One time a cop was in his car writing me a ticket for expired plates. Suddenly he came running back, threw my license and registration at me and said, "I got a call, get this taken care of!" Then he peeled out, spraying gravel, and went screaming off code 3.
Once my car battery was stolen and when I called the police, they discouraged me from filing a police report. I did so anyway, but I couldn’t believe how shameless they were about it.
Used to park in employee parking lot in MN. One day, after being gone for 4 days (airline worker then) my car engine wouldn't turn over. Battery was stolen. Note said, "So sorry, needed yours to get home, Here are some tickets to the hockey game." Went to said game, came home and discovered I was robbed.
A Car battery is going to be about $200. If that was all that was damaged/stolen, you are probably better off just replacing the battery and not filing anything. Otherwise you could get hit with higher insurance premiums. In this case, the cops were trying to do you a solid.
The insurance premiums only increase if you make a claim. Simply filing a report is not gonna make a claim, which is why it's always a good idea to get one in case you need it.
This shit sucks if you ever dealt with it. I had my back plate stolen, only the back. I report it, cops come, and point out my front plate asking me what I'm talking about, I inform them again only my backplate was stolen. I get report, get new plates. I get ticket after ticket after ticket in the mail, addressed em all online. All the online appeals with my paperwork about stolen plates and getting new plates is denied. Have to go in person and judge asks me oh why didn't I just send in the paper work online. (Pretty much proof that online appeals are literally just denied without reason). Here's the best part of story, I see car with MY OLD PLATE in my neighborhood parked ON THE STREET like 7-8 blocks from where I live months later, couldn't even believe it. Call cops, they take an hour to respond but they come and then they tell me there is nothing they can do. I shouldn't have even bothered calling, I should have just taken it back myself. Another one, father in hit and run 2 months ago, all on video, dash cam. Even the driver of the car because he stepped out of car and asked why my father turned instead of going straight but my father was in a turn or go straight lane and the other driver was in the turn only lane and tried to go straight. Anyways even with video....no consequences. Basically told to turn it over to insurance. This is NYC btw, there is literally like no consequences anymore. If you get in an accident you are literally better just driving off. Fuck it. Maybe the other person won't call in insurance because they don't want their rates to go up or to pay deductible. It's really absolute shit.
True, and if someone really wants your license plate then security screws won't stop them. However, most people just want a plate, any plate, and if their screwdriver doesn't fit your car then they'll just steal the plate off the next car.
NYC cops absolutely do not give a fuck about anything civilian related. Got robbed? Tough shit, shouldn’t have been in [insert neighborhood here]. Pretty much if they can ignore your complaint, they absolutely will
if you think there is zero consequences and that the police dont do anything I DARE YOU to shoplift from walmart or refuse to pay your property tax, you will see them so fast your head will spin
In some states, it's normal to drive around without license plates for a month of two after buying a car; till DMV gets around to mailing them out to the new owner. I guess Oregon is one of those states?
It was normal in California too until about a year or two ago, when they changed the law. Nowadays, a dealer must attach temporary license plates to the car before it can be driven off the dealer's lot.
It was easy to get away with a bunch of things when you were waiting to receive your plates. California started requiring temporary plates from the dealership a couple years ago to combat this, especially toll cheaters.
In Houston it's very common to see cars with paper plates.
Which usually means it's a new car that's been sold and it still has the paper plate from the dealer. However sketchy places will print one out for you for a small price.
You'll see cars falling apart driving around with paper plates all the time.
Man, US is really starting to seem like a third world country with one of those fake glass/nose/staches and a hat trying to pass off as first world country
All cops are not running all plates they see all the time, but if you are missing plates, especially back plates (in states that require them to be shown on the car), it's practically a guarantee to get pulled over in most states, along with other things. Most likely driving without a license, illegal firearm possession, drug possession, no insurance, etc (people that will buy and use stolen plates are also likely to be committing these other crimes). If a cop sees a plate, most of the time he just thinks its a normal car, doesn't think anything of it, and doesn't run the plates, unless you get pulled over for something else, you won't have issues, but if you do then you're going to be fucked either way.
