car impounded today

[19iroc88]

so im drivin down hamburg tpk and a cop decides to pace me and run my plates, turns out my registration and insurance cards in my car expired a week ago and i didn't take the new ones out to my car yet, so the cop gets my car towed and gives me two tickets and a warning, so on top of those i got the impound fee of 150 so it looks like those headers will have to wait for a little while lol

[Mike]

how did the cop screw you over?

[GP99GT]

where on hamburg turnpike?

[enRo]

so im drivin down hamburg tpk and a cop decides to pace me and run my plates, turns out my registration and insurance cards in my car expired a week ago and i didn't take the new ones out to my car yet, so the cop gets my car towed and gives me two tickets and a warning, so on top of those i got the impound fee of 150 so it looks like those headers will have to wait for a little while lol

got a pic of that cop screwin me over tho

Cop didnt screw you over. It's the law to have up-to-date paperwork. Sure, he could have given you a warning, but you were still in the wrong.

[sweetbmxrider]

sucks man, you should be more responsible with that though. you definitely learned your lesson :lol: impound is a little rough

[WildBillyT]

How clean is your driving record??

[Mike]

if you go to court with the documents saying you were covered at the date and time of the ticket, you can get it dropped to failure to show documents......but he was 100% within his right to tow a car with expired registration/insurance.

i also bet that if only one of your documents was expired he would have given you a break, but since both were, he did what he had to do

[Tsar]

well.. lesson learned for you.

[FlyingDutchman]

then again it could be worse...

[GP99GT]

if you go to court with the documents saying you were covered at the date and time of the ticket, you can get it dropped to failure to show documents......but he was 100% within his right to tow a car with expired registration/insurance.

last time i did that, they dropped it completely...it was for an expired insurance card, not registration though...and im not sure they'd throw two out at once

[sweetbmxrider]

they usually cut pretty nice deals though, especially if your driving record is nice.

[maroman88]

sounds typical... we get this all the time... just gotta keep up to date, when the new card comes in the mail drop it right in the car

[Jersyboyy]

Yea head to court with the new documents and get them dropped atleast...i mean 150 dollar town/impound fee sucks but your going to have to take it like a man.

On a similar note my 6 tickets I got one night awhile back(some of you may remember) which included no insurance no inspection not having my registration wreckless driving and and unclear plates...which could have resulted in atleast a year loss of license a bumch of points(5-7) dmv surcharge of like a grand each year for 3 years and a ton of fines....well i paid 500 bucks in fines and thats about it :) I love my lawyer ;)

[1_Hot_SOM_WS6]

.....guess next time you'll be more up to date with your docs.

[NJSPEEDER]

I got pulled over once and had forgotten to throw my new reg in the car, I went to the station and showed it to the cop and he dropped it.

[NJ Torque]

sucks...

[NjbadSS]

that definitely sucks.. reminds me of the time my brother got his Trans-Am impounded.. he was no crap in traffic in the middle of town, cop decided to pull him over for..get this..tailgating saying he was to close to the car in front of him.. On top of that he had just re newed his registration and didn't have the current card on him..his shiny white Trans-Am got towed away and he was left on the side of the road with 2 tickets..amazing how the law works but he brought his documents to court like stated above and it got knocked down. Good luck with it

[Scrat's_Camaro]

*edit* nevermind re-read post

sucks though

[Teds89IROC]

sorry to hear man, bet you'll never make that mistake again lol

[xrelapse13]

Yea head to court with the new documents and get them dropped atleast...i mean 150 dollar town/impound fee sucks but your going to have to take it like a man.

On a similar note my 6 tickets I got one night awhile back(some of you may remember) which included no insurance no inspection not having my registration wreckless driving and and unclear plates...which could have resulted in atleast a year loss of license a bumch of points(5-7) dmv surcharge of like a grand each year for 3 years and a ton of fines....well i paid 500 bucks in fines and thats about it :) I love my lawyer ;)

You're welcome you ignorant bastard. lol

To OP, the impound sucks but that was the cop's decisions. Just bring your up to date documents to the court and the prosecutor will most likely drop it. I got pulled over with expired insurance cause i forgot to put the card in my car, brought the card to court and walked out with dropped charges.

[madness410]

same...didnt have an insurance card at all...brought my card to court and they would have dropped it to to failure to carry proper documents...a 160$ fine in my municipality, but i knew the prosecutor :-)

[IROCZman15]

it happens, but the cop could have/should have called the insurance company to check if the car had insurance on it, if so, the title 39 violation would have been different (would have been 39:3-29 not 39:6b-2)

[Tsar]

it happens, but the cop could have/should have called the insurance company to check if the car had insurance on it, if so, the title 39 violation would have been different (would have been 39:3-29 not 39:6b-2)

How about some personal responsibility....

