Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Glitchny
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: purbeast0
i just wanted to say that your friend is an idiot.
also what is the reason he got pulled over?
i'm not sure about the rammifications of his criminal record w/his school stuff. i was charged w/a felony and paid a lawyer $1000 for his services, but i never even saw a court room and only ended up w/16 hours of community service and the charge was put on stet.
Luckily he is from a wealthy family and won't need any financial aid, and paying whatever it takes for a lawyer likely isn't an issue. He got pulled over for the dumbest of all reasons...his back license plate light was out.
the light was out? my license plate doesnt even have a light.. how can he get pulled over for that?
Because the law requires that you be able to see the plate from a certain distance, and the lights are necessary to see the plate from that distance at night (it doesn't count that the cop can read your plate with his headlights, because when you rob a 7-Eleven the guy who sees you drive off might not be in a car). If your car doesn't have any lights illuminating the plate, you wouldn't be able to register it here in NJ (where the OP lives).
Of course the license plate light is just a convenient excuse to pull you over so they can check for other stuff. OP's friend was pretty dumb to drive after drinking when he's only 18, because the standards for DUI are substantially reduced at that age.
What was his BAC? Was he really drunk, or was he just over .02?
I'm not sure what his BAC was (I'm overseas right now), but knowing him, I'm assuming it was significantly higher then .08.