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I'm an Idiot!

waloshin

waloshin

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I thought my car plates were due next month and I got pulled over, and was given an ticket for $580.00 for having experired plates. Plus I have to register befrore I can drive agian. O well let that be a lesson for me I guess.

* Can anyone top a $580.00 ticket?
 
Get in the habit of parking where you can look at the plates and the tires.

Amazing the number of people I see with flat tires on the driver's side that get in the car and drive away.

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Usually try to leave a message on the driver's window, but when it gets over 110°F you think -- they'll see it and never do.
 
Um, totalled my moms Jeep a couple years ago.. Thats pretty bad. It wasnt my fault so it was resolved.
 
..."and" you have no grammar skills! (grammar police) :D

damn, that is "an" expensive ticket! at least no points right. :eek:
 
Ya, its ridiculous how much it was, the ticket is in Canada.
 
waloshin said:
and was given an ticket for $580.00 for having experired plates.
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Experired, huh? Anyway... I got pulled over for the same thing in Atlanta, GA , a few months ago and the ticket was only about $200, if that. $580 seems really steep for a minor infraction, unless there was something more going on.
 
waloshin said:
I thought my car plates were due next month and I got pulled over, and was given an ticket for $580.00 for having experired plates. Plus I have to register befrore I can drive agian. O well let that be a lesson for me I guess.

* Can anyone top a $580.00 ticket?
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In Texas if you get a ticket for that you can usually get it rescinded by getting a new registration right away (since its not a moving violation they are usually pretty easy going about it, unless its been expired for a long time), but I know some states can be real sticklers about it, not even letting you drive the car away. So you get stuck with the ticket plus tow and storage fee's, plus the whole day you waste trying to get it out.
 
samiwas said:
Experired, huh? Anyway... I got pulled over for the same thing in Atlanta, GA , a few months ago and the ticket was only about $200, if that. $580 seems really steep for a minor infraction, unless there was something more going on.
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Weird I know, the ticket reads offence under section no 57 (1), Operate Unregistered vehicle.

a voluntary payment option of $580.00.

Do you think I can get plates on my car right away then the court will reverse that high ticket?
 
samiwas said:
Experired, huh? Anyway... I got pulled over for the same thing in Atlanta, GA , a few months ago and the ticket was only about $200, if that. $580 seems really steep for a minor infraction, unless there was something more going on.
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Driving with expired plates means your driving without insurance. That's not a minor infraction. I pay extra on my insurance for "uninsured motorist protection", so that I'm covered if someone without insurance hits me.

That still sucks, though. I would register the vehicle immediately, then go talk to the officer that issued the ticket. You might get lucky. :)
 
Demosthenes X said:
Driving with expired plates means your driving without insurance. That's not a minor infraction. I pay extra on my insurance for "uninsured motorist protection", so that I'm covered if someone without insurance hits me.

That still sucks, though. I would register the vehicle immediately, then go talk to the officer that issued the ticket. You might get lucky. :)
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Not necessarily. My insurance policy is a 6 month policy that expires in May and November (and is if course automatically renewed). My insurance is still valid even if my plates are not.
 
Were you in BC? As someone mentioned, that's driving without valid plates and driving without insurance, so two infractions.

If it was BC, then I don't have a lot of sympathy, ICBC sends you a letter reminding you to renew. Other provinces, I don't know about.

Due to a string of circumstances, my renewal date is about a week after the date that is noted on my plates. I leave it that way because I will often leave the renewal 'til the last couple of days - reminding myself of the due date by looking at the plates - and if I miss the renewal date by a couple days, I'm actually still legal.

But a month? Well, as you found out, that's "criminal" :D
 
xboxer75010 said:
In Texas if you get a ticket for that you can usually get it rescinded by getting a new registration right away (since its not a moving violation they are usually pretty easy going about it, unless its been expired for a long time), but I know some states can be real sticklers about it, not even letting you drive the car away. So you get stuck with the ticket plus tow and storage fee's, plus the whole day you waste trying to get it out.
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well not completely true there. In Texas if you let your registration leaps you get fined 100 something you have to pay in penalties. It might be only if you get caught and you are out side you 7 day window. or if you just are late by 7 days.
I had a friend who got in trouble for it and had to pay the extra fines.
 
Rodimus Prime said:
well not completely true there. In Texas if you let your registration leaps you get fined 100 something you have to pay in penalties. It might be only if you get caught and you are out side you 7 day window. or if you just are late by 7 days.
I had a friend who got in trouble for it and had to pay the extra fines.
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I think every county has there own individual rules about that because I was once given a ticket for expired registration, was a couple of weeks behind and when I went to renew it they asked me if I had received a ticket and I said yes and they gave me a letter to take to the court to get the ticket rescinded. This was in Denton County, TX and I am not sure what the rules are in other counties, but I am sure glad I don't live in Canada since I am very forgetful about Inspection/Registration even with the reminders.
 
yg17 said:
Not necessarily. My insurance policy is a 6 month policy that expires in May and November (and is if course automatically renewed). My insurance is still valid even if my plates are not.
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Are you sure your insurance isn't voided by having expired plates?
 
yg17 said:
I don't think so...I've never been in that situation though, I always renew my plates on time
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You might want to check, just in case...
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Having looked on the web, apparently you're insurance should be fine. I'm surprised at that, I'd have thought an insurance company would have found any excuse to void your insurance...
 
bartelby said:
You might want to check, just in case...
:)

Having looked on the web, apparently you're insurance should be fine. I'm surprised at that, I'd have thought an insurance company would have found any excuse to void your insurance...
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I believe here it is the other way around, you can't renew your registration without valid insurance.
 
yg17 said:
Yes...I have to provide proof of insurance every time I register a new car or renew my plates.
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One of the good things about Texas is they now have a state wide data base that insurance companies are required to keep up to date on all the cars they are insured in the state. When renewing it is pretty easy to get sticker for that because my car is in the data base as good.

Reason for this is currently in the state of Texas people can and will be pulled over and have the car impounded for driving with out insurance. Do not forget cops some times just sit on the side of the road running plates to see if the people driving have a warrant out for arrest, car is stolen, no insurance ect.
 
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