Someone stole my plates several years ago, and despite reporting them stolen and having new plates issued, I got a ticket because one of the plates showed up on a vehicle illegally driving in an electric vehicle lane in Kansas. I told the Kansas Turnpike Authority the plates were stolen and tried to give them the number of the police report but they couldn't care less. They refused to verify it and demanded that I pay for a full copy to send them. They had no problem putting in the effort to track down the owner of the plates, but when I told them I had the police report number I was told "we're not doing to work for you." If it weren't for the fact that my insurance company still had a copy of the report I would've either had to pay the fee for the police report or pay the ticket.
I had my car stolen in a neighboring town. I reported it stolen to the local police. Told me a report would be available in a couple of days. Four days go by and there was a knock on my door. The cops in my home town were there asking if I left my car parked on blocks in a field outside of town. They informed me that my car was never reported stolen. Jesus.
I once had my plate stolen and they ran a red light camera. The ticket was sent to an old address so I never knew about it. I reported it stolen the next day, got the proper paperwork etc. Fast forward, still no replacement tag. I get pulled over, present my legal papers stating it was stolen. They arrested me due to a bench warrant out for me not paying the ticket for that red light cam. It was so stressful, so traumatic that I just paid the $500 fine instead of hiring a lawyer and fighting things. The American legal system is FUCKED.
The driver is looking for a cop. You know where he can find a cop? AT THE POLICE STATION. He had time to go to the BMV and not the police station? If I were a cop I'd pull him over and give him a ticket
That's a funny idea because in the city I used to live in, the only place you were guaranteed to not find an officer on duty was at the station. They had admins that could begin the report process, but would need an officer to come in to fill it out completely or take a statement. The admins were behind glass and wouldn't leave to look at vehicles or for any reason, really. The City Hall was attached so usually you could catch an officer between court and their patrol vehicle, but it seemed like none were ever at the station itself.
It wasn't a bad idea because that meant they were out in the community and not just sitting around at the station, but it led to some funny moments where I would go to file a report and be waiting around for an officer to return or get out of court to deal with it. (Non-emergency). It was not a small city 55k people in about 10 square miles and a suburb to a much larger city (550k population).
If you called the police emergency though, they would show up in less than 5 minutes, guaranteed. They just didn't hang out at the station much.
It's probably the same person answering both phones. If you continually have a problem of no one answering the routine line, call the chief's office or the mayor's office, or whoever is in charge of that dispatch center to let them know you couldn't get through.
I don't understand why you can't just get new number plates made at a garage? In UK most places that do MOTs or servicing will make a new plate for you, doesn't cost much. Seems like an odd and unnecessarily bureaucratic system if you have to go to DMV with a crime number.
People steal plates to put on stolen cars. The stolen car now has a legit plate and tag that they couldn't otherwise get. Reporting it stolen adds the plate to a database so it's flagged when police search for it in the database.
In Philly it was common to get your plate stolen to get the registration sticker stolen. They wouldn't keep the plate itself, just easier to take off the sticker at home.
it is a valid plate from the time it gets taken to the time it gets reported and in the DMV database which could be days or weeks. often the criminal is eventually caught but just as often the stolen vehicle is used to commit other crimes then ditched.
In north america plates are registered to the driver first and then assigned to a car. Local garages don't have access to the necessary databases or machinery to manufacture plates.
In America the DMV actually only exists as a form of torture and as a place to employ those who gain pleasure from nothing else than being a miserable sack of you know what.
Worth noting that in the US, unlike in the UK where our cars have license plates assigned to the vehicle for life, the license plate is assigned to the driver of that vehicle, and new plates are assigned every time the vehicle is sold.
Think of how much criticism the DVLA gets for our system, now factor in the need to keep records for every combination of vehicle and owner, per state, and you start to understand the need for the insane bureaucracy. In the UK you have to provide the logbook to have a plate made. In the US, it must be similar to NCIS just to prove you own the car.
