So a couple of weeks ago on the 2nd or 3rd of July, my wife and I noticed that our tag had expired and needed a new sticker. I got a little freaked out and worried about getting pulled over and fined heavily. I assumed the fine would be substantial if one got busted for such a thing.
My wife assured me, “Nooo, they will see that it is only a couple of days expired and let us off.”
We are between paydays and a little stretched so the decision is made and the dice are rolled. One the next couple of mornings in to work, I strained and scrutinized to see the probability of getting busted. Content with my findings all worry was cast aside and heads held high.
The wife calls, “I just got busted for no seat-belt and they got me for the tag as well!”
Blind justice strikes for the first time.
I get upset for a while, but mostly laugh it off because the fine turns out to be relatively light. I also assumed that once you get popped you are done if you get a tag in a reasonable amount of time, and whether that is true or not we have already commited and have to wait until payday get a new tag.
6 days pass.
I drive to work and have great success on a linux project I have been grinding away at. The day is going great when I get an email from my wife informing me that Comcast just turned off the cable for which they had not been charging us.
Blind justice strikes again.
We have a good laugh and I finish my day and drive home. To my dismay, I get busted for the tag inches before making the turn onto my street. I tried explaining the situation to the officer, but apparently they don’t care if you have already been ticketed for somethings.
Blind justice strikes thrice…
The morals of the story:
- NEVER bank on the benevolence of an individual who gets paid to execute justice.
- NEVER get attached to cable television. It is a drug that wastes your life. But I so miss food network…
- ALWAYS assume police officers have an itch to ticket you and do not care how many prior tickets you have gotten ( unless it means the fine can inch higher… ).
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