Don't You Love It When..... - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

BigFish · 03-07-2005, 06:04 PM

the cop pulls you over and informs you that your registration is expired!

Tow the truck, impound for 1 night, $100.00 ticket and don't you think if the friggin' registry had mailed me the registration notice like they usually do I would have paid the $35.00 measley dollars in the first place!

Thats how my day went! Gotta sort it all out tomorrow!

Raider Ronnie · 03-07-2005, 06:07 PM

Raider Ronnie · 03-07-2005, 06:09 PM

Larry,
Are you on a laptop in a cell ?

BigFish · 03-07-2005, 06:09 PM

Hey, is it just me? Do you guys all run outside and check your registration periodically to make sure it has not lapsed or do you wait for the registry notification?

Its their friggin system don't you think the blame is all theirs or am I the idiot?

BigFish · 03-07-2005, 06:10 PM

Close but no...guy was a good cop doing his job...wait till I get ahold of the persons ear at the registry!

Raider Ronnie · 03-07-2005, 06:13 PM

You should have tried to bribe the cop with some of you're plugs!!!

"uffah!!" · 03-07-2005, 06:18 PM

Come to my house for dinner,and we'll decuss it!!!

redneck24 · 03-07-2005, 06:35 PM

happened to me twice

ThrowingTimber · 03-07-2005, 06:37 PM

that reminds me...

Look at the bright side your post count is KILLER!

Slipknot · 03-07-2005, 06:54 PM

That's too bad Larry

but don't depend on the Registry of Motor Vehicles in this state to send you a reminder or renewel form

stay on top of those things like a regular bill. They could have mailed it and it got lost in the mail who knows??

I know mine is due every year in Dec. so if I miss out on it then it's my fault and shame on me.

We all know you were not trying to get away without registering, but the law is the law, they will gladly take your money.

I hope tom. is a better day for you.

BigFish · 03-07-2005, 07:00 PM

Gawd I hope so Slip!

Bob Thomas · 03-07-2005, 07:55 PM

Bigfish...check ya pms!

Vectorfisher · 03-07-2005, 07:59 PM

Happened to me one year 2 days after it expired, I registered the truck in November and forgot about it expiring in December I was 1/2 mile from my house and I tried my hardest to keep it from getting towed no such luck Fing jerk cop

Then October this year my X business partner who drives around with bad inspection stickers, let's his insurance run out, etc gets pulled over for speeding and the cop gets him for overdue registration wouldnt you know the cop let's him call the registry with his cell phone and renew over the phone with a credit card and he gets away with it no speeding ticket nothing

Mike P · 03-07-2005, 08:41 PM

In NY, your sticker sits in the drivers window, and it has the month/year it expires in inch high numbers. Can't miss that "3 05" when you're sitting in the driver's seat

"Oh s### it's March, what date am I good to? The 9th? No problem, I'll head over to DMV at lunch on the 8th"

tynan19 · 03-07-2005, 10:29 PM

It is def not the cops fault as some have posted. It has happened to members in my family, one year they send the stickers the next they don't. Lucky my father is a police officer and always notices the reg stickers on all our cars.

Goose · 03-08-2005, 12:24 AM

A few years ago I went for ice cream with the family, pulled over told the wife I'm going to make a few casts real quick I notice a cruiser drive by then back up then turn on his lights...SOB, seen I was from out of town called for tow. he could have been cool being that I had my family...basstid

fishweewee · 03-08-2005, 06:07 AM

That's awful Larry.

For the taxes that you guys pay ... the level of service you get from Mass SUCKS.

Bob Thomas · 03-08-2005, 06:35 AM

Not to stir anything up but for those that think it's very easy for a cop to let you go with an expired/suspended/revoked license and or registration, it's not. If the cop lets you drive after stopping you and citing you and you go down the road and kill grandma walking accross the road, the cop is subjected to a lawsuit. The clearly states that you cannot drive in MA without an active license/registration and you must have insurance. By letting you go, not only have you "violated" the law but the officer has also.

