The Ridiculous-ness of December

Well. I thought every thing was leveled out, and just neutral in the beginning of December. On our way home late one night, we were pulled over. Hm... I wonder why I am getting pulled over...

I was on an onramp, so he spooked us by appearing on the passenger side. After providing all my papers, he said "You were acting suspicious, driving slow like you didn't want to pass me. Then I ran your plate."

"Uh... to be honest officer, I didn't even know you were there. My spedometer doesn't work, so I have to assume everyone is speeding." To which he said "ah, I've had one of those cars."

His reason after running my plate? It came back as suspended registration for no insurance.

He spent 20 minutes in his car on the phone with my insurance, with them telling him I did have insurance. Unfortunately, he had to take the plate because he had already ran it and he can't just say "oh yeah boss, i never pulled them over. just ran their plate." He did give me permission to drive my car still, and that to keep all of the stuff with the car so if I were to get pulled over again, "you can tell him you've already been cited for this."

SO...I go to the DMV/SOS/MVD the following morning. It shows a ticket that my friend got in June for no proof of insurance because he was unable to find the proof in the car (it WAS in the damn car!)....they told me to take it up with those cops and they couldn't give me my plate back until that was cleared.

Call them. The cop lady is confused. I give them all the proof they need saying that the vehicle was insured. No longer my problem, not my ticket. The cop is confused that it would be suspended, as the penalty is normally a three month suspension, and it had been six months. She then told me to call *this* number and get my plate registered.

I call.

I'm on hold.

He asks for my plate number.

I say uh... a cop took my plate.

Vin. DOB... verify...

Uh, m'am, could you repeat what this is in regards to?

My car is suspended.

Um, what was your vin again? Are you sure it wasn't your licence?

Uh, yah! The cop took my plate.

Hm... because m'am, your car is not suspended.

WHAT?

It was suspended in 07/07 for no insurance.

I didn't own the vehicle until 02/08!

Hm... well m'am, your car is not suspended.

So I can come get a plate?

Yes m'am.

So off I went. They tried to charge me five dollars for a plate, I said no way. Then I went to the court to get the ticket dismissed, and they said "we have to have prooooof that the car wasn't suspended before we can get rid of this." I said (without the cuss words) wtf b****!!!!!! isn't this enough proof that it was never suspended? this is my new registration!!!

Apparantly it was not, so I had to run around again back and get a letter from them and then back to the court and shove it in their faces.



Whew. That's hopefully the last time I have to tell that story.

-Gingavitis