Screwed by NYS DMV

[Captain Moai]

Originally Posted by MYIX8UR8

eric on brews name ftl...confuses me to the fullest. but yeah dmv sucks at life. they live off of doing this to people in order to make nys more money. all it is is a business. they do not give a SHIT about what you do wrong in all actuality.

Of course they don't give a shit. If they did, it would be "hey, you can't drive for a while. End of story." Unfortunately, NYS structures it so that the people with lots of capital can live above the law. Who the hell ever heard of a fine for being fined? Yup. New york state Driver Assessment Fee. Get 6+ points on your license, pay 300+ bucks. They don't give a shit if you're actually high risk, have ever been in an accident or got those points from parking tickets.
Thousands to get the car running. Thousands spent to keep racing LEGAL off the road. Open it up ONCE on a deserted backroad at 1am on a weekday.

I can't fault the police. The officer extended me courtesy where he didn't have to and I'm not one to blame cops for doing their job. I guess I just wish that people who actually endanger others on the road got slammed for a change, instead of some guy who just got his car back on the road after 8 months apart and wanted to open it up just once in the middle of the night where he thought nobody was around.

[Pete]

Did this all happen the day I saw you and Dan or is this from another incident?

[mikecentola]

Originally Posted by crazybrew609

I have a driver's Ed course on my license, so it'll keep points down.

Unfortunately those only work after the fact. If you get points for this, just go take the AAA safety course for $30 or whatever... instant 4 point reduction

[nysulli]

that sucks man, i had a friend get hit for similar reasons, insurance lapse when he moved back to NY, only like 2 days because his company cut the policy the second they found out he moved, and his registration and license got suspended

he had no issues going to the DMV getting everything taken care of, because like you, he had addressed the issues with fines and proof of insurance when everything happened originally, DMV just never took care of the paper work

hit up the dmv, and you should be able to get everything but the speeding ticket tossed without any issues, and hopefully be back on your way enjoying the duece

[Shawn96VR-4]

I just sent you a PM. My girlfriend's firm is a bit pricey but I got a few options for you. Give me a ring.

[AussieDan]

That sucks man, like I said get yourself a lawyer and don't say too much to anyone until everything is cleared up.

[intern8tion9l]

the initial worrying is the worst, i see you are already planning for the worst. hopefully with all the info so far you can get this taken care of. i'd hate to see all your work go to waste

[2fast4u]

Hey man sorry to hear about that. I had a similar experience. When I moved from NJ to NY I transferred the registration of the Jeep over to NY, but left the Camaro in NJ because it was a lease. (This was when leases meant the technical owner of the vehicle was the dealer until the lease end. Because of the inherent liability in this it was changed a few years back. Now you are the owner but your last lease payment is the residual or buyout of the vehicle) But anywho, so now I had a NY address and a car registered in NJ. NY state did not like this, demanded I switch my Camaro to NY. Upon the switch and switching insurance policies to NY, the Jeep had to go on its own rider policy (max of 3 vehicles per policy in NY) The new policy information never made it to the DMV and they suspended my license for having a registered vehicle with no insurance. I at no time was notified. Then I was sent a renewal notice in the mail for the Jeeps registration (mind you this is 2 years later) and upon attempting to renew in person find out my license had been suspended and my registration could not be renewed. (I was at the troy DMV) Further, they told me if I drove the car away from the DMV they would call the police and have me arrested for driving with a suspended license. Mind you I had been paying for insurance the whole time, and that I had never received notification that my insurance company upon switching the polcy failed to provide NY with an electronic notification. They had 2 years to tell me this... nothing. So I called the insurance company livid Mind you I am trapped at the DMV and they want to tow my "unregistered uninsured car" I finally had to threaten to go net door to the rensselaer county court house and file charges against the people at the dmv for harassment , being denied due process, and threatened civil litigation for slander. I am no lawyer but it sounded good enough to get the head of the troy dmv on the phone with my insurance, and get whatever the hell paperwork they needed to allow me to register my jeep, and restore my license. They also waived my fees upon request (most likely due to the threatened litigation... I had taken down names of everyone who had "helped me" once this disaster unfolded. It is not the issue of what my insurance company did or did not do, so much as the fact that I was not in 2 years notified that they suspended my license, and that I was threatened by employees to have me arrested for leaving the DMV with my vehicle. You have to know your rights, refuse to be bullied by some low level bureaucrat, and stand up for the treatment that you are legally entitled to. Fortunately for me I had not commited a crime when finding all of this out, but if I had been pulled over in those 2 years of uninsuredness I would be in a similar situation to yourself. FWIW, they also did the same thing to my dad who got a similar treatment about 3 weeks later when renewing the registration on his suburban. Luckily I had been through it already, so he knew who to yell at, who to contact and who to threaten to sue and he only spent 1 hour at the DMV instead of the 5 hours I spent there. Good luck buddy!

[JiM P 2001]

Insurance is the big one. $500 Civil Penalty and License revoked for a year... I've been there. I drove unlicensed for almost 4 1/2 years until last september when I finally got it back.

[xceebeex]

Originally Posted by JiM P 2001

I drove unlicensed for almost 4 1/2 years until last september when I finally got it back.

Smart.

[SIC]

That really sucks

[JiM P 2001]

Originally Posted by xceebeex

Smart.

OK, so I should walk 15 miles to work every day, or live in a cardboard box?

[xceebeex]