My first rant thread

[MED]

I am driving along Kipling this morning minding my own damn business, and I look in the rear view mirror. I have a cruiser with its lights on so I pull over. The LEO asks me. “do you see your windshield?” I am thinking to myself, well, since I made it here from Conifer...um yes, I believe so...dumbass!; but I just looked at her in disbelief....” My only comment was, “you pulled me over for a cracked windshield(?); really, that is ridiculous!” I don't think she liked being told that this is ridiculous, but really...what the hell??? Who the fuck pulls somebody over for a cracked windshield? Seriously, what the fuck??? It would be easier to count the number of cars in Colorado that don't have cracks in their windshield. Every fucking car in this state gets pelted with rocks every damn time it is put on these pot hole infested highways of this fucking place not to mention the rock quarry trucks coming off 285 onto 470 every morning. If the traffic stop wasn't stupid enough, I couldn't find my new insurance cards right away; she left and announced triumphantly that “I am writing you a ticket!” Well, good for you; don't hurt yourself! I found the envelope with the new cards and declarations when she was gone. When she came back and I presented the insurance information, she wouldn't take it and told me she already printed out the ticket (well isn't that too fucking bad), that I should just follow the process to submit proof as described in the ticket. Really? ...what makes you think that I am going to accept a citation that is invalid you dumb bitch? I guess it is too damn difficult to void the incorrect ticket and print out a new ticket that is valid. Damn, that is a lot of fucking work! I hate to tear you away from your important mission of eliminating the city of cracked windshields...I mean that egregious shit needs to stop now. Seriously, of all the lazy ass stupid shit. Really, are you really going to issue a citation that you know is false? You dumb fuck!!! So, I get to work and fax the proof of insurance, but I am just fuming at this point and called the department. Yep, she was suppose to take the information and correct the ticket. She now has an IA officer doing an inquiry. What a stupid windbag!!! I am generally very respectful toward LEOs, but this whole thing was really fucking stupid. Of the 1001 other bad things going on in Lakewood at this moment in time, why the hell would you stop me for a cracked windshield; what a complete waste of everybody's time.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Don't look at it as a ticket. Look at it for a safety awareness reminder.

[HoneyBadger]

So do you still have to pay or fight the citation?

[Robb]

Could be worse, cop coulda shot your ass!

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/25/justic...html?hpt=hp_c2

Video shows trooper shooting unarmed man for not wearing seatbelt, South Carolina police say

[Rooskibar03]

Shitty situation but great job on the rant.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

So, I get to work and fax the proof of insurance, but I am just fuming at this point and called the department. Yep, she was suppose to take the information and correct the ticket. She now has an IA officer doing an inquiry.

Awesome. Although I expect nothing to come of it.

I didn't even know you could get a ticket for that (but should have).
Windshield on my CTD has been cracked for at least 9-10 months. I guess I only drive it a few times / week, but to your point, you can easily go through a windshield/year in this state, and at one point I did.
And I claimed them all. And got dropped by my insurance. (Whoops!) So much for those "free" windshields. So, I pay cash now, but with winter around the corner I figured I'd wait until NEXT summer. Whoops again.

[MED]

Don't look at it as a ticket. Look at it for a safety awareness reminder.

I feel safer already; I get to pay $250 for a wind shield that will, by Christmas, look the same as the one I have right now. Damn, I can't get any more safe then that!

[68Charger]

My wife got pulled over in our 2007 Charger, former Colorado Highway Patrol cruiser we bought at auction...

They mentioned a crack in the windshield, and she pointed it out that the CHP sold it to us that way.... so it must be ok, right?

She did NOT get any ticket that day...

[DonnyCommo]

I'll give your rant a 9/10.

Bullshit ticket though.


Sent by a hollowed out coconut using morse code

[MED]

Awesome. Although I expect nothing to come of it.

I didn't even know you could get a ticket for that (but should have).
Windshield on my CTD has been cracked for at least 9-10 months. I guess I only drive it a few times / week, but to your point, you can easily go through a windshield/year in this state, and at one point I did.
And I claimed them all. And got dropped by my insurance. (Whoops!) So much for those "free" windshields. So, I pay cash now, but with winter around the corner I figured I'd wait until NEXT summer. Whoops again.

I am hoping to trap her in a lie. Basically the IA officer said that she could have intended to amend the ticket from the department. If so, that is her out. Well, she never took the new information from my hand and inspected it. I really hope they change the ticket because then they did so without verifying the information at the stop. I would love for them to explain this mess when we go to court, because I have every intention of bringing up the lack of procedure with the judge.

Yeah, my CTD is also cracked along with every other vehicle I own except my collector cars. It is pretty much impossible. I usually get hit with a rock on 470 that will generally spread before I get home so I don't have a chance to repair it. Unless it is a starburst that covers a large area, it doesn't really matter.