AbNo
Regular Member
imported post
I just want to say, first of all, that my home state did away with vehicle inspections TWENTY YEARS AGO, as we found them too crude and barbaric.
Second of all, the Harrisonburg DMV needs to tell people when a vehicle tax isn't paid at the DMV, like it is in Virginia Beach.
Third, you can skip this next paragraph, I just found it an amusing anecdote.
I was driving home from a friend's house Monday afternoon, waiting at a stop sign for an H'burg cop to go by, when he stares at me from his car, clearly says into his cell phone "I gotta go.", turns beside me, makes an illegal u-turn BEHIND me, and pulls me over a couple of blocks later.
Anyway, Ofc. LEO (can't remember his name) notices the 1911 on the passenger's seat.
He starts with "Do you have a permit for that?"
"No permit needed for open carry."
"Oh, ok..." (Yes, he said that...)
He takes my ID, change of address card, registration, and goes back to his car.
And we wait. And wait. And wait...
Wait a little more.
Finally, his backup arrives. He is some soft-faced guy with a forced scowl, standing at the LEO standard spot on the passenger side, about 10-15 feet back. Intimidating glares are lost on this guy, even though he's obviously been on the force for a while...
Eventually... After waiting what seemed to be 10-15 minutes AFTER Ofc. Scowly has been standing there.... "Mr. [AbNo], can you come over here?"
Apparently, I'm about 5 months behind on my inspection, and Harrisonburg doesn't automatically add your vehicle tax on at the DMV, so I was also lacking a sticker (which I now have...).
I got a couple of questions about whether or not I was planning on getting a permit at some point. I told him yeah, someday. If I'd thought about it, I'd have told him I wouldn't be able to afford it now.
He then made the comment that it wasn't too common for people to "be driving around like that." I simply shrugged and was off.
I'll tell you one thing, it took EVERY BIT of my will power not to laugh at Scowly Mc.GrumpyPants and his "Grr, I am MEAN!" look.
I'm sure it's not what he was intending, it IS what I was getting out of it.
Or, maybe H'burg PD is just used to dealing with silly little JMU kids drinkning underage, I don't know...
Either way, a neutral encounter. Though if I see GrumpyPants anytime soon, I might ask him if he does children's parties.
I can't help it, he looked so silly! Like a boy in a grown man's body TRYING to look tough.
I just want to say, first of all, that my home state did away with vehicle inspections TWENTY YEARS AGO, as we found them too crude and barbaric.
Second of all, the Harrisonburg DMV needs to tell people when a vehicle tax isn't paid at the DMV, like it is in Virginia Beach.
Third, you can skip this next paragraph, I just found it an amusing anecdote.
I was driving home from a friend's house Monday afternoon, waiting at a stop sign for an H'burg cop to go by, when he stares at me from his car, clearly says into his cell phone "I gotta go.", turns beside me, makes an illegal u-turn BEHIND me, and pulls me over a couple of blocks later.
Anyway, Ofc. LEO (can't remember his name) notices the 1911 on the passenger's seat.
He starts with "Do you have a permit for that?"
"No permit needed for open carry."
"Oh, ok..." (Yes, he said that...)
He takes my ID, change of address card, registration, and goes back to his car.
And we wait. And wait. And wait...
Wait a little more.
Finally, his backup arrives. He is some soft-faced guy with a forced scowl, standing at the LEO standard spot on the passenger side, about 10-15 feet back. Intimidating glares are lost on this guy, even though he's obviously been on the force for a while...
Eventually... After waiting what seemed to be 10-15 minutes AFTER Ofc. Scowly has been standing there.... "Mr. [AbNo], can you come over here?"
Apparently, I'm about 5 months behind on my inspection, and Harrisonburg doesn't automatically add your vehicle tax on at the DMV, so I was also lacking a sticker (which I now have...).
I got a couple of questions about whether or not I was planning on getting a permit at some point. I told him yeah, someday. If I'd thought about it, I'd have told him I wouldn't be able to afford it now.
He then made the comment that it wasn't too common for people to "be driving around like that." I simply shrugged and was off.
I'll tell you one thing, it took EVERY BIT of my will power not to laugh at Scowly Mc.GrumpyPants and his "Grr, I am MEAN!" look.
I'm sure it's not what he was intending, it IS what I was getting out of it.
Or, maybe H'burg PD is just used to dealing with silly little JMU kids drinkning underage, I don't know...
Either way, a neutral encounter. Though if I see GrumpyPants anytime soon, I might ask him if he does children's parties.
I can't help it, he looked so silly! Like a boy in a grown man's body TRYING to look tough.