Today DH drove me to work and on the way back got stopped by the police. got $240!!!! ticket for windows being too tinted. What the.... we did not tint it - we bought this car used and never imagined....
few days ago we got another stupid ticket - DH did not put new registration sticker on and it expired in the middle of August (it had 08 08 in big letters so we did not notice). He had already renewed the registration, and the new sticker was in the glove compartment.
I guess we should have paid more attention *sigh* and this one is our fault.
But the tint thing.... we had no idea, never had a warning... no clue - when you buy a car you assume it is tinted to the regulation. They get you for everything. And the fines are huge. We were late by 2 minutes! to the meter - $120 ticket. I hate this city.
$240 ticket! they just try to get you no matter what
August 27th, 2008 at 09:43 pm
August 27th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Don't forget to actually defend yourself against these charges. It's an interesting experience, and could pay off.
August 28th, 2008 at 03:16 am
August 28th, 2008 at 05:50 am
August 28th, 2008 at 08:11 am
August 28th, 2008 at 11:01 am
The tinting, you can tell the magistrate your situation about buying it used like that, and if you remove the tinting, they might let you go or at least take it easy on you.
Same for the registration.
No guarantees though, but even if they don't let it go, you might be able to negotiate a lesser charge. In our court house, they usually offer that up front so you don't even have to sit and wait to speak with a magistrate (unless you really want to).
August 28th, 2008 at 10:30 pm