Just my $.02 I just love the way people rip the cop for doing his job. Don't get me wrong, cops with attitudes are bad news but you can't rip the cop for doing what the are paid to do.

BigBo · 03-08-2005, 07:09 AM

Not the cop's fault and I don't think it was Larry's intent to put the blame on the cops. It is, however the RMV's fault. They used to send the renewals out promptly and religously in the past until they realized there was an untapped source of revenue to be had.

Slingah · 03-08-2005, 07:23 AM

that blows dood

BigFish · 03-08-2005, 09:41 AM

As Bo said, not the officers fault, it is a liability issue if he lets me drive home and I have an accident after he pulls me over. He was really a good joe! Just to clarify, I at no time faulted the policeman however I do blame the registry. They get you used to expecting these things and then when they drop the ball they stick their fist up your poopa and take more money!

HighTide · 03-08-2005, 11:20 AM

Similar thing happened to me a few years ago. I was about to get in my car when a detail cop (Edison was working on the street) says "Where are you going?" I politely informed him that I was going home. He then pointed out that my registration had expired and I told him that I never got the renewal. He calls in the plate and the address comes back as #55 XXXXX St. I showed him my license that said I lived at #155 XXXXXX St., and that's most likely the reason I never got it.
The cop told me he didn't want to see me drive the car out of there so I waited until he left and went home.
Then after about 3 weeks of constant calls to the Registry, it was all straightened out, but what a PITA.

Bob Thomas · 03-08-2005, 12:10 PM

I've got one even better....up until last year, people were handing me registrations that stated, "Lifetime registration...valid until suspended or revoked" when in fact they were not! State went to lifetime registrations and then whipped the rug out from under everyone and made them suffer!!

It comes down to the state losing control!

Vectorfisher · 03-08-2005, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bob Thomas
I've got one even better....up until last year, people were handing me registrations that stated, "Lifetime registration...valid until suspended or revoked" when in fact they were not! State went to lifetime registrations and then whipped the rug out from under everyone and made them suffer!!

It comes down to the state losing control!

I remember this and I could be wrong but I think it was against the law for them to sell the lifetime registration bit.

TheRattBoy · 03-08-2005, 07:23 PM

I'm with Slip...blame the mailman.

johnny

Slipknot · 03-08-2005, 08:08 PM

you saw it

well there is always that conspiracy theory that the registry purposely doesn't mail it out to a select few so they can ream them for more money for the state

OK, my liability ins. will be cancelled in 2 days if they don't get my check by the 10th. I guess it's my fault since I did not send it in and pay it when it was due 2-25-05. oh well, guess I better mail it out. If I mail it tom. and it takes more than 1 dat to get to PA. ,can I blame the mail for that too?

Snow makes me grumpy.

get a lawyer and sue, isn't that the answer for everything

It wasn't my fault, I SWEAR..

Raven · 03-08-2005, 08:19 PM

to do online "bigfish" now adays.... and i don't use the renewal mail applications anymore.... even to pay bills....

yeah one time i had the police station informed that my reg. was expired ...and eventually i got nabbed and all total
in fines and crap it was like 254 dollars down the drain ...and so now , i kill that stuff off ...electronically ...as rapidly as possible...

BigFish · 03-08-2005, 09:23 PM

I usually do it on-line, but tough to do considering I was unaware it was due to expire!

gone fishin · 03-09-2005, 04:04 PM

Bummer Larry - Had that happen to a family member not so long ago.

Look at it this way - you could have been in line for the race sticker and sat all day only to find that you cannot get a sticker because the reg. expired.

Now that would really piss you off!!!!

Jimbo · 03-09-2005, 04:37 PM

I got off a little easier than you guys. When I bought my truck I thought they were registering it, but they had just transferred the registration, which expired only a couple months later. I never checked anythng. I saw the number on the sticker and didn't look close and assumed it was for the next year. Never received anything in the mail to renew. One night on the way home from work I get pulled over and the cop was nice enough to figure out what had happened and let me go with a warning that I better be at DMV getting it fixed the next day. Guess he knew that the bummer was that I had to pay for the year I was driving unregistered as well as the cost for renewing for the upcoming year.