV expereince EVER. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

08-27-2004, 08:19 AM	#12
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	There is a thread here somewhere about my HELL with DMV here in North Carolina. It took WEEEEEEEEKS to get my license. Bastards. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

08-27-2004, 05:13 AM	#1
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Oh, the stories I could tell... When I was truely out of it at he height of my Co poisoning episode, I geot a couple of monor traffic tickets which I forgot ever happened. As a result, a bench warrent was placed on me, two cops showed up at my door one day to haul me off to jail; I had to pay the bondman a bunch of money, plus the tickets- now about quadrupled in cost, and my car insurance went sky high - all this at a time when I had no income since being poisoned is not exactly conducive to steady work. It was a nightmare. Traffic laws are little other than ways the states can add to their coffers - usually at the expense of those who can least afford it.

08-27-2004, 05:25 AM	#2
hollyoake The world has changed and i'm still in my underwear! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Gloucestershire UK Posts: 57	why can't they be that competant when dealing with real criminals?

08-27-2004, 05:42 AM	#9
hollyoake The world has changed and i'm still in my underwear! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Gloucestershire UK Posts: 57	it's just a case of they only catch who they can be bothered to reach for... therefore, it seems more worthwhile to do something really horrific doesn't it?

08-27-2004, 07:57 AM	#11
hollyoake The world has changed and i'm still in my underwear! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Gloucestershire UK Posts: 57	wow, you were very lucky on these occasions methinks!!

08-27-2004, 08:44 AM	#13
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	In my experience "almost going to jail" and "definitely going to jail" are two really different matters. As much a pain in the ass "almost" going is, it's nothing compared to REALLY going. So I've been told.

08-27-2004, 08:50 AM	#14
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I didn't mean "in my experience" per say... Ok--I was at a Dead show at the Omni...a long time ago

08-27-2004, 08:54 AM	#15
jane_says Colonist Extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SW VA Posts: 200	I used to work for a bail bondsman, and that's as familiar as I ever want to get with jail. I am far to delicate for things such as manual labor and imprisonment. My sister came to take my kids to school today, which was really makes this a red-letter day as she is notoriously lazy (I may have mentioned that elsewhere). My second-grader forgot her homework and pitched a big fit claiming to be sick when my sister pulled up at the school. This made both thte kids late going in. I found her homework outside in the landscaping rocks a few minutes ago and called the school so they could let her teacher know. In a moment, I have to turn off the computer and start calling places to determine how I can procure the documents I need with no frigging driver's license. Very soon, my nosy father will be calling to find out what I've accomplished, which won't be much since I will be on the phone with him most of the day. This afternoon my kids will be riding the bus home to the babysitter's for the first time, practicing for Monday when I start to work. Calgon, take me away. Or something.

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