[bubba428]

well, being that 3 month out of the year the company I work for does ventor city police tow. I can tell you from the perspective of the cop that even though you may have been covered, you also may not have. Its not the cops job to do your paperwork for you. chances are you won't do that again.

[Frosty]

it happens, but the cop could have/should have called the insurance company to check if the car had insurance on it, if so, the title 39 violation would have been different (would have been 39:3-29 not 39:6b-2)

I wouldn't if I was the cop. Would I have maybe let the driver call the insurance company for verification? Maybe. I sure as hell wouldn't call up someone's insurance company if I was the cop, that wouldn't be my job.

[Mike]

I wouldn't if I was the cop. Would I have maybe let the driver call the insurance company for verification? Maybe. I sure as hell wouldn't call up someone's insurance company if I was the cop, that wouldn't be my job.

they do on occasion. but what would be the point in this case? considering even if the insurance was verified, the registration was still out of date

[Tsar]

they do on occasion. but what would be the point in this case? considering even if the insurance was verified, the registration was still out of dateEhh, cop should have called one of his buddies that knows John, who knows Marie, who knows Adam, and his friend's cousin's sister's dad knows the governor of NJ. They would call him and he would call the DMV dude in charge of registrations and it would have been all taken care of, right on the stop...

The day people will start accepting personal responsibility is the day I'll stop being an "ass", I think I have a long wait ahead of me.

[maroman88]

I wouldn't if I was the cop. Would I have maybe let the driver call the insurance company for verification? Maybe. I sure as hell wouldn't call up someone's insurance company if I was the cop, that wouldn't be my job.

we often do call to verify... from the desk, in the event that a person brings in their insurance card for an accident report, to see if infact they were covered at the exact time of the crash... and didnt go home and go online and purchase it just after.

[sweetbmxrider]

i always hear people getting a hard time when they get the temporary insurance cards or print something out online. i dono never happened to me.

[maroman88]

i always hear people getting a hard time when they get the temporary insurance cards or print something out online. i dono never happened to me.

cuz on the top it says "effective date" which is actually when the paper was printed... so we have to call and check to see if thats when the policy was created or the temporary paper was printed

[IROCZman15]

I wouldn't if I was the cop. Would I have maybe let the driver call the insurance company for verification? Maybe. I sure as hell wouldn't call up someone's insurance company if I was the cop, that wouldn't be my job.

no offense, but maroman88 is right

i call up insurance companies on from my cell quite often on a m.v. stop, or i have dispatch call, because i dont want to write someone an NO INSURANCE ticket, which is a heavy hit and a tow, instead of a simple FAIL TO PRODUCE A COPY OF INSURANCE DOC which is less, and NO TOW, because if that person comes to court and whatnot, i want to KNOW that the insurance agent told me they have no insurance..

it is part of the job, and it makes sense, its not as simple as penning out tickets, gotta dig a little bit.

and u guys are right about personal responsibility... but u'd be suprised how many people dont have one of their documents, cant find it cuz thier car is a slob zone, leave it at home, etc.. happens all the time, but ur right about personal responsibility and having to buck up to the $ consequenses

[Frosty]

I'm not saying a cop SHOULDN'T...but to expect him/her too is a bit rude. There's nothing saying you HAVE to call, you do it as a courtesy, not as a mandatory act.

If you choose to do it that's cool, you're helping someone out but there's no obligation.

[sweetbmxrider]

actually i had it happen one time. exp registration and no insurance card. cop let me off with no registration and let me drive. it was my dad's suburban. i'm not sure if he called or something. nice cop though.

[jims69camaro]

I got pulled over once and had forgotten to throw my new reg in the car, I went to the station and showed it to the cop and he dropped it.

it doesn't sound like you two had the same cop.

the bottom line is: keep your snot straight. if the car or any one of its many variables are not 100%, don't drive. it's a lot easier said than done, i know. people forget your name when you start asking them for rides all over the place. i did a lot of walking when i was younger.

[IROCZman15]

^^^^ agrreed. i can verify this bing on the job.. guys/girls.. just make sure u have ur DL, reg, insurance card readily available in a place where can easily access it, not ur trunk, not ur backpack, but in ur center console etc... it helps put u in good favor of hte officer..

we sometimes let u "come to the station" and show ur reg/ins card etc within an hour or so, and we will drop the ticket, however... cops who are hungry for tickets are just going to WRITE you that second... so it will help you if u get pulled over to have EVERYTHING readily available and BE POLITE, be honest about ur driving history, if u say 'my driving record is great' and we run you and you have 8 points, we wioll take u as trying to be a jerk, and penn you out a ticket