Aight, I havn't posted much in awhile, none at all in "Pissed Off" that I can remember. Anyway, here's a good one.

Two year ago, I get a ticket for speeding. I got it knocked down, payed the fines and fees, and all was good. Almost exactly a year later, I get another ticket for speeding. Got 'er knocked down again, payed the fines and fees, dandy.

Six months later I get a letter in the mail from the NYSDMV stating that I am now in a Driver Responsibility Assessment program. Basically, this states that if you get more than six points on your license in less than eighteen months, you owe the state 350 more dollars, with an additional 25 bucks for every point over six.

So I'm standing here, mouth agape. I paid my dues. I paid the 55 surcharge, and the 100 ticket. I've had points taken, insurence increased, I've paid my dues. Been punished, now the state has to reach it's grubby fucking hands back into my pockets. GODDAMNIT I HATE NY STATE! BUNCHA FUCKING PRICKS! I wanna napalm the fuckers that passed this law.

I'm sure I'm not alone on this one. I can't be. In fact, I'm just waiting until Samurai chimes in.

PS. To make matters worse, and this is why I am now more pissed off than ever, I just scored a sweet deal on a new bike. I have been saving up for months, planning ahead, I had JUST enough cash to get the bike and have 'er on the road. Now, after dealing with this shit (to which I payed the fees three days late... lets see how this goes), I'm about two hundred dollars short of the cash I need just to OWN the bike, much less insure and register.

Goddamn motherfucking cocksuckers need to get a fucking life and quit fuckin leeching money out of their own goddamn citizens. I've got no say what you do with this money, NYS, but if I did, I'd get it all in pennies and shove it past every one of those fucker's sphincter, one by one, in a wool sock.

I wanna keep ranting, but I'm having trouble forming coherent thoughts.

So pissed...

compose a letter to the DMW stating that you have paid your fines and the cases are considered closed. They are in the past and therefore the state has no right or reason to assign you to some phantom program. Also, inform them of the fact that you are retaining an attorney to fight this unfair assessment and will gladly see them in court if they wish to pursue it. State that in no uncertain terms are you not going to pay this ridiculous charge.

Personally, i don't see the legality in this, nor do i see how the state can 'get away with this'.

Anyone want to demonstrate their legal knowledge before i give a knee-jerk fly-off-the-handle reply?

you know what is hysterical is that the New York legislature can't figure out my 165,000 people leave just Northern New York each year. They also are scratching their heads over the other numbers... over 1,000,000 people leave New York each year. Between taxes up the ass, a government that doesn't care and the fact that good-paying jobs are scarce, it should be a no-brainer. So what does the Empire State do? They create programs like this to steal, for lack of a better term, more money from their already strapped citizens. Think it's funny. Go to the DMV and try to register a car here, just for an example.
First you have to visit your insurance goon and get a genuine insurance card proving that your car is insured. Then you have to toddle down to the DMV and fill out an ugly green sheet, gaudy canary sheet and hope to fuck your papers are in order. After all that is said and done, it's time for the inquisition.
are you sure you only paid $150 for this car? Our book says that this car still books for $1500.
and if you don't watch it, they tax you that $1500 even though I had, in fact, only paid $150 for my 93 Lumina. And then they scrutinize the title as if you had printed it off that moment. And then they want money money money!!!
For the title= $40
Registration $ plates (2years): $125.00
It cost me more to register the fucking thing that it did to buy it!
Oh yeah, and the 'safety inspections' are $14-18 now!

State of New York is another FINE example of out-of-control civic beast!

Samurai

That's nasty Samurai.

Holy crap, I hope the assholes in Queen's Park don't get any more ideas.