So how much is the fine for not wearing a seat belt in your area?

[Tom_Foolery]

I found out the hard way this past Saturday what it is where I live.

I had worked 13 hours and had stopped to pick up some items that my wife needed from the grocery store. I started home; and the next thing I know, I have a cop on my butt.

He told me that I was going 40 in a 30. I don't know what speed I was going. I think I was going 35. Anyway, in KY, not wearing a seat belt is still a secondary offense (not for long, though). He had to have the speeding for a reason to pull me over.

He went back to his cruiser and did his thing. It took him about 15 minutes. He came back and told me that he wasn't charging me for speeding, but he had to charge me with the seat belt violation.

My little brain fart cost me $164.00. I should've paid attention to what I was doing.

Last week was a shitty one for my whole family. The transmission went out on our other vehicle, so my wife and I have been swapping off in the second one. That's going to cost $1,000. My daughter's goat died (and I don't mean her GTO. She had a real pet goat).

Life just knows when you get your tax refund, doesn't it?

Oh, well, it's just money...as the rich folks say.

[doc03]

1. Same here the cops can't stop you for seat belts

so they use some other lame excuse to pull you over. I was stopped several years ago for speeding (I wasn't) but he dropped the speeding charge and I had to pay a $80 fine and go see a movie on car crashes there must have been 50 people there.