podunk ass town rant.............

[novacaine]

Got stopped for speeding (yes i was speeding and i know better) this a.m. in beautiful downtown Rosedale. I expected to get a ticket and i would be on my way but low and behold.............they take your license until you pay your ticket. It seems that they have had trouble with out of towners not paying their tickets and just going to get another license. So i get to wait around for over an hour for them to open up so i can pay for said ticket and retrieve my license.

Is this common or even legal?
My license is my only means of getting on an airplane (which i am forced to do quite often), so i couldn't be without it.
Rant over, have a good day.

[drakechaser]

It is legal but I've only seen smaller towns do it for the reason you mentioned. There is a spot on the ticket to mark "license held in lieu of bond." I only keep them and attach them to the ticket for DUI's and suspended DL's. Keeping it for speeding seems a little excessive.

[novacaine]

It is legal but I've only seen smaller towns do it for the reason you mentioned. There is a spot on the ticket to mark "license held in lieu of bond." I only keep them and attach them to the ticket for DUI's and suspended DL's. Keeping it for speeding seems a little excessive.

Well ive learned my lesson..........now i will go and get me a duplicate license incase this happens again, at night, far from home, within 3 days of getting on an airplane, with no checkbook on me, etc,etc.
Or i could just slow my butt down

[dukluk]

Rosedale is a known notorious speed trap.
Got a ticket there about 5 years ago at 10 pm at night.
Little white guy cop dressed like Rambo, hiding in the bushes on north end of town where the speed limit signs change abruptly from 55 mph to 35 mph.
He offered me a choice:
>pay ticket on the spot---$127.00 in cash or cashier's check only
>forfeit license until I paid it
>go to jail, until my court date

I didn't have that much cash on me, and wife didn't want to drive home alone.
So, I sent a cashier's check the next day, and got my license in the mail about a week later.
Found out later from a buddy in Rosedale that Rambo was somewhat mentally challenged, and later got fired.

[eSJay]

now i understand why you didn't answer my call this morning!
call me back when you get a chance bud

PS -------- slow yo roll holmes..........slo yo roll

[Bully]

Rosedale has been doing that since, at least, 1994. I know from experience. I got a ticket at about 10 pm. I tried to pay cash on the spot, but he would not take it. I had to come back the next week and pay the fine to get my license back.

[driveby]

So what do you do for identification in the mean time? Let's say you roll up on a road block down the road and they want ID and proof of insurance.

[teul2]

So what do you do for identification in the mean time? Let's say you roll up on a road block down the road and they want ID and proof of insurance.

You get a ticket for driving with out a license as you're not supposed to drive without it. But, that may or may not be held up in court if you can produce it at the time of your appearance.

[Greenhead22]

Or you could roll through Tchula and get pulled over and have your license taken because it all of a sudden became "suspended".

That was fun, wasn't it GulfCoast ?

[novacaine]

So what do you do for identification in the mean time? Let's say you roll up on a road block down the road and they want ID and proof of insurance.

That's what i asked Mr Fudd when he informed me that he would be keeping my license. I almost slipped and said " You're $#!+ me right"?
He ASSURED me that the little blue ticket that i was now possessing was proof of my license if i get stopped by anyone else. I was overcome by a sense of
relief when he told me this.

[SNOT]

Rosedale is a known notorious speed trap.
Got a ticket there about 5 years ago at 10 pm at night.
Little white guy cop dressed like Rambo, hiding in the bushes on north end of town where the speed limit signs change abruptly from 55 mph to 35 mph.
He offered me a choice:
>pay ticket on the spot---$127.00 in cash or cashier's check only
>forfeit license until I paid it
>go to jail, until my court date

I didn't have that much cash on me, and wife didn't want to drive home alone.
So, I sent a cashier's check the next day, and got my license in the mail about a week later.
Found out later from a buddy in Rosedale that Rambo was somewhat mentally challenged, and later got fired.

Sounds like the cop that gave me a ticket in po-dunk Missouri last fall coming back from Illinois----dude looked and sounded just like Corky from "Life Goes On".....actually felt a little bad for him even though he gave me a ticket.

[driveby]

So what do you do for identification in the mean time? Let's say you roll up on a road block down the road and they want ID and proof of insurance.

That's what i asked Mr Fudd when he informed me that he would be keeping my license. I almost slipped and said " You're caca me right"?
He ASSURED me that the little blue ticket that i was now possessing was proof of my license if i get stopped by anyone else. I was overcome by a sense of
relief when he told me this.

Heck Bill, we all know he was just profiling you because you look shifty.

[REBEL DUCK]

A sad but true statement my dad always said when I did bad in school "don't worry son you can always be a cop". I went on to get a degree in criminal justice but have never applied it ha

[novacaine]

So what do you do for identification in the mean time? Let's say you roll up on a road block down the road and they want ID and proof of insurance.

That's what i asked Mr Fudd when he informed me that he would be keeping my license. I almost slipped and said " You're caca me right"?
He ASSURED me that the little blue ticket that i was now possessing was proof of my license if i get stopped by anyone else. I was overcome by a sense of
relief when he told me this.

Heck Bill, we all know he was just profiling you because you look shifty.

Well i have to admit, my ride looks like it came out of the junk yard:
97 chevy silverado
no tailgate
all the molding from bumper to bumper has be stripped off
rust spots
expired tag on back (with a new one on the front dash under snuff cans, hats, and other garbage)

Now that i have had time to think about it...................i would have stopped myself also just to see what type
of thug was driving this broke down pos...

Kinda reminds me of Planes,Trains,& Automobiles.....................
Sir, do you really think this vehicle is road worthy?
Yes,yes Officer i do!

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[the tree]

novacaine, did this officer approach with caution (see routine traffic thread) or just lean on in the window?