I went to work Sunday evening to one of those miserable days that we all sometimes have. I clocked out at 2:45 am. 3:03 am, I get pulled over for one of the bulbs in the pass. tail light being burnt out. The cop ask for license,registration, & proof of insurance. This is where it get's good. After 10 min. of waiting, the cop comes back to my car & ask me to step out of the car. Now I have one putting me in handcuffs & one frisking every part of my body like a mad man! They inform me that my license are suspended & my insurance card is expired last week. So, they throw me in the cruiser & then decide to tear the hell out of the T-bird searching every inch of it. They call a wrecker, the bird get's hooked & impounded, I get a 12 mile ride in a cruiser at speeds over 100mph. to the W.V. northen regional jail. Spent all night & today in that dirty shiznit hole. They took $30 out of my wallet fo booking fees I got out on a $2500.00 bond ($250 through a bondsman). So, I get home today & my new insurance info in my mail box! I cant get through to anyon at the BMV to find out why my license are suspended & it's going to cost another $125 to bail my bird out. I worked 8.5 hrs. to make $100 & spent over $400 just to get back home. I go to court in 2 weeks, hopefully I can get this all figured out & dismissed in court. Sorry, I just needed to complain & figured you guy's would get a kick out of this.
wow. It always sucks having to go to jail. I hope things get better for you.
That really sucks man i got tons of light blubs laying around if you lived around here i would of proably just gave you whatever extras i got laying aorund.
Well i hope things get better for you and with it being only 1 week i thought they would give you a little slack or it would be nice.
Thanks man. I have extra bulbs, I just didn't know about it. What really get's me is the fact that only the middle bulb was out,not the whole tail light. The way I see it is The cops were bored, 3:00 am they figured they would get a DUI or drug bust, so they had to come up with some petty reason for stopping me. Also I work in W.V. , but live in Ohio, so the out of state license plate didn't help matters much. Basically I just took a :nannerbang: !!
Thats still no good that money could of been used for so many things for 86 T-Bird i am sorry man.
Very true! The good thing is, theres a guy that I work with that lives 2 blocks away & he's on the same shift as me, so at least I'll be able to get to work & back until I get this all taken care of. It sucks to be without wheels. At this point I just want my bird out of impound & back in my driveway.
Ture its good to know people only way i can afford to get my 88 cougar XR7 project back on the road after being parked in 2003 with the old parts of my wrecked 87. All things normally work out in time i just hope you get your car back in your sight "driveway" soon.
Sorry for your troubles,but,I,for thw life of me,can not figure out how you couldn't know your liscence was suspended.That's not something that the DMV usually surprises someone with without them doing something wrong.You have to take care of business so these things don't happen.
I've actually heard of it happening quite often in the USA, and for really weird reasons. I've read about it in car magazines and seen it a million times on "Cops". Quite often a child support payment bounced (or even just a processing error) or something totally unrelated to the DMV will cause it...
I've read tons of THESE types of posts, that's where I hear it from. Total bullshiznit. If people aren't supposed to be on the road TELL THEM you assbites.
I don't know how the cops around here are in terms of trigger-happiness for lights out and stuff but I REALLY need to start checking around my car every time I go for a drive. All my lights work fine now I know that (and I'm not doing less-than-reputable-stuff dont get me wrong) but it takes just a second and you avoid the hassle, every time I read one of these I get reminded I oughta start doing that.
You Obviously have not lived and driven in Wisconsin.
There is a good 2.5 week back log in the DMV here. I renewed my license on my birthday last year for another 8 years. I get pulled over the next week and they say my license expired on my birthday. I tell them " Ummm... if you look on the card, it says that I renewed my license on my birthday this year." It doesnt matter, the officer said. My computer is showing that its expired. And then he slaps me with a Citation. He was going to tow the bird, but I got someone to come pick me up and drive the bird home. It was thrown out immediately in court.
Dude, that sucks.
I've had my run-ins with the cops, but never had my cat impounded. **Knocks on wood**
Definitly let us know how this turns out!
Turns out that I had a hefty fine of $325 back in September. I paid $100 when I went to court, sent a money order for the remaining $225 a couple weeks later. Now the mayors court say they never received payment. So, I need to find my copy of the money order to show proof of payment or pay it again. I moved since then so that could be the reason for not getting anything from the BMV. My license still have my old address on them. It will work out eventually. It's just all about $$$$.
i cannot understand how you were locked up for having just a suspended license and no insurance? if the same happened to me id have pages worth of criminal records(i dont btw:P)
boot and tow worthy, yes
heavy fines and courtdates, yes
getting thrown in jail while being completely cooperative, huh
ohio cant be that different with its laws, right?
there has to be more to this than what im reading.
i know, i know, im one to talk but since some of the others that thrive on these threads havent chimed in yet i thought id have to ask, since im coming from the same situation, sorta;)
Without proof of receipt (certified mail (http://"http://www.usps.com/send/waystosendmail/extraservices/certifiedmailservice.htm")) you have no proof and will need to pay again. You can get a replacement USPS MO (http://"http://www.usps.com/missingmoneyorders/welcome.htm") for $5.
