| Author | Message | ||
     Cycleaddict |
new muffler= $400. test ride (really diggin the sound & increased power) = speeding ticket @ 93mph > 65mph zone = $800. in fines & lawyers fee . = one damn expensive muffler > $1200. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Willingness to get on it again tomorrow: PRICELESS! | ||
| Tx05xb12s |
I work in the criminal justice field to pay for my education and as a result spend a lot of time around law enforcement officers. I have happened to be in the room on a couple of different occasions to hear them boast to their buddies about confiscating people's motorcycles when they catch them grossly exceeding the speed limit. The last time I heard one of them say this, I asked him if he was serious, and he said yes and elaborated that they don't get the bike back either. Think there's anything to this, or are they just blowing smoke? | ||
| Reducati |
blowin smoke | ||
| Pwnzor |
Anything is possible when you don't have a lawyer. Luckily, I have several. | ||
| Naustin |
Pwnzor - several lawyers eh? You must be a real straight arrow. They aren't blowing smoke. Depending on the state, if you are grossly exceeding the speed limits (120 in a 55 for example) they can seize your vehicle. I would be shocked if this occured on one's first offence however (unless you were drunk too or something), and normally a seizure has more to do with a "fleeing" charge or your prior record than the actual act of speeding. It really boils down to your particular state, county, and how busy/aggressive the local prosecutor is. Also, if you have equity in the vehicle, its a LOT more likely. One of my customers racked up a 3rd DUI and the cops seized his truck. When they contacted me and found out he owed more than it was worth, they decided to let him have it back. If the police seize a vehicle, they also have to satisfy any liens against it in order to sell it. The still can seize a vehicle if there is a loan on it, but if they sell it and get less than the person owes, they are out the money. Instead of owing the difference to the bank, the person would owe it to the cops, and you can imagine how much the cops need to deal with that paperwork nightmare. Around here anyway, the cops only go through with a seizure if they think they can make money off selling it - which by law, the department gets to keep. Nick (Message edited by naustin on November 17, 2006) |