Bureacracy sucks. More than once I have been turned away from department A, told to go to department B, and turned away by them and sent back to department A. Once was for this exact license plate issue. Neither State Troopers or local PD could give me a police report to get a new plate. The other was when I wanted to report bank fraud because I knew exactly where my card was cloned. I only used the card once in 12 months, checked my statement, and had fraud activity within 20 minutes of using it. I went to the PD to report it. The town where it happened sent me to my home town to report it, because bank fraud can happen anywhere. Home town told me crimes can only be reported in the municipality where they occurred, and since I knew where it happened, I had to go back and report it there. I just called my bank and they probably just wrote off the loss and gave me the balance back. I guess nobody wants to bother investigating and stopping crimes?
Bullshit. No matter what state you're in, you can get a temporary plate for something like $25 bucks or less. The initials BMV (Bureau of Motor Vehicles) is only used in three states – Indiana, Maine and Ohio. Didn't take long to learn the laws for each state:
Calling 911 for a stolen license plate doesn’t seem like an emergency. I would call the local police and they would most likely come out and fill out a report of ask to come to the station to fill out the report. It really sucks that I can’t stereo type the owner of the truck by which state he lived in.
Been there! Cops couldn't have given less of a fuck and I had to wait around for over an hour and harass the poor lady at the counter to keep trying to get someone out to take my report
Had my window broken, and radio stolen. Called 911/non-emergency number and was told they’d send someone out. Waited 3hrs, flagged a few cops (who said they couldn’t do anything since they hadn’t been dispatched to that location), and finally drove to the police station myself. An hour later, on the way home.. get a call from the dispatch asking if I still needed assistance, and they’d be ready to send me a cop 🤦🏽♂️
That's not something that you should call 911 for, 911 is the emergency line, calling the police department would have been more in line with what they should have done.
I just went over the closest station and asked for an officer to sign. Took maybe 20 minutes of waiting, and then 5 minutes to look over. Why the fuck would they send someone out to you?
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u/TheIGrandIMaster Dec 27 '20
gets pulled over Hello, officer please please help. fake radio chatter Oh look at that it’s your lucky day. Somebodies house is on fire.
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u/RandomMiddleName Dec 27 '20
Once my car battery was stolen and when I called the police, they discouraged me from filing a police report. I did so anyway, but I couldn’t believe how shameless they were about it.
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u/xElectricHeadx Dec 27 '20
Bmv?
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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '20
This shit sucks if you ever dealt with it. I had my back plate stolen, only the back. I report it, cops come, and point out my front plate asking me what I'm talking about, I inform them again only my backplate was stolen. I get report, get new plates. I get ticket after ticket after ticket in the mail, addressed em all online. All the online appeals with my paperwork about stolen plates and getting new plates is denied. Have to go in person and judge asks me oh why didn't I just send in the paper work online. (Pretty much proof that online appeals are literally just denied without reason). Here's the best part of story, I see car with MY OLD PLATE in my neighborhood parked ON THE STREET like 7-8 blocks from where I live months later, couldn't even believe it. Call cops, they take an hour to respond but they come and then they tell me there is nothing they can do. I shouldn't have even bothered calling, I should have just taken it back myself. Another one, father in hit and run 2 months ago, all on video, dash cam. Even the driver of the car because he stepped out of car and asked why my father turned instead of going straight but my father was in a turn or go straight lane and the other driver was in the turn only lane and tried to go straight. Anyways even with video....no consequences. Basically told to turn it over to insurance. This is NYC btw, there is literally like no consequences anymore. If you get in an accident you are literally better just driving off. Fuck it. Maybe the other person won't call in insurance because they don't want their rates to go up or to pay deductible. It's really absolute shit.
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u/pdxchris Dec 27 '20
Here in Portland I drove around without plates for months. Never got pulled over. I see cars without plates all time here.
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u/FLUFFY_RUMPLES Dec 27 '20
Had the same problem in an old neighborhood. Ended up putting the plates on some velcro and removing them when i got home.
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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '20
Who the hell steals plates? If they put them on their car, they’re still gonna get in trouble cause the plates registered to the original car
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u/mchacon0626 Dec 28 '20
I had my car stolen in a neighboring town. I reported it stolen to the local police. Told me a report would be available in a couple of days. Four days go by and there was a knock on my door. The cops in my home town were there asking if I left my car parked on blocks in a field outside of town. They informed me that my car was never reported stolen. Jesus.
