wish people would mind own f'ing business(update)

[ltsride]

let me start by saying i don't have a drivers license, i have had a few DUI's, last one was about 4 1/2 years ago and i haven't had a drink since. i can tell you i don't miss drinking one bit. i don't miss the hangovers or not remembering what happened.
i did a year in prison, yes the big house, not the county jail. when i got out i sold my car and started going to school (college). i have been looking for a job the whole time with no luck. oh I've had a few interviews but with my checkered past the interview usually ends when (a) they ask if i have a DL or (b) when they ask if i have any felony's.
i depend on "your ride" (a part of the mass transportation for genesee county (Flint MI.) and my sister allot. i live about 15 miles from the nearest bus stop. so with "your ride" i call and book a ride from my house to the bus station and walk to school from their (only a 10 min walk) or take the bus to where i need to go to look for a job.
all was good the first year or so but then the economy took a shit and "your ride" had to cut back and started denning my rides a few times a week.
My sister works full time, so i couldn't depend or her all the time for rides so i took some of my student loans a bought a scooter to get around when i had no other choice.
well a couple weeks ago i got a call for an interview, it was Friday and i asked if we could plan it for Monday ( so i could call "your ride" and schedule it). the guy said no because he had 100 other people he could call that would be there that day for an interview, so i said I'd see ya in an hour or so.
well no luck with the interview and on the way home some lady was backing out of her shrub-wall lined drive in a big Ole truck and didn't see me coming down the road. well needless to say i was on the binders HARD and could not swerve into oncoming traffic. i just barley hit her truck and put a nice dent in it and bent my steering stem. we both asked if the other was OK and talked a bit and decided not to call the cops (thank goodness).
in the mean time someone that saw what happened turned around and came back to see if they could help and we both said " no were fine thank you" as the person walked back to their van they got on the cell phone and back into the van, sat there for a few Min's and drove away
me an the lady in the truck shook hands and i started pushing my busted scooter home (only had a mile to go).
i was pushing my scoot for about three or four Min's and bam cop car pulls in front of me with lights on and tells me to stop.
turns out the person in the van called the cops and reported the accident and told them what happened. well i didn't get any info from the lady in the truck and wouldn't tell the cops what drive she was backing out of.
in the end i got a ticket for DWLS and leaving the scene of an accident.
as if my life and luck aren't bad enough some bitch has to stick her f'ing nose into something that doesn't concern her and get me all jammed up when I'm just trying to do the best i can, now i have to goto court and try to keep my ass outa jail, and who knows how much money it will cost that i don't have and well jus f*ck me.

[90GTVert]

Holy shit that sucks. I have no idea why someone would feel the need to report a fender bender like that when both parties are up and handling things themselves. I gotta say though, given the circumstance I would have told the cop where the driveway was. I'm not sure if it would matter, but maybe if both parties could have been contacted and both agreed that it was settled, you could ditch that fleeing the scene charge easy? Maybe they woulda jsut busted you both? I really don't know.

[Bong]

Holly Sh!t Man You got the ticket WTF I thought you had to look both ways before backing out. Believe me, I understand not wanting to call the fuzz and that Bitch of a person should have minded there own business!!!!!!!!!

The cops had to already know where the driveway was as the " good smarten" already called and told them where it took place.

Things could have been a lot worse. No crime in pushing a scooter but, If they knew you were riding sanes license etc... etc... your ticket could have gone another way. Impound, Multiple tickets, and more time served.

That really sucks man but, it could have been worse IMO.

[90GTVert]

Apr 25, 2011 14:32:03 GMT -5 Bong said:

You got the ticket WTF I thought you had to look both ways before backing out.

The person backing out would be at fault. You can't just drive out and expect everyone else to yield to you. "Here I come!" lol He never said he got a ticket for the accident or was claimed to be at fault. He instead got 2 things worse than being at fault for that sort of deal, driving without a license and leaving the scene.

