car impounded today

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Frosty

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.

they do on occasion. but what would be the point in this case? considering even if the insurance was verified, the registration was still out of date

[Tsar]

Originally Posted by cbrrmike

they do on occasion. but what would be the point in this case? considering even if the insurance was verified, the registration was still out of date

Ehh, cop should have called one of his buddies that knows John, who knows Marie, who knows Adam, and his friend's cousin's sister's dad knows the governor of NJ. They would call him and he would call the DMV dude in charge of registrations and it would have been all taken care of, right on the stop...

The day people will start accepting personal responsibility is the day I'll stop being an "ass", I think I have a long wait ahead of me.

[maroman88]

Originally Posted by Frosty

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.

we often do call to verify... from the desk, in the event that a person brings in their insurance card for an accident report, to see if infact they were covered at the exact time of the crash... and didnt go home and go online and purchase it just after.

[sweetbmxrider]

i always hear people getting a hard time when they get the temporary insurance cards or print something out online. i dono never happened to me.

[maroman88]

Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider

i always hear people getting a hard time when they get the temporary insurance cards or print something out online. i dono never happened to me.

cuz on the top it says "effective date" which is actually when the paper was printed... so we have to call and check to see if thats when the policy was created or the temporary paper was printed

[IROCZman15]

Originally Posted by Frosty

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.

no offense, but maroman88 is right

i call up insurance companies on from my cell quite often on a m.v. stop, or i have dispatch call, because i dont want to write someone an NO INSURANCE ticket, which is a heavy hit and a tow, instead of a simple FAIL TO PRODUCE A COPY OF INSURANCE DOC which is less, and NO TOW, because if that person comes to court and whatnot, i want to KNOW that the insurance agent told me they have no insurance..

it is part of the job, and it makes sense, its not as simple as penning out tickets, gotta dig a little bit.

and u guys are right about personal responsibility... but u'd be suprised how many people dont have one of their documents, cant find it cuz thier car is a slob zone, leave it at home, etc.. happens all the time, but ur right about personal responsibility and having to buck up to the $ consequenses

[Frosty]

I'm not saying a cop SHOULDN'T...but to expect him/her too is a bit rude. There's nothing saying you HAVE to call, you do it as a courtesy, not as a mandatory act.

If you choose to do it that's cool, you're helping someone out but there's no obligation.

[sweetbmxrider]

actually i had it happen one time. exp registration and no insurance card. cop let me off with no registration and let me drive. it was my dad's suburban. i'm not sure if he called or something. nice cop though.

[jims69camaro]

Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER

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.

it doesn't sound like you two had the same cop.

the bottom line is: keep your snot straight. if the car or any one of its many variables are not 100%, don't drive. it's a lot easier said than done, i know. people forget your name when you start asking them for rides all over the place. i did a lot of walking when i was younger.

[IROCZman15]

^^^^ agrreed. i can verify this bing on the job.. guys/girls.. just make sure u have ur DL, reg, insurance card readily available in a place where can easily access it, not ur trunk, not ur backpack, but in ur center console etc... it helps put u in good favor of hte officer..

we sometimes let u "come to the station" and show ur reg/ins card etc within an hour or so, and we will drop the ticket, however... cops who are hungry for tickets are just going to WRITE you that second... so it will help you if u get pulled over to have EVERYTHING readily available and BE POLITE, be honest about ur driving history, if u say 'my driving record is great' and we run you and you have 8 points, we wioll take u as trying to be a jerk, and penn you out a ticket