Getting Harassed By The Man
So today I am minding my own business, driving home from River Marine (located very close to downtown Miami). Being in the number 1 place in the nation for road rage, I was trying not to get pissed off. I was concentrating on the fact that I found 12 gauge marine grade electrical wire for only $26 for a 100 foot spool! Marine grade wire is 100% tinned copper, as opposed to bare copper. The tinning makes it resistant to corrosion and stuff. I also found marine grade crimp connectors. And some premium 2 cycle engine oil formulated for fuel injected outboards.
Worst Marine wants $20 for a 30 foot spool of 14 gauge marine wire, and $60 for a 100 foot spool. 14 gauge is not as thick as 12 gauge.
Anyway, I was driving home minding my own business. And then I could smell bacon, stale coffee, and fresh donuts. Next thing I know I am getting flagged down.
Now I may be guilty here. I probably am. But the path was clear! I did not cut anyone off or almost cause an accident or anything. I was actually trying to get out of the intersection because I did not want to block it because then the cross traffic could not move. Everyone came to a stop, and I was in the intersection. So I got out of the way. I did not block cross traffic! Can't say I did that!
But I got harassed anyway. Someone was preventing crime from behind a tree. I hope birds were also using that tree to roost in. And I hope those birds were having serious digestion problems because someone fed them Ex-Lax bird seed.
Anyhow, now I have a variety of choices. I can hire a
Last time I was harassed, I hired a cheese head. I was found to be not guilty. I was not even there to find out how not guilty I was! I got a letter from the cheese head.
But I was really guilty as hell. I was driving a little fast, and I did not notice the red and blue lights behind me for at least a mile. OOPS! Cops hate it then they want to harass you and you do not stop right away. Plus it was raining and the cop had to get out of his car and get his hat wet. They HATE to get their hat wet. I am lucky I was not clubbed like a baby harp seal.
So I have to weigh my options here. Will the West Miami Po Po show up to court? If so, the cheese head option may not work. They were doing the traffic trap thing and West Miami is a small department, so it is possible the cops will be in court. If I do the traffic school thing I get no points and nothing shows up on my record, but I have to face the fact that I did it. Just paying the fine is the WORST option. You have to be a total idiot to do that.
Anyway, I almost made it home without getting pissed off. See why Miami is number 1 for road rage?
Nest time, I will drive around the Shitty of West Miami. Did I say "shitty"? Yea I guess I did. Darn speech impediment! One of these days my intensive speech therapy will pay off and I will be able to properly say "city". But who knows when that will be.
Labels: bacon bits, do you hear an oinking noise, getting harassed by the man, The Shitty West Miami sucks - avoid the place at all costs
posted by The Lazy Iguana @ 00:01
10 Comments:
The Largo PD is as corrupt as the Miami PD, or close to it. They will hand out tickets even when someone HASN'T done anything and swear that they did. Under such circumstances, most people do the dumb thing and pay to get it to go away.
I had a recent run in where I was speeding (along with EVERYone else in 3 lanes) and was pulled over because I was most accessible, I guess. The cop said "I won't give you a ticket if nothing shows up when I run your license". Then he flirted with me, etc. Well, it turned out my license was suspended by accident (I later proved it). Anyway, I got the ticket.
When I went to court and produced the documentation showing my license had been mistakenly suspended, and said that since THAT was a mistake, would the officer waive the OTHER ticket based on his initial promise?
The officer denied he had made the promise so I paid the ticket but they waived adjudication, meaning I got no points.
So, as I was paying it, the officer was standing nearby. I said loudly to a companion something about crooked cops, and the cop came over and told me that if I had something to say, let him have it. So I DID. I told him he was dishonest, lying, and crooked as hell. I told him he remembered what he said to me, and denying it to the judge was perjury. ;o)
He wasn't thrilled, but could do nothing about it. I hope I don't run into him in a dark alley.
The Lazy,
I always wondered who it was who pulled out into the middle of the intersection and blocked traffic. I would have been blasting you with my horn and flashing my blade. I've never had a moving violation, but I don't break the law.
I say pay the cheese head $150 and don't go to court. You are too emotionally involved in this matter.
I didn't know Saur was a criminal. Maybe I don't love her as much as I thought.
I was married to a cop. Don't even get me started.
Good grief, do they not have anything better to do?!?! Like catch some real criminals.
someone told me that if you mail a check for the ticket, and write it for one dollar over, they will send you a refund check, and they can't process the infraction and or put it on your record until you cash the one dollar check. so you never cash the check, thus the ticket never goes on your record. it's worth googling
Saur - I am not exactly 100% innocent here. I probably did make an illegal lane change. And it was not Miami Police - it was the West Miami Police. Totally different city.
Caiman - I did not block the intersection. I try not to do that shit.
Teri - They got me.
Actionbell - I will not get any points. There is a loophole that prevents points. Comedy traffic school. Or hire a cheese head.
Daisy - West Miami police do not have much else to do. It is a small city, consisting of mostly residential areas.
Ba Doozie - I will investigate that. I like gumming up the system.
The last ticket I got was a total case of bored cop. Being sleep deprived as ever, I probably did a California rolling stop at the stop sign before the corner I take heading for home, but it was a very sloooow California rolling stop if this is what I did, and there was NOBODY around for miles. Except this cop in an unmarked car that I didn't notice. It was completely ridiculous but since I was so tired that I couldn't even REMEMBER the stop sign, there wasn't much arguing that I could do!
My sister in law (and a high school friend) worked for a county as the clerk who took the ticket fines. Overpaying does work to keep your record clean if you don't cash the rebate check because the county can't report something when there are still accounts to be settled.
I've only gotten one ticket my whole life, for 44 in a 30 zone. I was the last person in a line of cars, too. Apparently, they had changed the limit the week before from 45 to 30 but the policeman knew, listened and ticketed. Bleh!
I parted with 60 bucks.
My sister in law (and a high school friend) worked for a county as the clerk who took the ticket fines. Overpaying does work to keep your record clean if you don't cash the rebate check because the county can't report something when there are still accounts to be settled.
I've only gotten one ticket my whole life, for 44 in a 30 zone. I was the last person in a line of cars, too. Apparently, they had changed the limit the week before from 45 to 30 but the policeman knew, listened and ticketed. Bleh!
I parted with 60 bucks.
Once again I am glad for rural America where we don't have such a thing as points. To my knowledge, you can get up to three moving violation a year before the insurance company finds out and if you are like me with only liability, even that doesn't matter. They only raise the premiums for comprehensive.
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