07-11-2007, 11:49 PM
If you guys think VDOT is bad you've never been to Texas, TxDOT would take weeks to repave roads(they did 42 in Harrisonburg in 3 days, this summer), projects going on 15-20+ years and still no where near finished. Things get finished, and then it has to be done over because it didn't pass inspection. Sometimes they forget they started a project and leave the half finished road with all the construction stuff there for months at a time.
In the winter when it does ICE (sometimes) the best we'll get after 5 accidents is some sand on the road.
Cracks and pot holes get covered by some tar shit that on hot days just peals off and sticks to tires.
I could go on and on.
In 6 years of driving there and 7-8 cars I've gotten 14 tickets give or take 1. luckily there is no point system there, and most of them were non moving violations, like no front plate or no rear license plate light. Stupid shit that would cost me a couple hundred even after i fixed the problems and the judge cut the ticket in half. I'd have to pay for this shit even tho I didn't OWN the car(they were all owned by the used car dealership I did work for)! Most of the time i was driving the car to the dealership from the auction. All in all I gave TxDot and SAPD close to 4,000 bucks. When i look back at it, i could have maybe avoided 2 of them for speeding at 2am on an Interstate 77 in a 65..
Since I've been in Harrisonburg the amount of time's I've been pulled over has been twice. One for my tint which is 20% "(legal in Texas) which he let me go since he knew he couldn't ticket me, the next was for my turn signal being out. He just told me to "take care of it" and let me go. Both times I had NO tags on my car, they expired back in Feb. and since I'm kinda far from Texas its kinda hard to get new ones. Since the car is still currently in my Mom's name(cheaper on insurance) I've been debating to get my car registered here, I'd probably have to ditch the tint and then i may be subject to all this new fee bull shit. So for now I'll stick with Texas plates and license. I figured the worst that could happen is they give me a ticket for no tags, at which point ill be forced to register the car here.
SO i'm hoping my luck in VA is going to stay good, The SAPD was a big part of my decision to leave San Antonio.
In the winter when it does ICE (sometimes) the best we'll get after 5 accidents is some sand on the road.
Cracks and pot holes get covered by some tar shit that on hot days just peals off and sticks to tires.
I could go on and on.
In 6 years of driving there and 7-8 cars I've gotten 14 tickets give or take 1. luckily there is no point system there, and most of them were non moving violations, like no front plate or no rear license plate light. Stupid shit that would cost me a couple hundred even after i fixed the problems and the judge cut the ticket in half. I'd have to pay for this shit even tho I didn't OWN the car(they were all owned by the used car dealership I did work for)! Most of the time i was driving the car to the dealership from the auction. All in all I gave TxDot and SAPD close to 4,000 bucks. When i look back at it, i could have maybe avoided 2 of them for speeding at 2am on an Interstate 77 in a 65..
Since I've been in Harrisonburg the amount of time's I've been pulled over has been twice. One for my tint which is 20% "(legal in Texas) which he let me go since he knew he couldn't ticket me, the next was for my turn signal being out. He just told me to "take care of it" and let me go. Both times I had NO tags on my car, they expired back in Feb. and since I'm kinda far from Texas its kinda hard to get new ones. Since the car is still currently in my Mom's name(cheaper on insurance) I've been debating to get my car registered here, I'd probably have to ditch the tint and then i may be subject to all this new fee bull shit. So for now I'll stick with Texas plates and license. I figured the worst that could happen is they give me a ticket for no tags, at which point ill be forced to register the car here.
SO i'm hoping my luck in VA is going to stay good, The SAPD was a big part of my decision to leave San Antonio.