Ann Arbor souvenir (parking ticket)
Don't take the A2 Police for granted, they seem to have too much time on their hands. Back on Aug. 27 I was taking our very old bassett to the vet for what I thought might be here last trip.
I was sitting at the light on Stadium and Main to make a left and there was a cop behind me. The light turned green, I turned and moved to the right lane figuring he was on his way someplace. Instead, he moved over behind me and a few seconds later, on go his lights. I pull over. He comes to the driver side and says, "Mr. Wessner, is your birthday Aug. 3? I say, yes. He asks for my license and registration.
My fault, I had become dependant on the Sec. State reminder in the mail to renew and generally just do it on-line. I either missed it, or is was mis-delivered elsewhere. Unfortunately, this was the forth year on my license as well, so it too expired on Aug. 3. I hadn't done anything wrong. I fugure he just saw the Aug. tag, and it being the 27th, took a chance an ran my tag at the light.
I went to court on the registration and it cost me $75. I had pleaded guilty on both, but the judge suggested I plead not guilty on the license, go before another judge at a later date and try to get the $150/year penalty, for two years waived. The fine for the license is $100.
Needless to say, I now have reminders on Outlook for all the registrations and licenses in the house.
