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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thing do not always work out , not everyone has a cel phone wow believe it. If it happened at home YDI if you were out and about, heading to the station might seem like a good idea youy can fight this one, what did the cops say when you explain where your plates were
mine did not got to the right place either now Plexico thinks the wrong joke was , in my humble opinon , funny fml
there's this magical thing called a telephone, you can call the police and they will come to you to file the report...way to go brainiac
Ugh. Tough luck mate, FYL for sure. Cops are stupid.
Why didn't you call Superman? or Batman? I'm sure they would have helped you out.
FYL for getting your plates stolen... but YDI for getting the ticket.
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YDI totally. thats what phones are for. dont have a cell? find someone who does or use a pay phone.
don't cops give you a fix-it ticket for that kind of stuff? I don't think they impound your car for no plates
that's what I said.
First, I would have called the cops first to report the theft. That way, when you were pulled over, you could get the cop to call the station to find out if you were telling the truth about the theft. Similar thing happened to my dad on holiday once. Our car got broken into and his wallet got stolen. We were in a different state and the seating configuration we had in our car was generally considered illegal in that state (but it's legal in ours). So when he was pulled over and asked for his licence and he said his wallet was stolen, the cop rolled his eyes in a "heard that one before" way. When dad said he'd reported the theft the cop got on the radio and found out that his wallet and licence had indeed been stolen.
You know, if you call them they come to you. Moron
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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.)