License Suspended over ONE parking ticket - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Perfectlap · 08-09-2005, 06:25 AM

So you you know that parking ticket you put off paying? Well the jerk-offs from this suburban town here in NJ decided to suspended my license over one unpaid $50 parking ticket. YES...ONE, UNO, 1 ticket. A perfectly clean driving record for 10 years and the state DMV gives them the right to do this. They notified me by mail using one of those illegible dot matrix print outs after driving around several days with a suspended license.

By the way this parking ticket was issued by a cop on a late Sunday afternoon when I parked to close to a stop sign. I literally parked there for five minutes and he quickly jumped on the chance to write me up.
So now the $50 parking ticket turned into $100 and they tell me they won't accept payment over the phone via credit card, they close at 3pm and I have to wait for them to mail me a receipt that says I paid up so I can THEN drive an hour away to only one of three DMV locations to pay ANOTHER $100 to have my license reinstated by the DMV. (yeah my thought exactly how are you supposed to get to one of three locations with a suspended license).

took care of all of it this morning. I contemplating challenging the legality of this.
Using driving priviliges to recuperate town funds seem like an improper venue to me. This wasn't a moving violation.

hdpt73 · 08-09-2005, 06:50 AM

Being a cop is the worst job anyone could want. everybody hates cops, but i bet those guys get a kick out of writing those tickets and watching you get pissed off about it. it's the same concept as them driving 55 mph in a 65 mph highway and seeing a whole following of people behind him b/c they are afraid to pass the cop.
i don't like cops in any way. but that's just m o.

Perfectlap · 08-09-2005, 06:55 AM

many of my good friends are in law enforcement and I was once involved in investigations federaly. once I noticed I was being unecessarily curt and premeptory to others, I decided to get out.
I told my friend who is on the NYPD about this ticket and even she said this was obnoxious.
btw, the suspension stays on my driving record for 5 years.

deliriousga · 08-09-2005, 09:09 AM

Sorry to hear about your woes. Hopefully you'll be back on the road soon.

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Originally Posted by hdpt73

it's the same concept as them driving 55 mph in a 65 mph highway and seeing a whole following of people behind him b/c they are afraid to pass the cop.

So true. It's hilarious to watch people as you pass them and the cop in your Porsche when they do that.

"Boy, he's movin' Myrtle. Must be doin' at least 63 in a 65 passin' that there po-lice officer."

Ours are mostly the opposite around here. I follow them home from neighboring jurisdictions doing 85-95 all the way home. Of course, they would pull me over and rip my license away if I were doing that in their jurisdiction.

All said, they are much bigger men than I. I would not take that job for anything.

Perfectlap · 08-09-2005, 10:07 AM

union, new jersey.
their police are notorious for handing out parking and speeding tickets.
I thought they would take a break on Sundays. big mistake...

Rail26 · 08-09-2005, 01:30 PM

That sucks.

I pass the same cop day after day over this mountain road. I always slow down because I pick him up on radar and he sits in the same spot. Well today he pulled me over for SPIRITED DRIVING! Has anybody heard of this? He didn't give me ticket but said I didn't signal 200 ft before changing lanes and I didn't slow down for a curve. I drive a PORSCHE...I can take the turn at the SPEED LIMIT!!! The curve had one of those yellow signs that say the speed of the curve...isn't that just an advisory?

Perfectlap · 08-09-2005, 02:04 PM

Spirited driving?

are you making that up?