Got a ticket in front of Cabela's!

NRAJOE · 06-04-2004, 05:01 PM

Had a "sting" going on today in Dundee,MI for the "Clickit or ticket" bullcrap! Had Dundee cops watching the road, then radio ahead to the Monroe Co. Deputy to pull people over! By time I realized what was going on, it was too late!

Bastage roars up on me like I had just robbed a bank! Thought he was gonna ram me in the arse!

Congenial yet snide in his mannerisms...had to post a $20 bond to keep my license...gave me the ticket with no fine costs on it...have to call the Monroe Co. Courthouse to find out what it is...luckily its close to me if I want to pay in person. I believe its gonna be $100!!!!!

I hate seatbelts...its my truck...my life...whats it to them? Real cops got better things to do (at least in Toledo they do!)

Whats next? No smoking in your vehicle?

At least the day wasn't a total loss...found a beautiful Chinese "Paratrooper" SKS with the spike bayonet on it...put $100 down on it...90 days to pay. Had a hard time deciding between that or the Russian SKS...that was a beauty also...1951 dated...maybe next time....I don't come across too many "Paratroopers" though.

:uzi:

Shaun · 06-04-2004, 05:07 PM

Good find on the toy -- what's this about a bail on your license --if you have to hand cash over could that be looked at as them requesting a bribe there in OH

NRAJOE · 06-04-2004, 05:12 PM

Never heard of that myself either...must be because I'm from out of town...dam sure wasn't gonna let him take my license! It better go towards the fine also! He put it down on the ticket...I'm really starting to hate Michigan.

Shaun · 06-04-2004, 05:15 PM

keep us updated

NRAJOE · 06-04-2004, 05:16 PM

Okely dokely!

Stopper · 06-04-2004, 05:38 PM

Giving cops money on the spot sounds fishy to me. In kansas you have to be pulled over for something else before they can get you for seat belts. I know you were in a pickle, but giving police money on the spot isn't kosher if ya know what I mean.

06-04-2004, 05:38 PM

oh yeah that's why we like cops so much !

PAPA G · 06-04-2004, 07:19 PM

that sucks the big one, i too have never heard of paying a bond to get your license back. i agree about seat-belt laws, i don't want the gummint protecting me from myself either.

jerry · 06-04-2004, 07:28 PM

Kansas is probably next Stopper. This is a federal nation wide program. I got my rant on last week about it.

Shaun · 06-04-2004, 07:30 PM

TN Joined it last week -- the fed's hold tax dollars hostage until the state falls.

Snakebite · 06-04-2004, 08:55 PM

I've seen the bond thing once before. I still cant believe this is legal.
Years ago in Colorado the guy I was with was pulled over for speeding and the cop said it was a $20 fine and had to be paid on the spot.
He pulled out a $20 bill, the cop wrote down the serial number of the bill, gave him an envelope and told him to put it in the next mailbox!
If that particular $20 bill wasnt in the cop shop in a few days, he was in serious trouble.

Oxford · 06-04-2004, 09:06 PM

Once I was pulled over in KS by a state trooper while I was pulling a 16' boat along I-35. Musta been driving about 6 miles over the posted 55 mph at that time. Just left Lake Pamona where we'd been skiing for the weekend and was headed back to K.C. with my wife and two teenage daughters when his lights and/or siren came on. He was polite and all but required me to park the car and boat along the expressway while I rode with him to a nearby city where I paid the fine in a sealed envelope.

He said this was to prevent him from being accused of stealing fines. Then he took me back to the highway where my family was waiting and I headed back to K.C., MO. Didn't like that scenario but that's what happened.

He said that if I'd been a resident of KS I wouldn't have been required to pay the fine in full VIA cash.

Snakebite · 06-04-2004, 10:01 PM

Ox,
That just doesnt seem right that a trooper would leave your family on the side of the rode. Sounds like a dangerous place to be. I believe you but just doesnt seem right.
What if you had no money on you? What would have happened?
The DPS, Sheriffs, local police can all get the drivers license or plate number. Seems like they should sort of trust a person to send in the fine and if they dont get the money, then issue a warrant. That would be much worse.

