i hate the dmv.
let's look at this objectively.
this epic starts about a year ago. chris and i break up. the next day, since max already left for school without taking care of it, i have to go get the bumper on his car replaced. so i am driving down janney road in the blue civic, my mind a million miles away because i am so miserable, and i look up and see a sign that says "school zone, 25mph when flashing." it wasnt flashing, and i figured there would be no need for that sign if the speed limit was 25 already, it's got to be 35, so i sped up a bit. as soon as i sped up, a cop ran out in the street and hailed me down. they had been standing next to their motorcycles on the other side of the road. nevermind that theres no way they would have pulled me over if i hadnt been driving a sporty looking car.
so he tells me i was going 44- one under reckless, and that i needed a ticket. i said i thought it was 35, he said there are no 35 two lane roads in alexandria. and that i shoulda known it cause i lived there. i just kinda took it, completely zoned, and then later pulled over and cried. then realizing i should have cried to the cop, that woulda been a better bet.
anyways.
so it turns out the ticket was about 50 bucks, with 5 dollars for every mph i was over. cost me roughly 150 dollars i remember.
fine, done and done.
or so i thought.
in about november, my dad calls, he got a letter in the mail. apparently, since there is a new law, and i am under 20, i have to go to a driving class. by january. i tell my dad to mail it to me, but it gets lost in the mail. agony. so i call and set up an appointment to go to a class in december. which cost another 65 dollars. i get home for break and go to this agonizing 8 hour class. most people where in there because they had an accident, or it was their like 8th offence, or they were like 40 over. i felt like a moron. but i get through it, learning nothing new, and paying 65 dollars only for knowledge i already knew and a pencil.
but whatever, over 200 dollars, fine, but now its done, no more points.
done and done.
or so i thought.
i get a notice in the mail last week that my drivers liscense needs to be renewed because i am gonna turn 20. so i need to do it before i leave for school. i go online to do it- but no, i have to retake the written test because i am under 21 and i have one offense.
honestly. is this really what our state thinks is valuable to spend its time and money on? a sober 19 year old girl not even going 50 miles an hour???
i hate the dmv.
this epic starts about a year ago. chris and i break up. the next day, since max already left for school without taking care of it, i have to go get the bumper on his car replaced. so i am driving down janney road in the blue civic, my mind a million miles away because i am so miserable, and i look up and see a sign that says "school zone, 25mph when flashing." it wasnt flashing, and i figured there would be no need for that sign if the speed limit was 25 already, it's got to be 35, so i sped up a bit. as soon as i sped up, a cop ran out in the street and hailed me down. they had been standing next to their motorcycles on the other side of the road. nevermind that theres no way they would have pulled me over if i hadnt been driving a sporty looking car.
so he tells me i was going 44- one under reckless, and that i needed a ticket. i said i thought it was 35, he said there are no 35 two lane roads in alexandria. and that i shoulda known it cause i lived there. i just kinda took it, completely zoned, and then later pulled over and cried. then realizing i should have cried to the cop, that woulda been a better bet.
anyways.
so it turns out the ticket was about 50 bucks, with 5 dollars for every mph i was over. cost me roughly 150 dollars i remember.
fine, done and done.
or so i thought.
in about november, my dad calls, he got a letter in the mail. apparently, since there is a new law, and i am under 20, i have to go to a driving class. by january. i tell my dad to mail it to me, but it gets lost in the mail. agony. so i call and set up an appointment to go to a class in december. which cost another 65 dollars. i get home for break and go to this agonizing 8 hour class. most people where in there because they had an accident, or it was their like 8th offence, or they were like 40 over. i felt like a moron. but i get through it, learning nothing new, and paying 65 dollars only for knowledge i already knew and a pencil.
but whatever, over 200 dollars, fine, but now its done, no more points.
done and done.
or so i thought.
i get a notice in the mail last week that my drivers liscense needs to be renewed because i am gonna turn 20. so i need to do it before i leave for school. i go online to do it- but no, i have to retake the written test because i am under 21 and i have one offense.
honestly. is this really what our state thinks is valuable to spend its time and money on? a sober 19 year old girl not even going 50 miles an hour???
i hate the dmv.