By Anonymous - 23/09/2009 15:36 - United States

Today, my plates on my car were stolen. On the way to the police station to file a police report I was pulled over. They impounded my car for driving without a license plate. FML
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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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Defiant47 0

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.

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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.)

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Pats_Fan 0

How stupid could You possibly be? Call the police!! If You have no plates You cant drive Your car....common sense. Now You have no plates Your car got impounded. YDI! Your a MORON!

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michaelcarell 0

oh that sucks balls. I hate those situations

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readytofall69 0

how do you know that this person has a cell phoe that works to call and who said he was at home so don't assume every one has a cell phone. maybe he was out fishing or something and ther was no payphones also do you think a cop would belive you. cops have heard every story don't be so critical about everything

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readytofall69 0

why does every one assume at all times everyone has a working cell phones at all times. what if he was out fishing and there was no pay phones near by or didn't have any change? also do you think a cop is going to belive that your plates were stolen. they have heard every ******* story in the book and it's a big deal to drive with out plates it's not like they are going to let you drive home without them and for a ticket you need a plate number so stop be so ******* critical.

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frawd_fml 0

that is the fakest shit i have ever heard

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frawd_fml 0

i mean, really how the **** else is he going to get there? and don't say, he could have gotten a ride. what would you have done?

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mansen 15

Ok, not everyone has a damn phone on them at all times and in some places a pay phone isn't around for a ten block radius. I had my plates stolen once, didn't notice until I was driving home from work and another driver let me know. I drove to a police station to report it since I did not have a cell phone at the time and was in a sketchy neighbourhood and did NOT want to look for a payphone there. And since it was a weekend, I had to drive my plateless car to the motor vehicle office on the monday to buy plates...no such thing as temp here. Oh and since it was a big ass city yes I drove, I wasn't about to spend 4 hours on transit to do that job. And really? Calling 911 for stolen plates? Really?

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cthulhu1138 1

Look at it from the cop's perspective: he pulls over a car without any license plates, and the driver claims that he was on the way to the police station to report that they were stolen. It really is the kind of cover story you'd expect someone intentionally driving around without plates to concoct. While that might seem overly paranoid to most people, it's exactly the kind of things cops have to deal with regularly. As far as the cop is concerned, there's a good chance that someone driving around without license plates probably has a few other things that merit fines and/or arrests.

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