Doglips · 06-04-2004, 10:43 PM

had to post a $20 bond to keep my license????????????????? got to admit even in florida with all the tourist I never heard that one....down here you get a ticket...dont pay the ticket the state suspends your lic. get pulled over with a suspended lic get to ride in back of the patrol car.....but never have to give police FHP $$ on the spot...must be an ohio thing.

Oxford · 06-04-2004, 11:00 PM

Snakebite...I agree with you. It wasn't right. He also said that If I didn't have cash that I would have had to post bond or go to jail. My wife and kids could have driven the car w/boat to the next turnaround and followed but she chose to wait for me at the original scene. Wasn't wise, and I realize it now, but at the time we weren't thinking all that clearly.

Ox :nod:

ScottD · 06-04-2004, 11:20 PM

Don't you of staters get caught driving in WI. It'll happen to you to.

jerry · 06-04-2004, 11:26 PM

Hey Scott,
Know what a FISHTAB is?

06-05-2004, 12:21 AM

Roadside shakedowns. No new taxes my butt

oneastrix · 06-05-2004, 04:00 AM

Never heard of that myself. I Don't practice it either. I have IH35 and IH10 and IH37 all in one city...lotsa outta towners. Can't see putting someone the in the patrol car with me. Doesn't make sense to me. Can't see taking a license over it either.

Bottom line....wear your dam seatbelt. Not a bastage Joe....you broke the law.

NRAJOE · 06-05-2004, 07:44 AM

Bite me copper....

06-04-2004, 05:01 PM	#1
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Got a ticket in front of Cabela's! Had a "sting" going on today in Dundee,MI for the "Clickit or ticket" bullcrap! Had Dundee cops watching the road, then radio ahead to the Monroe Co. Deputy to pull people over! By time I realized what was going on, it was too late! Bastage roars up on me like I had just robbed a bank! Thought he was gonna ram me in the arse! Congenial yet snide in his mannerisms...had to post a $20 bond to keep my license...gave me the ticket with no fine costs on it...have to call the Monroe Co. Courthouse to find out what it is...luckily its close to me if I want to pay in person. I believe its gonna be $100!!!!! I hate seatbelts...its my truck...my life...whats it to them? Real cops got better things to do (at least in Toledo they do!) Whats next? No smoking in your vehicle? At least the day wasn't a total loss...found a beautiful Chinese "Paratrooper" SKS with the spike bayonet on it...put $100 down on it...90 days to pay. Had a hard time deciding between that or the Russian SKS...that was a beauty also...1951 dated...maybe next time....I don't come across too many "Paratroopers" though. :uzi: __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

06-04-2004, 05:07 PM	#2
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,619 Images: 1	Good find on the toy -- what's this about a bail on your license --if you have to hand cash over could that be looked at as them requesting a bribe there in OH __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

06-04-2004, 05:12 PM	#3
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Never heard of that myself either...must be because I'm from out of town...dam sure wasn't gonna let him take my license! It better go towards the fine also! He put it down on the ticket...I'm really starting to hate Michigan. __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

06-04-2004, 05:15 PM	#4
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,619 Images: 1	keep us updated __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

06-04-2004, 05:16 PM	#5
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Okely dokely! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

06-04-2004, 05:38 PM	#6
Stopper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansass Posts: 2,212 Images: 1	Giving cops money on the spot sounds fishy to me. In kansas you have to be pulled over for something else before they can get you for seat belts. I know you were in a pickle, but giving police money on the spot isn't kosher if ya know what I mean. __________________ They should have stopped at "Congress shall make no law"

06-04-2004, 05:38 PM	#7
Logansdad Guest Posts: n/a	oh yeah that's why we like cops so much !

06-04-2004, 07:19 PM	#8
PAPA G Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somerset, kentucky Posts: 11	that sucks the big one, i too have never heard of paying a bond to get your license back. i agree about seat-belt laws, i don't want the gummint protecting me from myself either.

