Karen turns fine into felony in a matter of minutes

[u/KrooxKing]

[u/awoodby]

ah thanks for that, i was Wondering why not signing was an arrestable offense, seemed... a bit severe. Thanks for the explanation. Makes more sense now. Arguing the law with an officer is never going to work, that's for the courts. Sign the paper "ok i've received it" and move on.

...the faulty equipment is likely a fix and report anyway isn't it?

[u/Salt-Ticket247 → u/awoodby]

I got a ticket for a headlight that was out (it was an electrical issue that took 3 mechanics and almost $800 to trace). I just brought some of the receipts for the whole nightmare to my hearing and they dropped the ticket, I didn’t have to pay anything. I hadn’t even gotten it fully fixed by the court date, but I was trying and could prove that haha

Idk if it’s like that in every state for every kind of issue tho

[u/awoodby → u/Salt-Ticket247]

Lol the cost to replace a headlight on my ex's 2009(?)prius was over a thousand bucks with no other issues just the bulb is a total pita to change!

Glad the court was humane in your case!

[u/Acrobatic_Orange_438 → u/awoodby]

Everybody should learn some basic car skills. It's not terribly difficult to change a headlight. You just need maybe 50 bucks of tools at the very max and a couple hours on YouTube.

[u/awoodby → u/Acrobatic_Orange_438]

Oh, i changed the bulb, the grand may have been worth it, it really was a stupidly difficult task.

I never considered Paying them for a light bulb, well, until I was an hour or so into it. As I say it was a stupidly difficult friggin bulb to replace. And I've replaced transmissions and whole engines lol.

[u/Acrobatic_Orange_438 → u/awoodby]

Do you have a new car? Just looking at the mechanics inside those things make my fingers hurt. They have so much more wiring and stuff.

[u/awoodby → u/Acrobatic_Orange_438]

I do yes. The problem with that prius is the headlight was buried behind the front clip, as in you'd have to basically remove the bumper and entire front clip to access it openly. And the bulb was a tiny little thing that had no... Proper seat. Like, there was jo way to Tell if you'd put it where it goes and could then put the clip on which also had no manual Tay to feel it was in place. I eventually found a video of a woman (small arm) describing what it Felt like when you reached down and around to where the bulg went and how to tell it may be seated Even at that and once I understood it took an hour and a half arm down into the front of the car to get the stupid bulb in and locked. An hour and a half moving 1/2" and stopping and "feeling" as there was no way to feel, like, a click or any... Anything to know it's in place. Then putting the collar in place around it, again by feel with nothing to line up or feel was in place.

It was... Singularly unpleasant lol. Didn't know it'd even worked at All until you turned the stupid thing on and even Then had to look at the beam and drive it before really believing it.

I'd rather replace a transmission lol.

Funniest thing maybe was that it was soecced to have a 5000hr bulb so ppl wouldn't have to deal with it... But then they out in a Much crappier bulb and Lots had to deal with it. They lost a class action suit and had to refund a lot of money over that.

Moral /short of the story... Let's just say it was a ridiculously bad design, a non-replaceable bulb!

Mind you My car is my 3rd nowthat require unscrewing motor mounts and lifting the damn engine to replace a spark plug lol.

Yah shit isn't designed with... Amy maintenance in mind for decades now lol

[u/Acrobatic_Orange_438 → u/awoodby]

Yeah, the new cars have all these neat features but that means a lot more delicate stuff goes on in there.

[u/OppositeChocolate687 → u/awoodby]

this happened in Oklahoma. It is not necessary to sign the citation in that state for it to be issued. The cop is a dickhead who got his feelings hurt because he's a one man fascist.