I was riding with a friend a few years ago that got stopped for speeding. LEO said her license was suspended and hauled her off to jail. Turns out the the suspension wasn't properly executed and the LEO shouldn't have arrested her given the info on her background check. He got fired, she got a letter of apology from the AL DMV and >$10k. Not too shabby.
ok, so i'm 34 years old, and i've been pulled over for speeding and bulbs and stuff too, maybe 12 times in my life, twice in a 3 day period once, i've even had my license suspended for non payment of my car taxes and didn't know it..... AND I'VE NEVER BEEN TOWED OR ARRESTED..... that is why i don't understand posts like this.... i have NEVER had an experience where an officer was a "dick"..... i've had a few that didn't even ask me for an excuse, they just wrote me a ticket, but never treated in a "vile" way..... i was once pulled over in east detroit for expired tags (i think they were 6 days expired) and he searched my jeep, wrote me a ticket for the expired tag and then another one for not signing the registration (even though it was expired?), but i DROVE home..... i must be missing something....
hell, on the way to CATJAM last year, i was pulled over with AtroXR7 (he was following me) in west virginia on US19 for going 74 in a 55..... 2 cops pulled us both over, asked me if i knew we were speeding, i said"no, i thought it was still 65", and they LET US GO WITH A WARNING
EVEN WITH my out of state tags.......
that's what makes me wonder what's not being said when these posts are written...... i'm by no means saying that it can't happen exactly as it's being said, i'm just saying that i've never witnessed it and don't understand why it does
oh, that was my :2c: :burnout:
Hell if i see someone with a light out I tell them, wish more people were like that, there would be less problems.
My rule is dont give cops a reason to pull you over, hell around here cops just let people drive by 5-10, over, BUT if you have something else that catches there eyes, they will come after you and bust your balls about the speeding as well.
It does happen. Some cops are OK, some are dicks. In the OP's case, legally the car shouldn't have been on the road (no insurance) and there was nobody legally able to drive it (suspended license), so it was towed/impounded. 'Round here the police are legally obligated to impound uninsured vehicles, because had the OP left the scene with the vehicle and gotten into an accident without insurance the cop and/or department could be held liable for letting it happen.
The jail thing, well, the cop was probably just being a dick. There are, believe it or not, cops who are just plain dicks that like to show their "powah" over civilians. The OP was unfortunate enough to have run into just such a cop. It could also be that Ohio law mandates custody for driving while suspended. I know plenty of places are cracking down on it, including here in Nova Scotia, because it's become a real epidemic.
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I've had my car towed because I had insurance, while my lincense was suspended for no insurance.
When I first started the job I have now, I had to go to the dmv and get a copy of my driving record. It was clean with not even a fine on it. Less then 6 months ago, I was told my lincense was suspended at least 5 times with out them even sending me out a letter, because I didn't update my address while I was living in my car.
My opologies,I actually have never heard of that.I stand corrected.
That reminds me of when i paid one tickets online with my debit card. I thought everything went well then i got a summons to court saying i did not pay my fine/ show up for court. I go to court my lawyer tells me they rejected my card here is the funny part, they never sent me an email or tried to contact me at all. Everything worked out well tho i got the charges pleaded down and had to pay less than what i originally owed.
Bah! The legal system is a good idea, but BAH! Half the time it doesn't work.... and when it does... it takes FOREVER.
**Edit: At least here in :canada: :evilgrin:
In my humble opinion!
The only thing I didn't mention was the hefty fine in September was also for diving under suspension because of back child support. No, I'm not a dead beat dad by far, I was laid off for 3 months. Yes, I knew about that suspension, but I had To work to pay child support & the only way I could get to work was to drive. Ohio must have a set bond for every traffic offense. They just wrote me a ticket for $375 & told me I was free to go, but I couldnt take my car with me. It was reduced to $325 when I went to court. So, no I'm not stupid enough to knowingly do this again. This last deal happened in West Virginia ( It takes 2 min to W.V. from my house) the cop told me that ther was not a set bond so I had to stay at the jail until I see a Magistrate, which would be between 8:30 & 12:00. The impound was because my insurance card was expired. I got the new card the next day that states that I was covered at the time of the arrest, but I still have to pay impound fees & tow bill to get it back. This is an area with many small towns crammed together, alot of our local city cops are young and full of ego, when they feel the need, they let you know who's in charge. So watch your ass on your way to Cat Jam if your on state Rt. 7 any where south of Stubenville, OH. In this state, you only drive as fast as you can afford to.
Well, the Bird is finally back in the driveway. $195, an insurance card, & my g/f to drive it. I have to see a lawyer tuesday & then they will set a court date. Everything should clear with the BMV by the middle of next week, so my license should be reinstated.
your lucky, it cost me $700 to get mine back.
[SIZE="0"] i did have to wait for it to go up for auction first since it was cheaper buying it back than paying the fines on it lol[/SIZE]:flame: