[Timpo]

Man gets upset for getting a $212 speeding ticket for going only 9mph over the speed limit.

He pays the fine by pennies.

It took court employees 3 hours to count them.

He over paid by $7.81, now the city owes him money.

Article: SEE IT: Texas man pays $212 speeding ticket entirely in pennies - NY Daily News (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-man-pays-212-speeding-ticket-pennies-article-1.2654956)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN1awl2KetM

[Jmac]

He did 39 MPH (63 km/h) in a 30 MPH (48 km/h) zone according to a different article on the same story.

Can't say I feel sorry for the guy; it's not like he was doing, to quote Jay-Z, 55 in a 54 ...

[nns]

License and registration and step out of the car.
Are you carrying a weapon on you? I know a lot of you are

[Mr.C]

He did 39 MPH (63 km/h) in a 30 MPH (48 km/h) zone according to a different article on the same story.

Can't say I feel sorry for the guy; it's not like he was doing, to quote Jay-Z, 55 in a 54 ...

lol 63 in a 50 is slow for Vancouver.

[meme405]

License and registration and step out of the car.
Are you carrying a weapon on you? I know a lot of you are

I ain't stepping out of shit all my papers legit

[bobbinka]

They just have to sweep it all into a bucket and dump it into a coin counter.... boy, he sure showed them!

[Traum]

Didn't make any sense to me when I saw it on my FB feed. Doesn't the US have some sort of law that prevents people from using coins for anything over a certain amount? I am pretty sure Canada has such a law, and the maximum amount is only something like $10.

[josayeee]

I ain't stepping out of shit all my papers legit

Do you mind if I look round the car a little bit?

[Retrac]

"Well my glove compartment is locked, so is the trunk and the back
And I know my rights so you goin' need a warrant for that"

Lol some passive aggressive shit, I like how he booked it quickly.

Afraid of any possible confrontations, probably would have picked everything up if he stuck around.

[punkwax]

Aren't you sharp as a tack.. are you some type of lawyer or something?

[320icar]

I ain't passed the BAR but I know a little bit

[quasi]

He learned them next time that cop is going to think twice about fucking with him..................oh wait.

[AzNightmare]

So what was the point of decorating the buckets that no one saw??

[snowball]

lol 63 in a 50 is slow for Vancouver.

Although driving in Vancouver can be terribly frustrating, at least I can drive by radar going 65 in 50 all the time and the cops don't even care

/in before I get bit tomorrow by karma :okay:

[danned]

that`s the way people should pay the fine by pennies

[underscore]

So he wasted a bunch of his own time, and then a bunch of the courts time, and then these court workers time because he's a little bitch who can't man up to paying a speeding ticket? What a fucking idiot.

[syee]

Enough that you won't illegally search my shit

...besides, all you're gonna find are a bunch of pennies.

[Reeyal]

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Go away :moderatorban:

[GLOW]

don't do it....i do NOT consent....i do NOT consent....AAAAHHHHHHHH....STOOOOOOOPP ....why are you doing this???? WHYYEEEEEEE

[jlo mein]

So really, he got a speeding ticket from a police officer, and decided to take out his frustration on some court workers that had nothing to do with him receiving the ticket?

[6o4__boi]

well we'll see how smart you are when the k9 comes

[smoothie.]

what a guy.

lets see what happens to him in the near future :)

[meme405]

well we'll see how smart you are when the k9 comes

I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain't one, hit me

:wiggle:

Some of you really suck at this game

[dat_steve]

really STUCK IT TO THE MAN THERE, JERRY!

what a fucking idiot. didn't even get a receipt. if i was the DMV or whatever, i would call him and say he's 5 cents short.

[swiftshift]

Funny video :)

[quasi]

Funny video :)

Yeah, about that.

[jlo mein]

Yeah, about that.

Is this meme photo real? I want this remote control photo to be real so bad....hilarious...

[Timpo]

So really, he got a speeding ticket from a police officer, and decided to take out his frustration on some court workers that had nothing to do with him receiving the ticket?

yea that's what I was thinking, but if you look at city as whole, it does make sense, if he wanted to make this a retaliation.

The speeding ticket should be making the city some money.
However, for this particular ticket, the city probably lost money due to administration time counting 22,000 pennies taking employees(at least 3 employees?) 3 hours of their time.

Considering other court stuff(documents & cases) inevitably got backed up, it probably wasn't worth for it for the city.

It was virtually having unproductive employees for 3 hours, just as if employees were having a nap for 3 hours.

Imagine every person paid their ticket this way? The court worker will be doing nothing but counting pennies.

[pastarocket]

What an idiot! If he paid by credit card, he could at least get some cashback rewards or points from his credit card company. :lawl:

[Mancini]

And it had absolutely zero effect on anyone who can do anything about it. He put himself through a lot of effort to show some administrative staff. Oh, and he was speeding.

[Timpo]

And it had absolutely zero effect on anyone who can do anything about it. He put himself through a lot of effort to show some administrative staff. Oh, and he was speeding.

He was going 63km/h on 50km/h zone. Do you really call that speeding?
(yea I know, legally speaking even if you go 50.00000001 km/h, you deserve a speeding ticket)
I bet approx. 100% people out there deserves a speeding ticket everyday if going 63km/h on 50km/h zone is that big of a deal.

Let's face the reality here. The 50km/h zone is too low on many roads. Not all of them, but many.

But I do agree, if he had that much of time and energy to prove something, he might as well write a formal letter to get the speed limit reviewed or maybe start a petition..

[marksport]

Many US cities, counties and judiciary branches rely on revenue from traffic tickets, which is why police are more inclined to ticket you. I recall driving on I5 and counting over 12 state trooper vehicles and speed traps from the border down to Seattle. Some folks in Washington also told me city cops often ticket you for as low as 5mph(8kph) over the limit. Here in BC ticket payment goes to Reciever General and the Provincial government gets to decide what to do with those funds.

[marksport]

Traffic Tickets Issued by Police Decline Due to Higher Speed Limits, New Priorities (http://time.com/money/3762033/traffic-ticket-decrease-speed-limits-police/)

[zetazeta]

What an asshole. Taking out your anger and frustration on an employee who has nothing to do with it....

Does the USA have similar currency laws as Canada? If so, they could've refused the transaction.


(2) A payment in coins referred to in subsection (1) is a legal tender for no more than the following amounts for the following denominations of coins:

(a) forty dollars if the denomination is two dollars or greater but does not exceed ten dollars;

(b) twenty-five dollars if the denomination is one dollar;

(c) ten dollars if the denomination is ten cents or greater but less than one dollar;

(d) five dollars if the denomination is five cents; and

(e) twenty-five cents if the denomination is one cent.

Currency Act (http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-52/page-1.html)

[6o4__boi]

makes me glad we no longer have pennies here

i fuckin hated pennies with a passion