What would happen if your car was towed and you retrieved it from the tow lot (using your own key) without paying the tow fee?
A good friend of mine did this at Georgia Tech. He'd acquired several unpaid parking tickets, and one Friday morning he discovered that his car had been towed. Not wanting to pay several hundred dollars, he staked out the impound lot from a nearby hill and waited. After a short time he saw a parking attendant walk over to the impound lot with another student (who had no doubt paid the fees necessary to retrieve her car for the weekend), so he headed down. The lot looked something like this one:It was small, held about fifteen cars, and had doors that opened on hinges.Once the attendant opened the gate to let the girl get her car, my friend walked in as well. The attendant said "Can I help you?" and my friend replied "No thanks!" Then he walked over to his car, got in, and started the engine. At this point the attendant figured out what was going on and closed the gates. He didn't lock them, though, and this obviously wasn't a permanent solution anyway since the attendant and this girl were also in the impound with him. So my friend put the car in neutral and started rolling towards the gate. When he got close, he let the car just push the gates open and he drove away. Although I had sat with my friend while he staked out the lot, I was pretty nervous about this whole plan and had decided to leave as he approached the attendant. I was sure the whole thing would fail. So when he drove up that evening in his car with no negative repercussions, I was stunned. So we waited to hear something from parking enforcement or the GT police, but days and then weeks went by with no ill effects. Amazingly, it looked like he would get away with it. In the end it took them about a month. One day he got a call from the GT cops asking about his car being towed, to which he replied "What? No, I have it right here." But they persevered and he eventually went into the police department and had to pay all the tickets. It's a good story, though!Note: Based on the other answers here, it sounds like my friend's consequence-free experience is pretty atypical and that people can go to jail or get sued for this. So I don't recommend trying this at home!
What are some slang terms used among police officers?
The most derogatory terms for the bad guys and citizens who are just pains in the rectum:A.H. = Adam Henry (A-dam H-enry) If you don’t get it…..sometimes you will hear it as “Jack Hole”…..now what starts with an “A” that ends with HOLE ?RICHARD CRANIUM= What starts with a “D” and is a nickname for Richard ? What is the non-medical layman’s term for the Cranium ? Do these clues HEAD you in the right direction ?
How does getting a parking ticket affect your driving record and your insurance premiums?
Most of the times, it is only Driving Violations like speeding, tailgating, wreck less operation, DUI or DWI and rash of accidents that are your fault that really effect your insurance. Exceptions might be due how hard it is or it is not to get a parking space and the amount and or frequency of your tickets. Usually, even with those that are newly insured, they have no rise policy for those that experience an accident now and then. If your parking tickets are now and then and you have a generally good relationship with your agent, parking tickets would not be detrimental.
What if Car Buyer Won't return Plates?
I've gotten myself into a huge mess, and I don't know what to do. My wife and I were selling her old car and a guy came to buy it last weekend. My first mistake was signing the title without getting it notarized (the guy said he knew someone who would notarize it after the fact). My second mistake was signing it myself by accident (I forgot that the car was in my wife's name.) And my third mistake was letting the guy drive off with my wife's plates and registration in the car. I keep calling the guy, and he won't return the plates. I told him to come back so we could straighten out the mistaken signature on the title; he never showed up. He tells me that he's had the title notarized and transferred and has gotten a new temp tag. He says it all taken care of, but I don't see how. I feel like I'm really totally screwed on this one. I acted incredibly stupidly and now I don't know what else I can to.