For you legal types out there. A question about DUIs

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

Ok here's the short story of it. On Easter Day 2004 early in the morning a few of my friends got pulled over. My friend, Chris, being the smart man that he is drove fast right by a cop, who had JUST let someone go, in the middle of the night right at the KY side of the TN/KY border. They live in TN. Anyways, in the car he had a bunch of empty beer cans stuffed under the seats, weed, and 3 minors. One was under 17 and the other two were under 21. A very long and interesting story short he ends up losing his license for a year and having to pay $700 in fines.

 

The deadline to pay it was in July of that year. It comes and goes and nothing happens. I kept on telling him he needed to pay it or else shits going to happen. And his answer to that? "They not going to come after me for a DUI." Or "They can stop me from getting my license for my fines." Of course, he NEVER gives the reason for that but, whatever. It gets to the point were my friend TJ and I would flat out argue with the guy that he's not getting his license untill he pays off those fines. Pretty much everyone has told him that. But, he acts like we're dumb and don't know what we're talking about.

 

This April was when he could get his license. On the paper it said to call the DMV at least 30 days before the date to see what you have to do. Of course, he didn't do anything until days later and he kept on thinking that he was going to get his license just like that. Finds out has to pay for other things to and take a DUI class. Which he's known about since last April.

 

See he would do what they told him to do and then he gets to the DMV and then they would tale him he has something else he has to do. One time he just kept whining about the DMV screwing him for a good minute or two.

 

A week or so ago they told him he has things he still has to do for KY. Later that day he admitted to me that he hopes they don't tell him he still has to pay his fines. I told him he's going to have to pay it sooner or later. And he says "Oh I know and I plan to but, I'm not thinking about that right now I just need my license."

 

I'm thinkng yeah right. If you hadn't paid your fines in a year and a half then you're not going to pay it on your own like you should. You're going to pay it when the state of KY MAKES you do it.

 

Ok nows here's the question for you law types since the fines are a year and a half overdue what can the state do to him? TJ and me think he's going to have to pay way more money AND he's going to lose his license for a couple of more months. How about you?

[Black Lushus 0]

he may have a warrant out on him...

[Gert T 0]

Yeah warrants and they can jack that fine up.

[Black Lushus 0]

in other words, tell your friend to stop being a dumb fuck, the courts arent gonna just forget about him...

[The Czech Republic 0]

DUIs don't get lost in the shuffle

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

in other words, tell your friend to stop being a dumb fuck, the courts arent gonna just forget about him...

 

Oh trust me I have many times but, he thinks he can get away with it. So, for the past few months I've just keep quiet waiting till reality slaps him hard in the face about his fines. At which point I'm just going to laugh at him and tell him I told you so.

 

DUIs don't get lost in the shuffle

 

No kidding. But, it's funny how he tries to down play his DUI. He makes comments about how it seems like the DMV doesn't want him to drive. At which point I tell him "Well it is a DUI." Him: "But, it's only my first one. I was high when it happened but, I wasn't drunk." Which is a big lie. Oh the stories I could tell about this whole thing.

 

He called me last night and said that he should be getting his license this Tuesday. He paid the renstatement fee for KY. So, we'll see how it goes.

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

Update: We went to the DMW and he still had something he had to do. So, he called the court offices of the county of were he was pulled over in KY. And, suprise, he has to pay his fines. And he was whining saying stuff like "This is bullshit" and "Maybe I should have paid the fine" And he was asking if he could pay it over the phone or the computer. HA yeah right. He has to do it in person. So, he'll get the money tonight and we'll go up there tomorrow and we'll see what happens.

 

I'm getting so much money out of him.

Edited December 6, 2005 by EdwardKnoxII

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

Well we went to KY and he paid the fine. Then we went to the DMV here in TN and he got his license.

[Black Lushus 0]

how much did he end paying overall?

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

how much did he end paying overall?

 

The fine that was overdue was 690.50 and was what he paid yesterday. I was kinda shocked they didn't jack up the price. He had to pay $225 for an SS22 form and another $200 for something else. Then he had to pay $50 for classes, $40 renstatement fee for KY and $30 renstatement fee for TN.

[Black Lushus 0]

$1000 fuck up...bet he thinks he's King Shit huh?

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

Heh yeah he does. And don't forget the all the money he had to pay me for taking him places. And he was saying things like "Man it feels like I just got out of prison. It feels like a big weight has been removed from me. All this stress is gone." I think it was taking it alittle too far seeing as how if he did things was he was suppose to he would have been driving MONTHS ago.

 

My friend TJ, who was in the car with him when he got pulled over, was like "What that motherfucker is driving? That didn't jack up the price of the fine or anything? Damn I'm pissed. Oh well fuck it he'll lose it again soon."

Edited December 8, 2005 by EdwardKnoxII