rant: nazi friggin' govt

[LordOpie]

I got a speeding ticket, forgot to pay it, got a letter reminding me -- first letter -- with a late fee. Okay, fine, my bad... paid ticket and late fee.

Just got a letter saying that because of my outstanding violation that I have to prove it's paid or my license gets cancelled.

A. you know I paid it (did so online) so why do I have to prove it?
2. What the FVCK is with the zero tolerance? I'm late with ONE outstanding ticket... fvck you! One ticket for a low-level speeding violation and I'm going to get my license cancelled if I don't prove I paid it?

Mutha Fvkers!

Seriously, is ZERO tolerance the standard now?

[narlus]

it's called budget crunch.

the cost of health care is far outstripping the growth of tax revenue, and most civic employees get a full boat re: health care.

the municipalities are struggling for money. this is one way they can get it.

[valve bouncer]

So let's just summarize the FACTS so far
1) You DELIBERATELY and WILDLY sped your 5000lb KILLING machine through a school district on pregnant mothers appreciation day endangering COUNTLESS lives and scaring not only children but puppies, kittens and FLUFFY ducklings.
2) When stopped on your DEADLY rampage by a selfless police officer who daily risks his life for the likes of you, you tore up the ticket, threw it at his feet and announced "I ain't payin' that pig", then sped off again scattering grannies in their Zimmer frames in your wake.
3) Upon a receipt of a polite letter asking you to pay a measly 79 extra cents in administrative fees you come here RANTING and RAVING about how unfair everything is.

If you don't like it move to friggin' RUSSIA.

Signed
Annoyed of Mayfair.

[LordOpie]

it's called budget crunch.

the cost of health care is far outstripping the growth of tax revenue, and most civic employees get a full boat re: health care.

the municipalities are struggling for money. this is one way they can get it.
pretty much, but couldn't they just send me another bill for the same amount of money that it'll cost me to prove that I paid the fine? Instead, I've got to find out HOW I prove and WHERE I prove that I paid it. Yes, the letter said NEITHER! Nor did it direct me to a source that would have the answers. Fvcktards.


...
Don't be a cunt. No ducks were ever in any danger.

[$tinkle]

been ten years since denver forgot about bruce vanderjagt; maybe a well placed pig would get their attention.

be sure & wave to me on your way to florence

[LordOpie]

been ten years since denver forgot about bruce vanderjagt; maybe a well placed pig would get their attention.

be sure & wave to me on your way to florence

what the hell? What's a murdered police officer got to do with this? Did that chick get out of jail yet? She has a dumb name.

[$tinkle]

what the hell? What's a murdered police officer got to do with this?nothing yet. just trying to toss you some love Did that chick get out of jail yet? She has a dumb name.are you saying the sound of music is dumb? how can you not appreciate "i am sixteen going on seventeen", sung by none other than liesl von trapp?


conspiracy to murder & austrian showtunes. that's how we roll in the 719

[LordOpie]

UPDATE

I called the Dept. of Revenue who is listed on the letter. They said that eventho I paid the ticket a full week BEFORE the letter of future cancellation was even written that it can take a while for that payment to be processed from the online payment company... eventho my credit card was charged immediately.

Then they send confirmation to the court who then has to process it and then notify the Dept of Rev. who will then contact the DMV to rescind the order of cancellation.

The do NOT send a letter of confirmation to me of the fact that FOUR depts finally pulled their collective heads out of their asses.

I asked the person on the phone at D.R., "what am I supposed to do?"

Reponse: "Oh, call every 4-5 days to check on it."


I cannot imagine for one moment what frustration people have when they have a real problem that involves the govt.

[Westy]

I cannot imagine for one moment what frustration people have when they have a real problem that involves the govt.

You do what you can.

http://www.nola.com/cgi-bin/prxy/photogalleries/nph-cache.cgi/cache=3000;/nola/images/3678/2074561.jpg

[Echo]

Ooh, that reminds me, I need to pay a parking ticket by Friday.

I wonder what the odds are that this exact same thing won't happen to me.

[LordOpie]

Ooh, that reminds me, I need to pay a parking ticket by Friday.

I wonder what the odds are that this exact same thing won't happen to me.

