Comments on: I Almost Ended Up in Jail Last Night

By: chrislaw

chrislaw — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:24:54 +0000

I had a very similar experience. I had swapped cars with my brother and gone to the DMV to fill out the paperwork and paid all the fees so everything was legal.

I got pulled over a year later and was told that my license plate didn't match the car it was registered to (similar situation to what you experienced). Luckily the officer understood that this was a DMV error and told me to clear it up with them.

The most frustrating part was then going to the DMV and having them accuse me of losing the paperwork and to "check with my wife" who was probably more responsible than I was. 2 days later the DMV sends me the paperwork that THEY had neglected to mail me earlier and wanted me to fill out.

$600 dollars worth of fines and 2 days of my life that I'll never get back we finally got it resolved.

By: Aaron Swanson

Aaron Swanson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:06:19 +0000

I'm not certain, but it seems likely it was a boulder county sheriff's deputy, if so the software he used to figure all of this out was written right there in Boulder county at VisionTEK. So you can thank a local company for making the criminal and DMV data available to him; so that you weren't arrested.

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:51:04 +0000

I guess we will soon find out.

By: Will Herman

Will Herman — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:06:50 +0000

Hmmm. I think the rules are different for a DB9. Straight to the "you're today's bitch" section of the local pen.

By: Dez Fragge

Dez Fragge — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:00:37 +0000

I had a close brush with the cops yesterday
I was out driving with my wife and baby and (heaven help me) my wife was navigating me… lol.
Inspite of a clear No Right… I took the right on a busy crossroad!! ha ha… rest was fun….

Luckily… the cop was kind .. probably because of my baby… and just told us " U not only turned right into a no-entry… u did it during a RED!!! please don't do it again."

No Ticket. No fine. No deal.

That is the best and the most unbelievable experience I have had so far on the road.

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:32:04 +0000

I agree. I told him that I really appreciated it.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:47:53 +0000

2 comments
1) Always take Jail over DMV. You can get out of jail in a day or two…
2) If in jail do what I did when I was 18(drinking on the board walk). Tell them you are going into insulin shock and you need them to inject you with pig insulin(my boss was diabetic) . They will toss you out so fast that your arms hurt from being grabbed and tossed.

;>)
Mike.

By: @jerrycolonna

@jerrycolonna — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:09:29 +0000

The thing that really got me was how much thought the cop put into this. None of which was required by procedure, I'm sure.

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:18:05 +0000

All I can say to that one is \”eek\”

By: Mark Solon

Mark Solon — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:19:40 +0000

a few years back, i was pulled over at 5:30 am on my way to catch a flight. i found it odd that it seemed there were multiple police cars behind me. over the loudspeaker the officer told me to "put my hands out of the car". i thought i had heard "get out of the car" and stepped out. when i did, there were 6 officers with guns drawn on me. i was put face down on the hood of one of the police cars and kept there while they searched my car.

a few minutes later the lead officer apologized and said that there was a misunderstanding, that my car matched the description of an armed robber. the guns were holstered and they screeched away, leaving me shaking and in need of some fresh undergarments…

despite an incredibly scary experience, i feel lucky that there are guys like that out there protecting us…

By: alek

alek — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:57:07 +0000

WOW … kinda crazy that this would elicit such a strong reaction, especially since you sounded pretty courteous – good luck straightening it out.
alek

P.S. Just be careful about Boulder Photo Radar since you could end up getting a mugshot like this – http://www.komar.org/faq/photoradar/

At least back then, you don't know if you got snapped until the picture shows up in the mail – SURPRISE – wife put the photo on the Fridge for a month.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:42:03 +0000

I live near a Judge and he shared with me the best way to get out of a speeding ticket. Tell the officer that "you know they have no choice but to give you a ticket". Often times it plays on their power trip and they "show you" by indeed invoking their power NOT to give you a ticket. It worked for me once! Just a little tidbit I thought I'd share in case you get pulled over again…

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:30:04 +0000

That’s an interesting strategy. Funny that I didn’t think of it.

By: Matt_Cullen

Matt_Cullen — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:35:23 +0000

It's so hard not to speed on that road. There's really no reason for the speed limit to be 45.

We just had a problem with the registration for my wife's car because the DMV managed to apply her registration fee to a car that belonged to someone else. The wait was really short at the Boulder DMB (just after lunch) and they figured things out pretty quickly. Hopefully things will go smoothly for you as well .

By: bill

bill — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:31:01 +0000

this happened to me in san fran about 5 years ago. DMV issued me a plate off by 1 digit on last digit. pulled over at 1130 pm just off bay bridge. cops told me the same thing-that normally i would be splayed on the head w guns drawn..but that they saw i was a clean cut white guy (they said this) so gave me the benefit of the doubt