My car went to jail

[gabossie]

14601. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at any time when that person's driving privilege is suspended or revoked for reckless driving in violation of Section 23103 or 23104, any reason listed in subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 12806 authorizing the department to refuse to issue a license, negligent or incompetent operation of a motor vehicle as prescribed in subdivision (e) of Section 12809, or negligent operation as prescribed in ( )1 Section 12810.5 , if the person so driving has knowledge of the suspension or revocation. Knowledge shall be conclusively presumed if mailed notice has been given by the department to the person pursuant to Section 13106. The presumption established by this subdivision is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.

(b) Any person convicted under this section shall be punished as follows:

(1) Upon a first conviction, by imprisonment in ( )2 a county jail for not less than five days or more than six months and by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300) or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

[gabossie]

Hm. looks like the jail term is 5 days, not 10. Must have misread it the first time, it's 10 days for a second offence within 5 years.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Unless you piss the judge off. Then its 6 months.

You'll be fine, man. Don't get too worried. Just tell them what you've told us, and they'll see that there's no reason to overdo the punishment.

[accel junky]

Ouch! Yeah, you got pretty lucky so far though. Good luck with that.

[gabossie]

Well, I got the car back today. No idea why they released it to me, but they did. So no 30 day impound for me... lets just hope this luck continues into the courtroom.

[Jesda]

I'm hoping it goes smoothly for you -- in fact, I'm very certain that it will.And dont worry about spending a work week in prison. Unless you robbed, assaulted, murdered, evaded, resisted, or work for a local mob boss, you wont see a day in jail. Its crowded and theres no reason for the court to separate you from society.

We're all rooting for you.

[gniknave]

And if you do end up in jail....whatever you do, don't drop the soap!

Don't worry though, you won't go to jail. If anything they'll probably extend your suspension.

[SilGuy]

Cali laws suck due to the population...etc. I got pulled over on the bay bridge.....http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php? ... +francisco

Anyways, every state is different, so just be aware to not do things that will have a harsh punishment...i.e Cali laws. It's nothing compared w/ cali to drive w/ a suspended license in iowa. I got pulled over w/ a suspended license and they just towed my car and elongated my suspension. So basically, u pay for the tow and storage..which isn't siht in iowa. I paid like 60-80 bux. I paid 250 here in cali.....still both are quite a lot, but just watch yourself and if you're doing anything illegal....i.e..driving under the influence, suspended license..etc., then follow all the rules. Not that i'm advacating this but most of us do things like this, so....
Modified by SilGuy at 12:49 AM 12/11/2004

[gniknave]

SliGuy, what city?

[SilGuy]

hayward....dude..i wuz the guy that posted about that clubbin thread..hahah

[gniknave]

Right...I was lookin for that thread last weekend too because I couldn't remember your username. Theres lots of NICO members showing up on here from NorCal. It would be tight if we could get a Nico Meet/Clubbin Night going.

[SilGuy]

yea, theres been bunch of meets here...but i dont' go to em cuz they're usually on a saturday nite when i go out..haha But yea...they usually have it at like...Treasure Island or Q cup or some ****...