I recommend NOT using the online pay service unless you know for a fact that it's run by the same dept that needs to receive the funds.

However, if you need to pay by Friday and you have NOT received a late notice, then you've got enough time for the system to process it.

[MikeD]

Parking tickets won't take away your license...they'll just **** your credit up.

[$tinkle]

You do what you can.

http://www.nola.com/cgi-bin/prxy/photogalleries/nph-cache.cgi/cache=3000;/nola/images/3678/2074561.jpgi always hum the good times song when i see that

...keeping your head above water, making a wave when you can...

[peter6061]

Here in VA, we have decals on our windshields proving that our cars are registered in the city/county we live in. Recently, the county I live in decided it was a stupid idea and got rid of the decals. The adjoining cities and municipalities were notified of this change as a missing decal warranted a ticket. This change went into effect almost a year ago.

Recently, a friend mentioned that she got a ticket from a parking cop in the City (decal still required) for not having her decal. She stated to the officer that she lived outside the City and was not required to have a decal. She actually had to take time off from work, go to court and prove that she was a county resident and therefore did not need the decal.

I'm sure the time she took off work was worth well more than the amount due from the ticket, but what do you do, pay the ticket and admit guilt, of fight it and spend more than the ticket would have cost?

Well, seemed related to me. Just wanted to rant.

[Echo]

I recommend NOT using the online pay service unless you know for a fact that it's run by the same dept that needs to receive the funds.

However, if you need to pay by Friday and you have NOT received a late notice, then you've got enough time for the system to process it.
I did receive a late notice, it says I need to pay by Friday :D

I'm just gonna mail it. They can kiss my ass.

[dhbuilder]

was ticketed a few years back (my one and only in 34 yrs. of driving.) for 33m.p.h. in a 30m.p.h. zone.
it's phuqued with my insurance ever since.
but not right away.
it was a year before the ins. co. decided that it was a major problem.

3 frikken miles per hour !!!

the irony in all of this, is that the cop who wrote this, totaled a police cruiser while doing an estimated 85 m.p.h. while just driving along.
not responding to a call or anything.

go figure.

[Secret Squirrel]

heh...karma...karma to the blue courtesy phone please...

:busted:

[LordOpie]

the irony in all of this, is that the cop who wrote this, totaled a police cruiser while doing an estimated 85 m.p.h. while just driving along.
not responding to a call or anything.

one might think that cops would be required to set an example for society.

PS: you got stopped by the only cop who'd ticket at 3mph over.

[dhbuilder]

around here in these neighborhoods, people use residential streets for high speed cut throughs.

residents complain and they set up speed traps.
can't really blame them.
but 3 over was a little extreme.

[jimmydean]

When I lived in San Diego, someone stole the plate off my car. Prior to leaving for work, a parking cop had come by and given me a ticket for no visible registration.

I called the police department and told them they gave me a ticket BEFORE I knew it was missing. They said it would be cleared and to not worry about it and I moved out of state 3 weeks later.

6 months after moving to Oregon, I got a letter telling me that a warrant was issued because I missed my court date. It took nearly a year to clear everything up and they STILL wanted me to appear in San Diego to show I had valid registration at the time the ticket was issued.

You would think they would be able to look that stuff up.

[BurlyShirley]

Try getting a payment processed through the VA sometime...

[LordOpie]

Try getting a payment processed through the VA sometime...

"Happy" D-Day to all those who serve.

[BurlyShirley]

"Happy" D-Day to all those who serve.
I was there, man. You wouldnt understand.

[LordOpie]

I was there, man. You wouldnt understand.

I've played Halo.

[ATOMICFIREBALL]

UPDATE

I called the Dept. of Revenue who is listed on the letter. They said that eventho I paid the ticket a full week BEFORE the letter of future cancellation was even written that it can take a while for that payment to be processed from the online payment company... eventho my credit card was charged immediately.

Then they send confirmation to the court who then has to process it and then notify the Dept of Rev. who will then contact the DMV to rescind the order of cancellation.

The do NOT send a letter of confirmation to me of the fact that FOUR depts finally pulled their collective heads out of their asses.

