logic of a brakelight ticket

Flint · 09-21-2006, 08:24 PM

The cop told me "Get it fixed within ten days and go down to the courthouse. Someone will come out and look at your brakelight, to see that it's fixed." No mention of "paperwork" - what paperwork? The receipt from Auto Zone? I threw that away two months ago. Nobody mentioned anything about "paperwork." My light was out, I fixed it. I went down, they set me a court date. Flash forward two months, my car is in the shop - it may or may not be running again before my court date. (Which, other than this pointless ticket, is no problem for me. My wife stays at home and has her own car, she can take me to work, etc. I don't really need two cars, except for one thing: to transport my drumset to gigs.) So, what if the car had been stolen, or totalled, or otherwise wasn't available? "Someone will come out and look at your brakelight" my ass! Not if the car isn't available...

09-21-2006, 08:24 PM	#7
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The cop told me "Get it fixed within ten days and go down to the courthouse. Someone will come out and look at your brakelight, to see that it's fixed." No mention of "paperwork" - what paperwork? The receipt from Auto Zone? I threw that away two months ago. Nobody mentioned anything about "paperwork." My light was out, I fixed it. I went down, they set me a court date. Flash forward two months, my car is in the shop - it may or may not be running again before my court date. (Which, other than this pointless ticket, is no problem for me. My wife stays at home and has her own car, she can take me to work, etc. I don't really need two cars, except for one thing: to transport my drumset to gigs.) So, what if the car had been stolen, or totalled, or otherwise wasn't available? "Someone will come out and look at your brakelight" my ass! Not if the car isn't available... __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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