fastcar
03-27-2006, 08:58 AM
Back on March 10th I was making my morning drive to work. Around 8:00am I passed through a school zone that runs right next to an Elementary School. No kids were at or en route to the school as the busses had just dropped off the older kids and were going back out. I then noticed in my rear view an officer closing in on me, lights on full. I pulled over and was told he clocked me doing 21 mph in a flashing 15 mph school. "You were actually going faster. I could have pulled you over for doing 16 mph."
I got a citation for disregard of signal. No points, nothing will hit my driving record, just a fine. So, he gives me the carbon copy and on my way I go.
That weekend, I make out the check and mail it. Last week I got a letter back from the magistrate saying that I still owe 50 cents. Apparently, looking at the carbon copy, the 50 over XX was written over a line and did not transfer well. I laughed and said, they can come collect it for all I care.
This past Saturday, I received a notice of Impending Arrest. All because, I did not pay my 50 cents. My wife, Shannon, is now livid and begins searching the house for 50 pennies. She wrote a nice long letter of discontent and I mailed it all today. I probably spent more in postage than I did in fine. She said, screw it, because she didn't get any satisfaction by driving out to the magistrate's office to drop it off or wail at someone's head.
My personal thought was to walk into the magistrate's office and politely ask the desk attendant for 50 cents for some unrelated issue, then walk out grab my paperwork and walk back in and pay the fine with said 50 cents.
As of now, I have 9 days to pay off this fine. It's nice to know the taxpayer's money is being spent well to track down my black Malibu Maxx.
Michael "50 cent" Puskar
I got a citation for disregard of signal. No points, nothing will hit my driving record, just a fine. So, he gives me the carbon copy and on my way I go.
That weekend, I make out the check and mail it. Last week I got a letter back from the magistrate saying that I still owe 50 cents. Apparently, looking at the carbon copy, the 50 over XX was written over a line and did not transfer well. I laughed and said, they can come collect it for all I care.
This past Saturday, I received a notice of Impending Arrest. All because, I did not pay my 50 cents. My wife, Shannon, is now livid and begins searching the house for 50 pennies. She wrote a nice long letter of discontent and I mailed it all today. I probably spent more in postage than I did in fine. She said, screw it, because she didn't get any satisfaction by driving out to the magistrate's office to drop it off or wail at someone's head.
My personal thought was to walk into the magistrate's office and politely ask the desk attendant for 50 cents for some unrelated issue, then walk out grab my paperwork and walk back in and pay the fine with said 50 cents.
As of now, I have 9 days to pay off this fine. It's nice to know the taxpayer's money is being spent well to track down my black Malibu Maxx.
Michael "50 cent" Puskar