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I hate these kinds of questions, but I figure I'd throw it out there. My mother brought her 98 Explorer in for inspection about 3 weeks ago...it failed. But she was told to hold on to the paperwork showing she had made an effort, and that gave her 60 days to either get the vehicle fixed or spend upwards of $200 attempting to fix and be awarded a waiver until next year. The way she explains it, the guy said if you get pulled due to your plates/inspection being over due, she'd get a 'pass' within 60 days of the failed inspection because of the documentation. Well...she gets pulled over today, and is given a $250 award. She pulled out the paperwork, the officer said, 'the vehicle has to be parked' during those 60 days.

Side story...my brothers 98 XJ failed inspection at a different shop, days before my mother's sploder failed...and he was told the same thing and has been driving around expired.


So...is this something worth discussing with the DA? Or just pay the fines??? Lawyer fees are more expensive than the fine. She has a court date the first week of January, state her case on that day?

Now, I have no sympathy for ignorance of the law, I just don't know the law in this case, and if my mom can save $250 in the process, I'd be all for it.
 
If she can get it to pass inspection they will drop the ticket. I've done that several times.

The only reason my vehicles are inspected and registered is because my wife makes me. I once drove a truck around four 4 years without any inspection or registration, just drove around with insurance and expired plates. Never once had a problem either. :lol:
 
ignorance does not equal innocence regardless of being misinformed by someone that doesn't know the law.

get it up to speed and usually the ticket will go away.
 
Blaze said:
If she can get it to pass inspection they will drop the ticket. I've done that several times.
The only reason my vehicles are inspected and registered is because my wife makes me. I once drove a truck around four 4 years without any inspection or registration, just drove around with insurance and expired plates. Never once had a problem either. :lol:
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X2 get it inspected, take the passing paperwork to court or the DA, ticket will normally be dropped
 
How far out is it? I don't think the mandatory $250 fine sets in until four months past due. If it's OBD2 and you're outside that window, you're probably stuck.
 
catfishblues said:
How far out is it? I don't think the mandatory $250 fine sets in until four months past due. If it's OBD2 and you're outside that window, you're probably stuck.
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thats only if the DMV realizes you've let it lapse.
In this case it's a fine handed by a LEO...

I'd have the same pleasure - got it fixed, took evidence to court, case dropped by DA.

FYI, in Mary-Land, inspection is only once (but ts a real, serious inspection). You have to get it done before you can get plates. You can get temp plates to get you by in the meantime.
Thy are very clear - failing does not buy you more time and there is no extension. IOW if you're a slow DIYer like me, you're SOL when you fail.
 
Yep, just get it fixed so it will pass, get it inspected, get it registered and take all that to court and the DA will drop the charges. It won't cost you a dime in court. (In some cases they even let you go to the front of the line to get people out of there.) And make sure she takes her copy of the ticket with all that. Without, she will be there longer.
 
rockcity said:
ignorance does not equal innocence regardless of being misinformed by someone that doesn't know the law.
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Agreed 100%...I even said something along those lines.

Wwildman said:
why did it fail? what did it fail for ?
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I don't have the details, but she said the inspector said something about her catalytic converter.

technologyteacher said:
X2 get it inspected, take the passing paperwork to court or the DA, ticket will normally be dropped
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Good to know...
 
tknopp said:
The 60 days just allows her to come back during that time and not get charged again. it doesnt get you a free pass to drive it will its expired.
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Alright...that's what I was unclear on. I thought maybe the 60 days was kind of a good faith gesture.
 
To finalize this, dad worked on the exploder...got it to pass inspection. The plate agency deferred him to the DMV, where the went over the vehicle with a fine toothed comb. They gave it the ok. Then stated, the site of inspection was in err. They said the inspection was based on a V6, and the 302 couldn't pass the metrics. They issued a $376 fine to the inspection site. The site said they were using the only 'downloadable' DMV info. The DMV's response was 'if you can't tell a V6 from a V8 there are bigger problems, and you should have informed us of the error.'
 
Huh? The inspection site said it was a V6 and it had a V8, OK so how did it fail? Did the guy doing the inspection fail it because it was missing something (that the V6 has that the V8 doesn't) or did the computer fail it for the CEL being on?
 
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