Ignorance IS painful...*sigh*

[caseysmom]

Pretty harsh good thing you had your Dad to help out.

[kitten645]

I do think that's a bit harsh. I would think a fix it ticket would be appropriate. Did they know you had been there more than 30 days from the previous tickets? I would consider appealing the ticket.
Claudia

[DJFyrewolf36]

I do think that's a bit harsh. I would think a fix it ticket would be appropriate. Did they know you had been there more than 30 days from the previous tickets? I would consider appealing the ticket.
Claudia

I never got cited the other two times. In fact up until THIS I have a 100% clean DMV record. I would have thought a warning would have been ok...The officer didn't even allow me to call my friend with a valid oregon dl to pick my car up

Well she is out of impound now at least.

[Karen]

Glad she's out of the impound. Have a safe rest of your Thanksgiving!

[pomtzu]

WOW! I never heard of that before. I can see them impounding the car if it had an expired registration, or no insurance, or if you didn't have a valid driver's license. Around here you'd get a warning and be told to get the proper license within 30 days.
I don't understand how they can do that. You'd think the car being registered out of state would be more of an issue than an out of state license.

[sasvermont]

I had the same problem when living in Virginia, with a PA license and D.C. license plates! I was taken directly to the police station. I did not have my car impounded but did have to pay the fine in cash, on the spot. I have forgotten the fine, but it was substantial as I recall.

Although I hated the fine and having to call a friend for the money to pay immediately, it WAS my fault and I didn't hold anyone else responsible for it.

Sorry this happened to you so close to a holiday.

Lesson learned I assume?

[Laura's Babies]

I got news for you, you will have to insure and register the car there too. I think it is illegal to have one states drivers liscense and car registered/insured in another state. You just might have to have that insurance BEFORE you can get your Oregon DL.. LOL! Want me to ask my brother, being a Oregan cop is one of the many hats he wears.

[Freedom]

Yes, Laura is correct.

When I moved down here to RI from Maine, I got the new driver license right away. Didn't change the insurance or registration for one year, as the insurance here was TRIPLE! (No clue what it is now) I knew it was wrong, just needed to build up funds. RI wouldn't accept out of state licenses, you had to take the written test all over again!

Moving is SO expensive, in so many ways.

[Cataholic]

I got news for you, you will have to insure and register the car there too. I think it is illegal to have one states drivers liscense and car registered/insured in another state. You just might have to have that insurance BEFORE you can get your Oregon DL.. LOL! Want me to ask my brother, being a Oregan cop is one of the many hats he wears.

As a former insurance adjuster, I agree with this! You run the risk of having NO insurance in the event of a loss.