Comments on: Have you recently been ticketed for not having a front license plate, or some other nitpicky thing like no updated registration?

By: Anon Y. Mouse

Anon Y. Mouse — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:24:32 +0000

I heard anecdotally that Pleasanton police recently
went to the Pleasanton Fairgrounds during an event
and ticketed every car without a front plate or
current reg sticker. Fixit tickets are $25 now; not
sure how much the local municpality gets. Clearly
as towns are facing budget shortfalls, not to mention
the State dipping into their pockets, they will be
looking to increase revenue through this source.
Also, more local police are patrolling the highways
through their towns and issue tickets there, where
previously the CHP might not have bothered.

Check your vechicle’s lights, etc., make sure
you’re legal, and stay vilgilent on the road.

By: auntviolet

auntviolet — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:09:39 +0000

Do you mean ha-ha funny or just weird-funny? What KIND of funny? You mean, in the realm of places funny, this one even gets on the list? I’m surprised. I always think miserable, cold places must be the most funny, like Buffalo or Warsaw or Mogadishu. In fact, the Warsaw Ghetto was probably a pretty funny place, whereas Canada, which is so perfect, well, I found Vancouver, a truly beautiful, world-class city, and the Florida of Canada, to be completely irony-free. (Actually, though, I did meet a funny family of raccoons in Stanley Park.)

Yes, um, don’t get a motorcycle. Please. In fact, I’d recommend wearing a helmet when you drive your truck.

Thank you for writing!

By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:42:47 +0000

I’ll vouch for all of it… I keep thinking about getting a motorcycle, but everyone keeps telling me that I’ll kill myself or worse- get so mangled that I’d end up in a hospital for the better part of the rest of my life. It’s still the funnest city I’ve ever known (outside of New Orleans, but believe me, you don’t want to live there! Come to think of it, I wouldn’t want to just visit San Francisco.)

By: auntviolet

auntviolet — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:52:40 +0000

Brutal and unforgiving describes it quite well.

I was at the DMV counter at AAA. I also asked the horrible bitch doctor (is this emphatic enough?) they assigned to me as my Primary Care Physician at UC, who said “no” to just about everything I asked for, including a trial run of medicinal marijuana (well, it’s worth a shot, other people get it, why not me?). I mean, this woman should get just one migraine, it would rock her world.

I have requested a new doctor, which has involved a labyrinthine series of inane phone calls and time-wasting appointments, but don’t get me started on the health care system. I will, though, ask my new doctor for a letter. When they give me one.

By the way, in the eighteen years that I have been using UCSF’s health care facilities, they have used the same loop of Mozart’s A Little Night Music as their hold music EVERY TIME. In EVERY DEPARTMENT. For eighteen years! Don’t you think it’s time for them to change their song? I’m afraid to try and call someone about this because…well, you can figure out why.

Thank you for writing!

By: jeanne lese

jeanne lese — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:53:49 +0000

I feel for you on the tickets. It’s just a brutal, unforgiving system.

I don’t know who you asked about a handicapped card, but ask your doctor. It they recommend you get one, the DMV gives you one when you take in the form. No questions asked.

Good luck.