Run! It's the coppers!
We moved in October 2003. I changed the address on my driver's license and even did Tom's at the same time. Mine came in the mail and he got a notice that his picture was too old and he had to go down and take a new one. Since then, we'ved move 2 more times. Each time, I change my address and tell him to change his. He didn't do it.The car registration for my car came in December... he said he'd put the sticker on. It sat in my dashboard for months until it disappeared. I called Travis County who told me that they would send another one (still waiting).
So... Tom is out with Cassie today and he gets pulled over. Why, you ask? Well, of course, it was because his license plate was "obscured". We still had the frame on it from the dealership. The top of the T in State of Texas was covered up a little bit. Apparently, 3 years ago (we got the car in January 2001) you weren't supposed to use those frames anymore. Ummmm... are you serious?
So, he got a warning for the obscured plate and address change and a citation for the expired registration. Freaking Williamson County. It could've been worse though. We give each year to the officer's fund and they send you stickers to put on the car saying you are a supporter. I am CONVINCED this has gotten me out of 2 tickets - I'm sure Tom would've gotten in deeper water if the guy really wanted to.
Apparently, we just have to show that the car does have a valid registration, pay to get a new one (why did Travis County tell me they would mail me a replacement) and they will "probably" dismiss the ticket.
ARGH!
Why don't men listen? If he had put the registration on the car and did his license when I told him to, this would not be an issue... but noooooo... he'd rather play computer games!
(heh, love ya, babe)


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Men are like two year-olds...very...easily...sidetracked.
(I'm a fine one to talk...) Once (like a million years ago) my boyfriend (now ex-husband) got into an accident. Not his fault. As the cops are working up the ticket for the dude that hit us they see that he has a Chicago Bulls bull sticker on his license plate (between the two sets of characters...i.e.
876 (sticker) JAX)
They threaten to write him a ticket for destroying gov't property or something unless he peels it off. So there he sits, at the scene of the accident peeling off a sticker on a car that's going to be deemed "totaled"...
This was in IL, just so you know, this stupid stuff is a national epidemic.
Why yes, I would rather play video games than stand in line for HOURS.
To continue the saga: I go in today to get everything taken care of. HOWEVER, it turns out, you have to wait 15 days before you can pay the ticket or even appear "in court" to contest it.
The good news is, they are going to throw everything out. The bad news, I wasted a whole day running around when we could have just mailed this in.
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