You are lucky.In wisconsin,and u get in an accident,and u dont have
insurance,u get a night in the local klinker,and if you are lucky,u get to
play "Hide The Soap"
>From: fdedip@whale-mail.com
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: #%&* police
>Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 19:03:22 -0800
>
>Got pulled over by a police officer today. He said I didn't signal
>the lane change. I thought I did, but I was driving the car, and the
>turn signal thingy on that is stiffer than on the Dak, so I guess I
>could have not hit it hard enough. But then the hard part came- he
>wanted my registration and insurance. I haven't gotten around to
>getting those on the car yet- keep meaning to, but... I don't drive
>it very often.... Then he wanted to know why my seat belt was behind
>me (I had the lap belt part on) "Because it strangles me." He said
>I had to have the shoulder part on. "Legally, I have to be
>strangled?" He said it was supposed to go across my chest, and I
>pointed out that I couldn't help being short. He didn't disagree,
>but he still cited me for it. So, I got cited for no insurance, and
>the seat belt thing. Not the signal, fortunately. And he didn't tow
>the car, which he could have. He made me park it, and I had to call
>my dad to come pick me up (I was almost to his house, which was where
>I was going) I called my insurance agent, and got insurance on the
>car.
>Now I have to go to court, show that I have insurance (that should
>get me out of that citation), and either pay $100 for the seatbelt
>thing, or pay $20 to go to a seatbelt diversion class, where I will
>apparently learn to wear a seatbelt.
>Does anyone else find this ridiculous?
>
>Flip
>
>Care2 make the world greener !
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