suno_eg

iTrader: (1)

I am challenging the ticket I got for not having my insurance slip on me. Wondering if anyone here has fought this kind if ticket before and what I should I have prepared with me.

Thanks.

chris_v2

whats your defense consist of?

LEITNER

just show up and hope the cop does not...if he does just cry to the judge and hope for lenience. cop was a dick though, usually they give you 24 hrs to produce it.

kingjames1983

yeah really what do you want.... ?
you screwed up... deal with it

MrX

just go in, be polite, look pathetic, and plea guilty with explanation

starboy869

$110 fine and xx # of hours to produce an proof of insurance. If you don't have one get your insurance company to fax you or the police station asap. Might be a little hard to get out of the $110 fine since you DID'T have the slip on you at the time.

starboy869

I pulled the 'oh crap' I just got a new one in the mail today and I was making a copy and forgot it on the printer.

MrX

oh, just remembered, AND take your insurance slip in with you

k_r_a_c_k_e_r

iTrader: (3)

gah.. I was close last week.. got pulled over and had no ownership or insurance.. got off on it too

buddhafest

shoulndt you guys just leave your ownership and insruance in your car? or is that not a safe thing todo?

fingolfin

no you should leave it in ur car... but sometimes it gets misplaced, i don't know..

OP- just hope for the best, you have no defence.. its a clear cut charge... you had it or you didn't.


when you go in, dress nicely, act all confused like its your first time in court and you don't understand what to do,
act slightly scared and be respectful

and none of
"yo, JP... wad up wad up.."
wear a belt and don't walk like you have a shotgun in your pants..

you only make urself look like an idiot...
this is for everyone!!!!!

05CivicSi

I keep it in my wallet (folded up), that way if some one steals my car, and gets pulled over, he can't produce either and say the he's borrowed my car.

The Prophet

they are supposed to give you 24hrs to bring the slip to the station....

fingolfin

cops discretion, not a real law

suno_eg

iTrader: (1)

Yes but there are ways of getting out of **** like this...which is why I am asking.

I always keep it in my wallet but somehow it wasn't there when I got pulled over.

suno_eg

iTrader: (1)

Also the reason I got pulled over was because my license plate was on my dash. This was in April when I got into a little front end collision and I didn't have a chance to screw the plate back on. The cop was a dick, and my civic was't even modded at the time (stock).
As for the insurance, I am bringing a letter from my insurance person that says I was insured at the time that the ticket was given along with my insurance slip.
The car is under my dads name and it was stock, so I'm gonna say he forgot to give me the insurance slip when I borrowed the car from him that morning. But the license plate thing I don't know what to so.....

Plate improperly displayed: $110
Fail to surrender valid insurance: $65
Court Date: Oct 22

spike

the cops don't have to give you 24 hour's to prove you have it, so suck it up and pay for it.

MrX

take a picture that the plate has been fixed, take that in with you also.

civicEJ1

iTrader: (2)

u odnt have to see a judge for that ticket
when i first obught my car i didnt have my insurance or ownership on me and i had temps on he gave me 2 tickets went to court, saw the prosecutor told ihm my story and he through them out

soldierboy

dude, just show up at court with your insurance papers show them the validity dates and say it was a simple mistake you were in a hurry to get somewhere and simply forgot to grab it. everyone makes mistakes right?