Curt - MD is marginally more humane than MA. By about 10 percent. On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 10:35 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> In my experience public servants are generally jerks. They've got a little > power and love to use it. I forgot to renew the registration on the Ranger > one time, Angie got pulled over for expired tags about 2 miles from our > house. She had a totally clean license, the cop had the truck towed rather > than just letting her go home and get a different car. Cost us nearly $500 > when it was all done with. > For what? What level of public safety was increased by making my wife cry > while her car was towed? > -Curt > > > On Wednesday, February 21, 2018, 10:25:43 AM EST, Dan Penoff via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > That is a d*ck move if I ever heard one. Our public servants are > actually pretty good about stuff like this. Like when I go to the Tax > Collector (DMV) and they tell me how to do something to save myself a > buck. Example, when I moved back into the state since I had a license > plate that hadn’t been turned in I was able to use that registration to > skip paying a $225.00 administrative fee for bringing a car in from out of > state. > > That saved me $675.00 when I moved back here. > > Glad I don’t live in MD. > > -D > > > > On Feb 21, 2018, at 10:19 AM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > That's good customer service. Around here, people who drive their > unregistered or expired tag cars to DMV to get the necessary documents or > plates are routinely ticketed in the DMV parking lots. > > > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 6:10 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > Any car brought in from out of state has to have the VIN verified when > it is registered. It can be done by a Florida Notary Public, Licensed > Dealer, Police Officer, or Florida Division of Motorist Services Employee > or Tax Collector Employee. No fee involved, just fill out a form, inspect > the vehicle and sign off. > > > > I have a good friend and neighbor who is an attorney that I usually hit > up to do this, but we’ve got a new community service officer (CSO) and this > gave me a chance to meet him. Plus it also meant I didn’t have to drive > the car the 3-4 blocks to go to my friend’s house, since it’s not currently > registered. I just called up our local sheriff’s substation and had them > put the call into his rotation. It’s a courtesy thing that LEO will do > around here as time permits. > > > > -D > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