06-04-2004, 07:28 PM	#9
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 11,193 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Kansas is probably next Stopper. This is a federal nation wide program. I got my rant on last week about it. __________________ Joe the plumber is screwed

06-04-2004, 07:30 PM	#10
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,619 Images: 1	TN Joined it last week -- the fed's hold tax dollars hostage until the state falls. __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

06-04-2004, 08:55 PM	#11
Snakebite Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tucson, Mexico Posts: 1,844	I've seen the bond thing once before. I still cant believe this is legal. Years ago in Colorado the guy I was with was pulled over for speeding and the cop said it was a $20 fine and had to be paid on the spot. He pulled out a $20 bill, the cop wrote down the serial number of the bill, gave him an envelope and told him to put it in the next mailbox! If that particular $20 bill wasnt in the cop shop in a few days, he was in serious trouble.

06-04-2004, 09:06 PM	#12
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,094 Blog Entries: 4	Once I was pulled over in KS by a state trooper while I was pulling a 16' boat along I-35. Musta been driving about 6 miles over the posted 55 mph at that time. Just left Lake Pamona where we'd been skiing for the weekend and was headed back to K.C. with my wife and two teenage daughters when his lights and/or siren came on. He was polite and all but required me to park the car and boat along the expressway while I rode with him to a nearby city where I paid the fine in a sealed envelope. He said this was to prevent him from being accused of stealing fines. Then he took me back to the highway where my family was waiting and I headed back to K.C., MO. Didn't like that scenario but that's what happened. He said that if I'd been a resident of KS I wouldn't have been required to pay the fine in full VIA cash. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

06-04-2004, 10:01 PM	#13
Snakebite Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tucson, Mexico Posts: 1,844	Ox, That just doesnt seem right that a trooper would leave your family on the side of the rode. Sounds like a dangerous place to be. I believe you but just doesnt seem right. What if you had no money on you? What would have happened? The DPS, Sheriffs, local police can all get the drivers license or plate number. Seems like they should sort of trust a person to send in the fine and if they dont get the money, then issue a warrant. That would be much worse.

06-04-2004, 10:43 PM	#14
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,088	had to post a $20 bond to keep my license????????????????? got to admit even in florida with all the tourist I never heard that one....down here you get a ticket...dont pay the ticket the state suspends your lic. get pulled over with a suspended lic get to ride in back of the patrol car.....but never have to give police FHP $$ on the spot...must be an ohio thing.

06-04-2004, 11:00 PM	#15
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,094 Blog Entries: 4	Snakebite...I agree with you. It wasn't right. He also said that If I didn't have cash that I would have had to post bond or go to jail. My wife and kids could have driven the car w/boat to the next turnaround and followed but she chose to wait for me at the original scene. Wasn't wise, and I realize it now, but at the time we weren't thinking all that clearly. Ox :nod: __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

06-04-2004, 11:20 PM	#16
ScottD Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Evanston, IL Posts: 1,020	Don't you of staters get caught driving in WI. It'll happen to you to. __________________ "Some people can not live without wilderness"-Aldo Leopold

06-04-2004, 11:26 PM	#17
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 11,193 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Hey Scott, Know what a FISHTAB is? __________________ Joe the plumber is screwed

06-05-2004, 12:21 AM	#18
Mr. Kaneko Guest Posts: n/a	Roadside shakedowns. No new taxes my butt

06-05-2004, 04:00 AM	#19
oneastrix Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 5,213	Never heard of that myself. I Don't practice it either. I have IH35 and IH10 and IH37 all in one city...lotsa outta towners. Can't see putting someone the in the patrol car with me. Doesn't make sense to me. Can't see taking a license over it either. Bottom line....wear your dam seatbelt. Not a bastage Joe....you broke the law. __________________ There's no one more thankful to sit at the table, than the one who best remembers hunger's pain. Last edited by oneastrix; 06-05-2004 at 11:11 AM.

06-05-2004, 07:44 AM	#20
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Bite me copper.... __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany