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…