The day before I left, my friend told me I had a brake light out. Crap, right? I mean I had JUST been in two days earlier for an oil change?! I figured I would just fix it when I got back. But then, in a small New York town right before you cross over into Canada, I got pulled over. The cop said that if I got the light fixed by Monday night and mailed all the paperwork back, I would never hear of the ticket again. So I did. I got the light fixed when I got back home on Monday, and mailed all the paperwork (the forms they wanted AND a letter from the mechanic), USPS, return receipt and registered mail.They got everything within a couple of days. I could track it thanks to registering the mail.
I still have not received the return receipt they are supposed to send when they get the mail. It is prepaid postage. It has been nearly two weeks since they received it.
I also got a letter today saying my "Not Guilty" plea has been registered and that I am to show up on July 29th at 5:00 to meet with the Town Prosecuter. They sent it to my old address even though my licence has been changed and I put my correct address on the ticket when I sent it back.
Ummm? WTF?
I officially hate the state of New York for being ridiculous.
Send me back my return receipt; you said in the fine print that was the way I was supposed to send back the paperwork. Log in that I sent back all the paperwork saying my brake light was fixed; I checked 'Not Guilty' because that is what the woman told me to do when I was not sure before sending in the paperwork. Change my address in your system; I filled out the part of the ticket you fill out if they do not have your correct address. Do not ask a graduate student who is trying to write two papers and a dissertation to drive 8 hours EACH WAY to prove her brake light was fixed, she does not have that kind of time, money, or energy to waste on stupidity. I have been stewing over this for an hour when really I need to do work?!?!
NY sucks.
4 comments:
Don't you love it when the Gov totally expects you to be 100% accurate all the time when they only have a 15% accuracy?
Ron, Yup. :-) Luckily they apparently automatically send out those letters when you check 'Not Guilty', so according to the clerk I should be all set. Why did they tell me to check 'Not Guilty' when I called to check? Whatevs.
You should drive your car through the wall into the courtroom so you can show them that the problem is fixed. Wouldn't that make a great scene? If only life were more like Hollywood.
My first thought was per the "NY sucks." comment:
my thought: you are only just now figuring this out?
;-)
I like Sparkling Red's idea.
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