I asked the person on the phone at D.R., "what am I supposed to do?"

Reponse: "Oh, call every 4-5 days to check on it."


I cannot imagine for one moment what frustration people have when they have a real problem that involves the govt.

What a cirle jerk..There is nothing like being IN the legal SYSTEM!! ...Government wankers suck.

[LordOpie]

Thanks all!

I was sure I was gonna get flamed for my rant since I failed to pay the ticket immediately.

Thanks for letting me vent.

[manimal]

i HATE dealing w/ the DMV, they are all so screwed up and behind that it's pointless. In NC, if you have lapsed on your insurance coverage the dmv will issue a "pickup order" on your plate which means that i have to take the tag if i come across it. the premise is that this "pickup order" keeps uninsured drivers off of the road and that's fine, however, prior to the mandatory pickup order, the officer was allowed the discretion to let it go if the owner could show proof of current insurance...but not now. and the big pisser is that when you change insurance companies the old company reports to dmv that you are no longer insured w/ them but the new company doesn't always report to DMV that you are now covered by them, thus showing a lapse in coverage and the issuance of a pickup order on your tag :disgust:
you're not alone LO, even cops hate having to enforce the stupid legislation put in place by idiots who probably have someone else register their vehicles for them.
i tell you....when i go postal and snap in a few years, i'm going to pull a 'fight club' and take down the DMV mainframe...well, after i snipe a few dope dealers first ;)

[Silver]

UPDATE

I called the Dept. of Revenue who is listed on the letter. They said that eventho I paid the ticket a full week BEFORE the letter of future cancellation was even written that it can take a while for that payment to be processed from the online payment company... eventho my credit card was charged immediately.

Then they send confirmation to the court who then has to process it and then notify the Dept of Rev. who will then contact the DMV to rescind the order of cancellation.

The do NOT send a letter of confirmation to me of the fact that FOUR depts finally pulled their collective heads out of their asses.

I asked the person on the phone at D.R., "what am I supposed to do?"

Reponse: "Oh, call every 4-5 days to check on it."


I cannot imagine for one moment what frustration people have when they have a real problem that involves the govt.

Bitch, bitch, bitch.

Try calling the INS sometime. (Or whatever the **** they are called today...)

They make the DMV look like a smoothly oiled machine. Call them three times, ask the same question to different people, and you'll get totally different and contradictory answers. (An aside...the immigration proposals out there right now are idiotic, until you do something about the INS. No one is going to wait to do it legally. When it's easier to pay a smuggler to get you through a desert trek in the summer than it is to navigate a government agency, you know you have problems...)

[LordOpie]

Bitch, bitch, bitch.

Try calling the INS sometime. (Or whatever the **** they are called today...)
Which is why I said...I cannot imagine for one moment what frustration people have when they have a real problem that involves the govt.

As for Immigration, I heard a 'loophole'... go get married (if that's the goal) in Las Vegas. No one there checks anything, but it does become legal and official. Then the process is much easier.

[Silver]

Which is why I said...

As for Immigration, I heard a 'loophole'... go get married (if that's the goal) in Las Vegas. No one there checks anything, but it does become legal and official. Then the process is much easier.

That's what we did. It's still a bitch.

Of course, if you don't want to see your family for a couple of years (god forbid if you have an ill grandparent...you actually need a letter from her doctor and special permission to leave the country to go see her) it's an option...

[MikeD]

Immigration is soooo ****ed, from every side. I deal with it every day.

[$tinkle]

Immigration is soooo ****ed, from every side. I deal with it every day.so that makes you either a coyote, or a bouncer at the titty twister.

[MikeD]

Or a vampire.

[manimal]

i was being recruited by the border patrol due to my military background, law enforcement and the fact that i habla.........the pay was good but i told them i 'd wait until the laws were fixed. i really think i'd like the job but i just don't want to be caught up in that mess right now.
and yes, INS is waaay more screwed up than the dmv.

[luelling]

the cost of health care is far outstripping the growth of tax revenue, and most civic employees get a full boat re: health care.

You hit the nail on the head. I'm a state worker and get all of my benefits paid in full. They even put all of my money into my retirement for me, I don't have to contribute to the pension. :)