By Anonymous - 23/09/2009 15:36 - United States
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Here's the whole story; I got up one morning for work, went to my car, plates were stolen (just the back). I called the police in SLC, UT (801)-799-3000 (non-emergency). The dispatcher took my information and told me she'd mark the plates as stolen but i'd need to file a report to get a replacement plates from the DMV (the DMV doesn't allow you to get duplicates unless you file a police report for lost/stolen plates so you cant have multiple cars and multiple tags). The dispatcher told me a police officer could meet me there in an hour however i was already late for work and the police department is about 9 blocks away from my place so i (YDI, i know) decided I would drive down there really quickly and file a report. WITH a police report cops won't impound your car. Without the police report, they do -- and i've come to learn don't give a crap about your story. I was literally 3 blocks away from the police station when it happened. When I went in and filed a police report (after having to walk the remaining 3 blocks) the police officer told me that I can fight the impound by fighting the charge, and since I now have a valid police report they will refund the impound fee. BTW i got pulled over on my way to the DMV with the police report after I got my car out of the impound and the police officer happily let me go. Lesson learned, just wait for the cop, but I was in a hurry and late for work.
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guckylynn
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Umm... You should totally have called the cops. They would have sent someone out to take your report. YDI
. . . I dont normally say this but you're a ******* idiot. What the hell did you expect. Unless you have fear of phones, you should have I dunno CALLED 911! God, what is civilization coming to?
And what the hell is FML coming to O_O There are 2 different sets of comments.
Around here, dialing 9-1-1 for a non-emergency like this will get you a $175 fine. I've never heard of a car being impounded for no-plates. I'm betting we don't have the whole story here.
swimmin234
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who would steal some ones license plate
Someone looking to rob a bank with a get away vehicle maybe? I'm not sure.
lolcats
Who wants a 53 dollar grain of rice?
Uh, me!
metalhead233
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you cant say there wasnt ONE working phone within a full days walk from where ever a CAR was YDI use your head next time
Dumb ass...
LeCielNousAide
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there's too much information missing from this FML to really declare it an FYL or a YDI. suppose that the OP's cell was broken, he did not have a cell phone, or he was in a no service area. people act like that doesn't happen and everybody has a working cell phone on them all the time -- not everyone does. and maybe the police station wasn't within walking distance, in which case he could not have walked to the nearest police station and left his car unattended. FYL if there was a legitimate reason you could not use a cell phone, YDI if you did have a working cell phone.
When I filed a police report, I called THEM and said, "Hey, a bad thing happened. I want to press charges." They sent a detective out to my house to get the info for the report. Later on, they sent another one to take an audio statement from me. Do you not believe in phones, or is your police department just inept?
YDI for not calling the police when you noticed they were stolen.
that's why u get temporary plates. it only costs a dollar for a 3 day permit. ydi
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You should have expected that. You're not allowed to drive without license plates. "It's more convenient to drive there than to seek other methods of transportation" is not an excuse.
BTW the police said people steal plates to commit other crimes in their own car without it being traced back to them. (i.e. rob a bank and the plates someone may write down are meaningless and it means they don't have to steal a car to rob a bank, they can just use their own.)