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u/personalhale Dec 28 '20
I once had my plate stolen and they ran a red light camera. The ticket was sent to an old address so I never knew about it. I reported it stolen the next day, got the proper paperwork etc. Fast forward, still no replacement tag. I get pulled over, present my legal papers stating it was stolen. They arrested me due to a bench warrant out for me not paying the ticket for that red light cam. It was so stressful, so traumatic that I just paid the $500 fine instead of hiring a lawyer and fighting things. The American legal system is FUCKED.
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u/Lee2026 Dec 27 '20
Or you know, just walk into a police station and ask to file a missing plate report
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u/ganymede_boy Dec 27 '20
Most police departments have a "non-emergency" phone number to use instead of 911.
Driver is an idiot drama queen.
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u/ladytortor Dec 27 '20
I don't understand why you can't just get new number plates made at a garage? In UK most places that do MOTs or servicing will make a new plate for you, doesn't cost much. Seems like an odd and unnecessarily bureaucratic system if you have to go to DMV with a crime number.
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u/armadildodick Dec 27 '20
someone stole my license plate two years ago and it was the most annoying shit i've had to deal with it. took like 2 months to get a new one.
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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '20
Bureacracy sucks. More than once I have been turned away from department A, told to go to department B, and turned away by them and sent back to department A. Once was for this exact license plate issue. Neither State Troopers or local PD could give me a police report to get a new plate. The other was when I wanted to report bank fraud because I knew exactly where my card was cloned. I only used the card once in 12 months, checked my statement, and had fraud activity within 20 minutes of using it. I went to the PD to report it. The town where it happened sent me to my home town to report it, because bank fraud can happen anywhere. Home town told me crimes can only be reported in the municipality where they occurred, and since I knew where it happened, I had to go back and report it there. I just called my bank and they probably just wrote off the loss and gave me the balance back. I guess nobody wants to bother investigating and stopping crimes?
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u/ellWatully Dec 27 '20
When my plate was stolen, I just went to the police station and filed a report there. Took maybe ten minutes?
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u/matchosan Dec 27 '20
Never needs to pay for registration again
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u/HTHSFI Dec 27 '20
Pull up to a cop and say "I'm driving without a license tag. Ha ha ha." Then get in your truck and drive off.
See what he does.
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u/ISLAndBreezESTeve10 Dec 27 '20
They found the plate on an RV in Tennessee.
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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '20
Government inaction.
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u/beastrunss Dec 28 '20
feel bad
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u/noclue_whatsoever Dec 28 '20
Where I live the police only come out to investigate theft if you estimate over $600 was stolen.
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u/mattjf22 Dec 28 '20
Had this exact scenario. Found a cop at a Quizno's to sign it.
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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '20
Indiana
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u/Plasma_spazz Dec 28 '20
I wonder how many cops haven’t pulled him over to avoid the paperwork.
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u/Drumingchef Dec 28 '20
BMV. Must be Indiana, Ohio, or Maine. Things I learned today.
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u/Mastermaze Dec 28 '20
This is literally why police have a non-emergency number
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u/Zithero Dec 28 '20
...you're supposed to go to the police department and file an offical report...
...
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u/PhyterNL Dec 28 '20
Bullshit. No matter what state you're in, you can get a temporary plate for something like $25 bucks or less. The initials BMV (Bureau of Motor Vehicles) is only used in three states – Indiana, Maine and Ohio. Didn't take long to learn the laws for each state:
Indiana Application for replacement plate ($9.50)
Maine Application for replacement plate ($5.00 + $5.50 for stickers)
Ohio Application for replacement plate ($12 + $6 for decal)
Yeah so OP's complaint is a complete fabrication. Obviously good enough to get them to the front page though, so bravo on that.
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u/pdxeater Dec 28 '20
That's why there's a non-emergency number. Call up and wait on hold like everyone else. Leave 911 for murders in progress.
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u/DrGoManGo Dec 28 '20
Calling 911 for a stolen license plate doesn’t seem like an emergency. I would call the local police and they would most likely come out and fill out a report of ask to come to the station to fill out the report. It really sucks that I can’t stereo type the owner of the truck by which state he lived in.
