Bad car luck as of late

[William Gaatjes]

I returned from a week long business trip and it looks like someone backed into my car in the parking lot while I was gone and scratched, dented and cracked my rear bumper. No cameras in the parking lot, no idea who is responsible other than the white paint now on my black car.

Sigh... here we go again!

You need to sell your car and buy this vehicle : the marauder :biggrin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDoRmT0iRic

and this to add on the top, a sentry gun :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5YftEAbmMQ


Good luck anyway...

 

[JEDI]

I returned from a week long business trip and it looks like someone backed into my car in the parking lot while I was gone and scratched, dented and cracked my rear bumper. No cameras in the parking lot, no idea who is responsible other than the white paint now on my black car.

Sigh... here we go again!

btw- what happened to the uninsured, unlicensed driver in your OP?

 

[manimal]

btw- what happened to the uninsured, unlicensed driver in your OP?

hes in the pony thread?

 

[Schadenfroh]

Remember the only thing NYC cabbies fear is vehicles with Mass plates

Hahaha, of this I do not doubt. Recently, a driver started blowing her horn at me because I refused to run a red light when nothing was coming. I worry how much of it carries over into mass-transit, get nervous when the train stops on the subway, as all of my accidents have occurred while the vehicle is stationary.

btw- what happened to the uninsured, unlicensed driver in your OP?

Dunno, I just let the police and my insurance company deal with him. The insurance company waved my deductible since it was an uninsured motorist (not sure why they have this policy).

This incident occurred in TN, so it looks like for driving without insurance the punishment is:
http://www.safeauto.com/state-insurance/tennessee-auto-insurance/

Failure to maintain proper insurance could lead to the suspension of your driver license and a $100 fine.

Driving without a license:
http://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2010/title-55/chapter-50/part-3/55-50-351/

A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

Which seems to indicate:
http://web.utk.edu/~scheb/overview.html

not greater than thirty (30) days in jail or a fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00), or both, unless otherwise provided by statute

The policeman seemed "recognize" the guy's truck and wanted a private word with him, so he told my girlfriend and I to be on our way.

 

[OverVolt]

The only crime in this thread is owning a mercury.

 

[Jeff7]

holy crap dude!
every think of just taking taxis everywhere?

The cab drivers will stop taking him, after the first 8 taxis he's in end up being destroyed in accidents just hours afterward.

 

[Chaotic42]

Why is it that the police in the US does not do regular checks on license plates and driving licenses and driving without insurance ? That would be easy money for the state, i would think ? These people have a responsibility just as other people to not be a safety hazard on the road (I know that there are enough people on the roads driving who cannot drive but carry licenses and insurance...).

Is it really that bad ?

I don't think they can just randomly check, you'd have to be involved in an accident or in some other way give the police probable cause or whatever to look up your insurance. I got hit by a girl who gave the police an insurance policy number and it turns out it was not paid up. No idea what happened to her.

 

[Raduque]

I don't think they can just randomly check, you'd have to be involved in an accident or in some other way give the police probable cause or whatever to look up your insurance. I got hit by a girl who gave the police an insurance policy number and it turns out it was not paid up. No idea what happened to her.

Can they check for insurance by running your plates? I know a few times I've had a cop behind me, they'll move over behind me, I'll see him fiddling with his computer (fairly obviously looking up my plates), then move over and pass me. I always keep current insurance on all my vehicles.

 

[Chaotic42]

Can they check for insurance by running your plates? I know a few times I've had a cop behind me, they'll move over behind me, I'll see him fiddling with his computer (fairly obviously looking up my plates), then move over and pass me. I always keep current insurance on all my vehicles.

Hmm... I didn't *think* so, but I'm not sure. Like William said, it seems like if they could, they would just sit at intersections running plates and collecting fines.

 

[MotF Bane]

Ah, massholes.

 

[AlienCraft]

Why is it that the police in the US does not do regular checks on license plates and driving licenses and driving without insurance ? That would be easy money for the state, i would think ? These people have a responsibility just as other people to not be a safety hazard on the road (I know that there are enough people on the roads driving who cannot drive but carry licenses and insurance...).

Is it really that bad ?

• To much illegal drivers...
• Pot holes and cracks in roads...
• Bankrupt states...
• Add more US problems here...
• And here...

In many cities you are now seeing license plate readers installed on the roof of police cruisers. These are linked to the DMV database and will chime an alarm when an expired tag is read as they drive past. Since technolgy is available, departments have found it easy to spend their Government Anti-Terrorist / Homeland Security Dollars on this equipment.

 

[AlienCraft]

Can they check for insurance by running your plates? I know a few times I've had a cop behind me, they'll move over behind me, I'll see him fiddling with his computer (fairly obviously looking up my plates), then move over and pass me. I always keep current insurance on all my vehicles.

Yes. Generally speaking when they run your tags any pertainent additional information pops up, such as firearms purchases. I was once pulled over by a CHP who asked me if I had my "Charter Arms .22 pistol" with me? Simply said "no" and we discussed why I was coming out of a club so late ( I do sound). :awe::awe:
In CA now if they stop you while you are driving on a suspended drivers license, THAT vehicle is imponded for a MINIMUM of 30 days. Even if it's owned by someone else.

 

[Raduque]

Yes. Generally speaking when they run your tags any pertainent additional information pops up, such as firearms purchases. I was once pulled over by a CHP who asked me if I had my "Charter Arms .22 pistol" with me? Simply said "no" and we discussed why I was coming out of a club so late ( I do sound). :awe::awe:
In CA now if they stop you while you are driving on a suspended drivers license, THAT vehicle is imponded for a MINIMUM of 30 days. Even if it's owned by someone else.

lolifornia. Here in Texas, cops won't/don't know if you own a firearm unless you declare it. If you don't have it on you, there's no reason to declare it - of course, it's also legal to conceal a loaded pistol in a vehicle here in Texas, without any permits needed (as long as you're not breaking any other laws, of course).

 

[Lanyap]

You need to buy a beater car and use it for at least a few months until things settle down.

 

[LTC8K6]

In many cities you are now seeing license plate readers installed on the roof of police cruisers. These are linked to the DMV database and will chime an alarm when an expired tag is read as they drive past. Since technolgy is available, departments have found it easy to spend their Government Anti-Terrorist / Homeland Security Dollars on this equipment.

Yes. Very common now. They read everyone's plate and check for violations on the fly.

 

[LTC8K6]

Well, OP, you could have been these folks...

http://www.news.com.au/world/eight-...nsive-crash-ever/story-e6frfkyi-1226213870366

 

[Bignate603]

Hmm... I didn't *think* so, but I'm not sure. Like William said, it seems like if they could, they would just sit at intersections running plates and collecting fines.

If they ever proposed a law that allowed them to pull people over for lack of insurance I'd vote for it in a heartbeat.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Can they check for insurance by running your plates? I know a few times I've had a cop behind me, they'll move over behind me, I'll see him fiddling with his computer (fairly obviously looking up my plates), then move over and pass me. I always keep current insurance on all my vehicles.

Insurance companies are required by state laws to inform the DMV/MVA when insurance lapses (30 days). They send an electronic list. That puts a flag on your license and any vehicles covered by the insurance.

When a check is run; the flag will indicate that you have not been a good boy.
Your license can then be taken away if you were driving and the vehicle impounded unless it is someone else's vehicle and there is another licensed & LEGAL driver to take control of the vehicle.