RANT: The Courthouse

[Doramius]

I was just in attendance for this one, but dang was it funny. And people thought my little couch incident was bad. Obviously, I left certain details out as I was trying to keep this as short as possible.

Here's the quick briefing of why I was at the courthouse. A few months back I had an accident where I was driving down a boulevard and someone lost control of their 49cc motor bike (from one of the intersecting side streets) and jumped off letting the bike skid into traffic. I was the unlucky one who hit the bike. The rider does a hit & run, though the police dept. is doing an investigation and did find the store where the bike had recently been purchased 2 months before the accident. The store has been ordered to provide receipt transactions in case the person purchased on check or card transaction. Anyway, when the police came, I didn't have my insurance card in the car. It was taken out about a week earlier because of a dispute with our insurance company (which creates other problems too). The Officer gives me 3 tickets for: no proof of insurance; suspended registration (due to an error on the part of the insurance company); and suspended license (again to the same insurance company for not correctly reporting DMV information).

Now to the main story. I'm in the courthouse waiting patiently for my name to be called. After a while the room started having a really bad odor to it (not because of me). The bailif called this one guy to the front and the guy came forward. The judge soon after called his name and the guy stepped forward and started rambling about why he was pulled over for no reason. The judge explained some spiel to him that it was the officer's judgment that something was wrong and it would be explained in his ticket and that's why he was appearing in court. The guy was an idiot saying things like "I don't need blinkers as long as I make sure the lane is clear. Their only for turning at intersections." & "Only one brake light was out and the other works fine, so people can tell when I'm stopped." & "It's my brother's car. I didn't know the plates were expired" & my favorites "I only had 1 beer before driving and my doctor didn't explain that one shouldn't drive after taking asprin with codene or whatever it is in that stuff." & "No sir, I don't have the prescription available and the bottle is finished and thrown out." & "I don't understand why they found other substances in my sample." "I don't remember the name of my doctor off hand, but he works at the offices about 2 blocks north of here." (the offices are part of a dental and orthodontics center, with no medical care center).

The judge ordered him to pays the fines totaling above $5000 and the guy says he can't pay it because he's on disability. The judge tells him he can go on a payment plan. The guy tells the judge it's all messed up and babb les on. The judge finally orders the balif to remove him to a cell. The guy gets really pissed off, sits in the chair next to the legal guy (I think a public defender or something) and craps and pisses himself on the spot. The guy had also been passing gas the entire time he was standing in front of the judge and the legal guy was sitting there waiting to talk and help the idiot, but was covering his nose part of the time. The guy is finally removed by 2 balifs and the judge quickly ordered a short recess while they had a janitorial crew come in and to a quick clean and removed the soiled chair. When my name was called and I came up, the jude, though frustrated but wanting to get things over with quickly, said, "the accident wasn't your fault. Do you have proof of insurance and a valid license and registration with you?" I told him yes and he said my charges were dismissed.

When it all comes down to it, I didn't think it was that bad for a free show. However, I would have preferred not to been around that guys stench.

[thayne]

That's pretty damn funny

[indolikaa]

Doramius, did anybody ever tell you you're a shit magnet?

[Doramius]

My worry is that people like him live and are driving on the streets. This is the type of person you hope eliminates himself from the gene pool. It's obvious the human gene pool has a lifeguard that's off duty a bunch of the time.

[BobV]

My wife's always saying that some people are for ever falling into shit and get up smelling like a rose.

[Doramius]

My wife's always saying that some people are for ever falling into shit and get up smelling like a rose.

If that's true, I'm probably the best smelling rose out there.

[reboot]

On a similar note about driving...standing in line with a friend, waiting to get his eyes checked in the machine at the DMV. The guy in front of us is about 90. His depth perception is nonexistant, he's color blind, and his peripheral vision is down to about 20% (tunnel vision), and THAT's with his glasses ON!.
The DMV guy lets him have his license for another year.
We get to the counter, and the first thing I mention is that we're here to get a motorcycle license, and he just gave a drivers license to a blind man, with a (probably) 10,000 lb cadillac, and we have to drive on the same roads as him.. I then asked for his name, because if I, or anyone I know, get's into an accident with the old guy, I want to know who to blame in court.
He refused to give me his name, and called security, claiming I "uttered a threat" and wanted me charged. In come the police, I'm charged, and given a court date.
I show up, say my piece.
The DMV guy shows up, says his piece.
The judge asks him his real proper full name.
He says it.
The judge looks at me and says, "Got that?"
I answered, "Yes, your honor", and case dismissed