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PuzzleheadedActive68 t1_jdkf5j0 wrote

They will suspend your license. If you register the car and show them they will throw it out.

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PuzzleheadedActive68 t1_jdkgcyf wrote

I have done it. Also, if you go over any of the bridges with anything suspended or expired they are sending fines in the mail.

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Affectionate_Worth82 OP t1_jdkfjso wrote

The car is too expensive to fix. It is a non moving violation, that seems heavy handed

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RIDG86 t1_jdl0xy4 wrote

If you junk the car and show proof of that they often will throw the ticket out with court costs.

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Affectionate_Worth82 OP t1_jdl7ufe wrote

The car belongs to me, not the judge or the state. I’d rather pay the 90$ and fix my car when I can afford it.

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RIDG86 t1_jdmz6on wrote

Then stop driving it until you fix it. Police departments have the discretion to tow the car, next time it might be a pricier than just a ticket. If you don’t show up they will default you and you just owe what you owe plus court costs…not sure if that will eventually impact your license too but that’s the risk you run

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PuzzleheadedActive68 t1_jdkhr0p wrote

They are douchebags. In 2018 I bought a new car and stupidly didn't transfer the registration. I transfered my insurance. I handed in my plates a day after I was suppose to and 2 years later they made me pay hundreds of dollars to renew the more recent registration.

I had received a notice saying they were going to suspend the other registration for not having insurance on the older vehicle. Which I had transfered a few weeks previous. So I dropped off plates in person and in the end they fined me. No letter in the mail for that. They also said I didn't have proof I junked the car. I HATE RI operator control. They do not budge and they do not care.

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Affectionate_Worth82 OP t1_jdkq73h wrote

They seem to have a heavy hand and are not afraid to use it for sure.

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PuzzleheadedActive68 t1_jdn0uzs wrote

There must be quite a few people who work for the DMV on here because I even got down voted for posting the link to "Know your Rights".

People are ridiculous. If anyone here thinks all the money the DMV collects from us is going back into RI you are a living in a fantasy land. Look at the amount of tax we have to pay!! Buying the car there is tax. Then we have to pay tax to the town or cities we live in, yearly. Gas tax. Tax on mataining the vehicle. I know someone who had an expired license and couldn't get into the dmv due to covid restrictions. They let their brother borrow their car to go to work in Newport, because his car was getting fixed. She was hit with a fine and would need to go to court to prove that she wasn't driving the car. Our insurance rates are some of the highest in the country.

I am pretty liberal but the fact that cameras are set up to send out tickets is against our rights as an American Citizen.

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Affectionate_Worth82 OP t1_jdn1k5q wrote

It’s because in these peoples minds you have no rights. Just a bunch of wannabe autocrats. Real sad honestly. Then they go on about much of an adult they are and they worked so hard. What a guy. Lol

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