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04-13-2009, 08:20 PM
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car impounded today
so im drivin down hamburg tpk and a cop decides to pace me and run my plates, turns out my registration and insurance cards in my car expired a week ago and i didn't take the new ones out to my car yet, so the cop gets my car towed and gives me two tickets and a warning, so on top of those i got the impound fee of 150 so it looks like those headers will have to wait for a little while lol
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04-13-2009, 08:21 PM
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how did the cop screw you over?
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It started before I drove your car. I just have to look at it the wrong way and your car poops parts.
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04-13-2009, 08:23 PM
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where on hamburg turnpike?
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04-13-2009, 08:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 19iroc88
so im drivin down hamburg tpk and a cop decides to pace me and run my plates, turns out my registration and insurance cards in my car expired a week ago and i didn't take the new ones out to my car yet, so the cop gets my car towed and gives me two tickets and a warning, so on top of those i got the impound fee of 150 so it looks like those headers will have to wait for a little while lol
got a pic of that cop screwin me over tho
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Cop didnt screw you over. It's the law to have up-to-date paperwork. Sure, he could have given you a warning, but you were still in the wrong.
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04-13-2009, 08:24 PM
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sucks man, you should be more responsible with that though. you definitely learned your lesson  impound is a little rough
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04-13-2009, 08:25 PM
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How clean is your driving record??
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04-13-2009, 08:27 PM
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if you go to court with the documents saying you were covered at the date and time of the ticket, you can get it dropped to failure to show documents......but he was 100% within his right to tow a car with expired registration/insurance.
i also bet that if only one of your documents was expired he would have given you a break, but since both were, he did what he had to do
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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva
It started before I drove your car. I just have to look at it the wrong way and your car poops parts.
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04-13-2009, 08:27 PM
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well.. lesson learned for you.
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04-13-2009, 08:30 PM
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then again it could be worse...
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04-13-2009, 08:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cbrrmike
if you go to court with the documents saying you were covered at the date and time of the ticket, you can get it dropped to failure to show documents......but he was 100% within his right to tow a car with expired registration/insurance.
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last time i did that, they dropped it completely...it was for an expired insurance card, not registration though...and im not sure they'd throw two out at once
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04-13-2009, 08:43 PM
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they usually cut pretty nice deals though, especially if your driving record is nice.
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04-13-2009, 09:20 PM
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sounds typical... we get this all the time... just gotta keep up to date, when the new card comes in the mail drop it right in the car
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04-13-2009, 09:38 PM
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Yea head to court with the new documents and get them dropped atleast...i mean 150 dollar town/impound fee sucks but your going to have to take it like a man.
On a similar note my 6 tickets I got one night awhile back(some of you may remember) which included no insurance no inspection not having my registration wreckless driving and and unclear plates...which could have resulted in atleast a year loss of license a bumch of points(5-7) dmv surcharge of like a grand each year for 3 years and a ton of fines....well i paid 500 bucks in fines and thats about it  I love my lawyer 
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04-13-2009, 10:29 PM
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.....guess next time you'll be more up to date with your docs.
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04-13-2009, 10:35 PM
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I got pulled over once and had forgotten to throw my new reg in the car, I went to the station and showed it to the cop and he dropped it.
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04-13-2009, 10:45 PM
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sucks...
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04-14-2009, 12:55 AM
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that definitely sucks.. reminds me of the time my brother got his Trans-Am impounded.. he was no crap in traffic in the middle of town, cop decided to pull him over for..get this..tailgating saying he was to close to the car in front of him.. On top of that he had just re newed his registration and didn't have the current card on him..his shiny white Trans-Am got towed away and he was left on the side of the road with 2 tickets..amazing how the law works but he brought his documents to court like stated above and it got knocked down. Good luck with it
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04-14-2009, 10:47 AM
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*edit* nevermind re-read post
sucks though
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04-14-2009, 10:09 PM
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sorry to hear man, bet you'll never make that mistake again lol
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04-15-2009, 12:41 AM
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Quote:
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Yea head to court with the new documents and get them dropped atleast...i mean 150 dollar town/impound fee sucks but your going to have to take it like a man.
On a similar note my 6 tickets I got one night awhile back(some of you may remember) which included no insurance no inspection not having my registration wreckless driving and and unclear plates...which could have resulted in atleast a year loss of license a bumch of points(5-7) dmv surcharge of like a grand each year for 3 years and a ton of fines....well i paid 500 bucks in fines and thats about it I love my lawyer |
You're welcome you ignorant bastard. lol
To OP, the impound sucks but that was the cop's decisions. Just bring your up to date documents to the court and the prosecutor will most likely drop it. I got pulled over with expired insurance cause i forgot to put the card in my car, brought the card to court and walked out with dropped charges.
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04-15-2009, 01:03 AM
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same...didnt have an insurance card at all...brought my card to court and they would have dropped it to to failure to carry proper documents...a 160$ fine in my municipality, but i knew the prosecutor
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04-15-2009, 05:07 AM
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it happens, but the cop could have/should have called the insurance company to check if the car had insurance on it, if so, the title 39 violation would have been different (would have been 39:3-29 not 39:6b-2)
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04-15-2009, 08:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 87IROCmadman
it happens, but the cop could have/should have called the insurance company to check if the car had insurance on it, if so, the title 39 violation would have been different (would have been 39:3-29 not 39:6b-2)
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How about some personal responsibility....
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04-15-2009, 10:58 AM
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well, being that 3 month out of the year the company I work for does ventor city police tow. I can tell you from the perspective of the cop that even though you may have been covered, you also may not have. Its not the cops job to do your paperwork for you. chances are you won't do that again.
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04-15-2009, 12:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 87IROCmadman
it happens, but the cop could have/should have called the insurance company to check if the car had insurance on it, if so, the title 39 violation would have been different (would have been 39:3-29 not 39:6b-2)
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I wouldn't if I was the cop. Would I have maybe let the driver call the insurance company for verification? Maybe. I sure as hell wouldn't call up someone's insurance company if I was the cop, that wouldn't be my job.
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