The $100.00 it would've cost to ship it there would've been worth it

 

Uhh Mr.Lary sir,I still have a car with the 60's yellow/black plate.Not a garage queen but,I could use a muffler for my '62 Healey.

 

Not for this guy:
http://gizmodo.com/5808881/man-pays-...-gets-a-ticket

 

disorderly conduct? I would pay the fine in pennies just to prove a point. its still legal tender and there is no law requiring a specific denomination of bill to be used when paying an invoice.

 

I'd have to fight that one. Pennies are legal currency for all debts in the good ol USA.

 

Do make sure you stay on top of this. Even if the state drops the ball the FTA warrant will be in your name.

 

The cause of all this confusion is the inattentiveness of careless law officers.

They have their mind on their neighbors wife or the donut shop and are not paying attention to what they actually write, nor do they care to take a few seconds to proof-read and double-check their work.

It matters not in the least to them if their mistake costs un-imaginable grief, head-aches, and cost to some innocent victim whose true plate-number just happens to be the wrong one that they wrote; they'll laugh and joke and cut-up about it, while still getting their pay-check.


These little mistakes also work in the opposite direction, letting guilty criminals get away on technicalities.

As important to true justice as accurate detail to writing is, the penalty for a cop who botches a ticket or investigation should be permanent loss of their badge and job, with NO recourse; that would wake them up and make them pay attention.


A good example of this is a case that involved my alcoholic cousin.

This guy drinks like a fish and as soon as he takes a drink, he jumps in a truck and heads to town.

If the local cops see his truck, they already know he will be drunk, and they know he is always an easy arrest.


Once, a few years ago, he was arrested by the local law.

He was definitely drunk and had no business driving.


In this particular instance, his Class-A CDLs were on the line, and then his job.


He got a good lawyer and all that lawyer did in court was to point out about a dozen mistakes on the arrest report and alcohol test.

They had him written down as being alcohol tested six hours before the wrong time of them pulling him over.

They had a different date on a crucial piece of paperwork that that alone exonerated him from even being able to be there.


Also, they had swapped two separate pairs of the letters/numbers on his driver-license number, simply writing them backwards to how they really were.



The judge knew without doubt that he was guilty.

The county attorney/prosecutor also knew this without a doubt.


Not a single one of the officers even showed up.


After seeing all of these in-competent mistakes and finding that not a single arresting officer was on hand, the judge immediately sent the sheriff to bring them in to court --- right now.


When the errant officers finally all showed up, tails dragging, the judge lit in on them and really gave them a dressing down.

After this, he dropped all charges and turned my cousin loose a free man --- free to possibly get drunk again and run head-on some mini-van full of children, all because of incompetency on the part of those who could have put him off the road for a long time.

 

Well I turned in my personalized plates today. Hopefully the perps will get another ticket, the license plate will get flagged and...hope he enjoys the ride he will be going on...

 

So what plate did you go with instead?

 

Cummngs

 

...too many letters, ended up just the CA plain Jane plate...blue letters, white background. I now need to send a form to Sacramento and they will refund the extra fees for the personalized plate for me.

 

I didn't know your name was Jane?

 

I have been called worse and that's the ones that I hear...

 

That makes me remember that old song about a boy named Sue. You younguns will not know it.

 

How do you do!