On Friday morning I was on my way to an appointment, on my way there a police officer was stopping people for a mobile inspection station. I had taken my car to be inspected at the DMV 3 weeks ago, it failed for emissions, and I had a "rejected" sticker over my (now) expired inspection sticker. Because I had the rejected sticker though, I had until March 31 to have all repairs made and get it reinspected. My car was scheduled to go into the shop on Friday evening to be fixed, I had to wait until my disability check came in before I could afford the repairs.
I explain all of this to the officer and he told me I still needed to go through the mobile inspection and they would update my rejected sticker to give me another 30 days. I was annoyed, but what are you gonna do, right?
So, I pull down the side street where the mobile inspection is and a 2nd officer takes my license, registration, and insurance info. I explained the same thing to this officer as I did the first. He said it was fine and he just had to run my info. He's in his truck for a while and when he comes out, he hands me a $130 ticket for "expired inspection." I remind him, that my inspection isn't expired and I still have time to get my repairs and get it reinspected. He tells me that I can call the number on the back of the ticket and talk to someone there.
Obviously, I was pissed off at this point, but since I was already late for my appointment and I already had one ticket, I didn't want to press my luck.
What do I do now? Will I have to go to court? If so, will I have to pay court costs, even if my ticket gets waived? Is there any way to avoid court costs? I don't even know how much court costs are.
I'm disabled and have a hard time getting around, so sitting in court for however long, while doable, will be a hardship for me because of my condition. There's also the money situation, I literally have no money to spare.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
On a side note, what the hell is the point of a mobile inspection station if they don't verify the "rejected" stickers!?!?! They have a bar code as well as numerical code, so the officer should have been able to verify that I still had time.
Written By: bountifulknitter
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