[ltsride]

the lady in the truck was real nice about it and all, and i don't realy care about the scooter 'cause it can be fixed hell even if i broke a leg an had to limp home no big deal. it jus seems like just as i start to make it to my feet then smack outa noware i get knocked back on my ass and i mean i know it's partly my fault but shit have you seen the economy lately, people can't even afford the gas to get to/from work and if they can afford the gas it's because they goto work hungrey. i know i'll get screwed in court cause i don,t have the money to pay right then an there, while a guy with a good job gets four or five DWLS's and walks to his car after paying a fine, with me the judge will say bend over and no i'm not gona kiss you first or use some lube. when you get into trouble one time thats it your a marked man and your gettin screwed whenever they want to screw you only they call it probation.

[larrball]

You know when i seen the first part of your post i thought

"Huh, when did i type that?"

I know what it's like.
Good thing is your going to school and trying to better your self.
Given, no report was filed on the lady's part, AND you where NOT DWI the judge might go with probation.
Ya i know that will suck, but would beat jail time, IF the probation wasn't too long.
Heck I'd rather spend 90 days/jail then 2-5 years probate.
It's getting to the point that tossing someone in jail for what your up against is not what a judge likes to do because there was no DWI (and he wants to get reelected).
like Bong said "it could have been worse."

I know that's no real help, but keeping you'r cool and getting a pubic
defender- tell it like you told us.. and postpone that court date as long as you can-- and keep your a$$ clean. It shows the judge your doing all you can.

[speedy1125]

Did this officer see you riding it? If not then there is no case.

It stands to reason that if you were pushing it down the road then you were riding it at some point, but that is not proof you were. If you said you were then sadly its your word against his.

If you get the driver of the truck to talk to the D.A. then I feel the "leaving the scene" charge would be dropped. You both need to tell the DA together that you came to the conclusion as both the involved parties that calling this little fender bender in was not needed. You probably got that charge because you would not tell the officer where it happened, and of course they do not like NOT getting their way.

As for the DWLR charge, is the scooter a 50cc? or bigger?

If it is a 50cc, do you have the MSO that says 50cc or smaller with the bikes VIN on it?

If this happened to me and I had the MSO that had the correct VIN on it, engine size 50cc or smaller on it (which I do), and the other driver was willing to go to court with me to prove that I did not just split the scene, then I would take this to trial. You have the right to a trial and hell I would go to trial even if i had to subpoena the other driver as long as I had the MSO with matching numbers. The DA would probably drop this down to something less or drop it altogether to keep from taking something like this in front of a jury.

If you don't have the MSO with all the right numbers, then this will be harder to beat but if it is truly a 50cc then I would go to trial even if I didnt have the MSO. The burden of proof on engine size in on the D.A.

[johnnyshere]

good samritans suck sometimes. sorry this happened to you. i was in hit n run on my chop they got away i lost 2 teeth and got 4 tickets. if i could find the asshole that hit me im sure id feed his left nut to him. go find the gal you had the incident with tell her whats goin on. then go to trial im sure its beatable figure out the process dont let nobody tell you different till you find out yourself. where was my good samaritan ?

[2strokd]

This sucks to hear! Ive got the same luck
Hope it works out in the long run.

[ltsride]

good news, for once. well just went to pre-trial yesterday and talked to the prosacuter and he dropped the "leaving the scene of an accident" ticket and droped the DWLS down to "NO OPs". thank my lucky stars. also no fines, or fees just have to do 20 days of "sherifs work detail", a fancy name for community service. good thing though is with no ops they don't report it to secratary of state so im still on track to get my DL back next year.

[speedy1125]

Awesome.

[2strokd]

:nana: Good deal man :thumb: ! Im stoked to hear that.
Still kinda blows that you were punished for nothing but thats America.
I gotta go to court this month again for my BS
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[90GTVert]

Glad to hear some good news. ;D

[ltsride]

yea it's great plus i got my grades from school and with 5 classes i got a 3.423 GPA for the sesemester. my luck is changing i hope, the only thing that sucks though is i'm to scared to ride 'cause now the cops or at least one knows that i don't have a DL and their allways going up and down my street, and now the cop that gave me the tickets sits down on the corner a little more often. i think i might jus take my scoot out to my girlfriends mom-n-dads farm and just ride around there where no cops know me and the cops really don't hang around there (it's a realy small town).

[2strokd]

Might be a good idea? For a little while anyway...