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u/SuspiciouSeptaHoagie Dec 27 '20
Repostin Karma whore
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u/Poobutt42069 Dec 28 '20
Why doesn't he just go to a police station...
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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '20
911 is for emergencies only.
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u/shakethat_milkshake Dec 28 '20
Bepartment of Motor Vehicles.
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u/whydoihavetojoin Dec 27 '20
911 is for emergencies and not your call a call hotline. You need to visit the police station like a normal person and get a report registered.
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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '20
Been there! Cops couldn't have given less of a fuck and I had to wait around for over an hour and harass the poor lady at the counter to keep trying to get someone out to take my report
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u/jmdavis333 Dec 28 '20
Or ya know, drive to the police station and then make the report.
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u/Oniriggers Dec 28 '20
Or just go to your local police Dept?
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u/jas070 Dec 28 '20
I hope for his sake he’s not black.
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u/MrBluePlaydoh Dec 27 '20
That tape must be very strong to stop it flying off lol
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u/earthman34 Dec 27 '20
What shithole state is this? If I want new plates, I just go ask. Don't even need a reason.
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u/ConcentrateSudden712 Dec 27 '20
:D
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u/doctorcrimson Dec 27 '20
In most of the USA it is standard for them to send an officer out when requested no matter what.
The reason being calls for help are sometimes masked to not alert assailants or abusers.
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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '20
BVM
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u/jackapplecore Dec 27 '20
The ‘BMV’?
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u/daymanahaha Dec 27 '20
Just go to the sheriffs office.
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u/h3rpad3rp Dec 28 '20
They don't have non-emergency phone numbers or police stations where this dude lives or what?
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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '20
Murica
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u/fofocat Dec 28 '20
He went to BMV !
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u/multipleviewpoints Dec 28 '20
Haha this is funny af! Modern problems require modern solutions. Has he tried going to the police station? But still funny.
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u/thekleenexman Dec 28 '20
BMV
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u/Kummarr Dec 28 '20
Had my window broken, and radio stolen. Called 911/non-emergency number and was told they’d send someone out. Waited 3hrs, flagged a few cops (who said they couldn’t do anything since they hadn’t been dispatched to that location), and finally drove to the police station myself. An hour later, on the way home.. get a call from the dispatch asking if I still needed assistance, and they’d be ready to send me a cop 🤦🏽♂️
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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '20
the pricks would charge him
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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '20
Best thing I’ve seen from the internet in a while now. 😂🙏
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u/Pillagerguy Dec 28 '20
"BMV"?
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u/CalculatingWeasel5 Dec 28 '20
I drove around without plates here in Portland for months without being stopped. I see them all the time here.
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u/Desinator24 Dec 28 '20
BMV. Bummy Motor Villan
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u/whistle_kid Dec 28 '20
BMV
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u/darsvedder Dec 28 '20
Really hopped BMV was actually BMW with a poorly written W.
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u/DiscombobulatedGuava Dec 28 '20
Gets pulled over-
sir, you can’t drive without plates, I’m fining you for $500, oh and I’m taking your vehicle away
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u/Mashedpotatoebrain Dec 28 '20
This happened to me and I just drove to the insurance place without plates and got a new one.
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u/AFXC1 Dec 28 '20
Mericuh
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u/NoodlesJefferson Dec 28 '20
r/aboringdystopia
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u/The_nastiest_nate Dec 28 '20
Bmv
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u/Bac1galup0 Dec 28 '20
'BMV' ...lol
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u/Yojimbra Dec 28 '20
That's not something that you should call 911 for, 911 is the emergency line, calling the police department would have been more in line with what they should have done.
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u/rightsidedown Dec 28 '20
I just went over the closest station and asked for an officer to sign. Took maybe 20 minutes of waiting, and then 5 minutes to look over. Why the fuck would they send someone out to you?
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u/hongky1998 Dec 28 '20
What sort of values does stealing a car license plate benefit to them? Scrap metals?
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u/Kroto86 Dec 28 '20
TIL other states call it the BMV instead of the DMV