Suspended

[Joe Cannarozzi]

Grabbed some charcoal and some chicken wings and hit the road yesterday to stretch the bus a little. We had no destination in mind, planned on a couple of hundred miles with a stop in any wayside for a little lunch.

Headed down US RT1 and got pulled over by a local cop who told me he ran my plates and that the regestered owner of the vehical had a suspended lisence, since Jan 21:eek:

In Cook Co. we have to air test all regestered vehicals and if you don,t they pull your lisence. We know this and always comply. When we bought the bus last year I traded the old camper for a PU and a Touris, then sold them both, and I think the problem is with one of these. I'll find out this morn.

These folks NEVER sent me any notice. If we did not have the 500 bucks on the spot for the vehical release they were gonna tow the bus. I had to spend a couple of hours in a dip tank till Deb caught back up to bail me out.

First time I'd ever been in hand-cuffs or jail. What fun things did everyone else do yesterday :rolleyes:

[Just Plain Jeff]

Yo-Joe:

If you read the True Confessions, you'll find that I got arrested just over a year ago and narrowly avoided sharing a cell with Bubba in the Carroll County Virginia slammer. It was all over a radar detector being switched on. Even Mango, with his political connections had to pull (actually I was supposed to be heading to his joint, but oh sure, went on my own).

Sorry to hear that the paperwork messed you up and you were inconvenienced. While you were doing your time there was a show on TV that showed that "Robert Johnson" is on the no-fly list with the Feds. That means anyone by the name of Robert Johnson is a candidate for interrogation at any time at airports up to and including a strip search (one old fella had to go through that).

So, maybe we should get together and do prison tatoos? Glad to hear that you made bail. In Texas, you woulda already gotten LIFE without parole, so all is good.

Glad you're back.

[JIM CHALOUPKA]

Just like Paris Hilton Joe. I'll bet you were thinking about her and everything she's going through when you were waiting for Bail:D :D

Misery likes company. Be sure to tell how it all turns out! Where did you cook your chicken?
:)

[jello_jeep]

Thats the sound of a man,,,, workin on the chaaaaaaaain gang!

What a load of crapola.

Someone told me in Mass. that if you get in a crash, and find you are registered in one state, and licensed in another (not Mass) they impound your rig under a "three state law".

I have no idea how they could get away with that, its so crazy.. But like I said, its just hearsay. The fellow who told me lived in NH and has been motorhoming for years so maybe credible, I dunno..

A little common sense would go a long way!

[Jon Wehrenberg]

What is an air test? Is that an emissions inspection?

I'm not advocating you break the law, but if Cook County or Illinois is going to take such Draconian measures then it is time to register your vehicles in a corporation and make it impossible for them to repeat what they just did.

[rmboies]

Joe, all I have to say is :eek: I hope you get this clarified today and now might be a very good time to think about that Montana LLC??

[Joe Cannarozzi]

Thanks everyone. Yes Jon a polution test and it was for our old camper that is no longer registered to me and when it was it passed with flying colors.

We just spent the day driving down to Springfield and back to straighten it out.

Once we got there it took 5 minutes, and we were charged nothing (that was amazing) but if we did it with a fax it could have been days.

[Toy Box]

Sorry to hear of your run in with the law. If you had been an illegal alien with no license and caught driving under the influence, you would have been released on your own . Sorry state of affairs with our local law enforcement.

[Joe Cannarozzi]

You got that right.

They make us test the 8V in the bus as well (35 bucks annually) and to say I was a little concerned beforehand would be an understatement. It's mechanical and if you tromp on it from a dead stop its ugly. Fortunatly the requirements in 85 combined with a more controled acceleration in neutral at the facility did O/K.

[henryhighwood]

Jim,

Now I feel really bad that I could not take you up on your offer to meet with us yesterday.

[henryhighwood]

Jim,

Now I feel really bad that I could not take you up on your offer to meet yesterday.

[rfoster]

Joe Sorry to hear of your trouble with the local law. That.s a bummer for sure! Glad you got out and got it straight. Time to move To the Sunny Dry South. We have a state next door that is worse - its Virginia.

[lewpopp]

You sure thought your 'goose' was cooked when they cuffed you. If it was, you wouldn't have had to cook the chicken.

Just a thought.

Lew

[garyde]

Hello Joe. It makes you wonder if this is the good old USA or some 3rd world country! It sounds to me like a good law suit unless they've outlawed sueing public entities. Were you pulled over on a federal Hwy. or a State Hwy.? It may make a difference in jurisdiction.
Anyway, I would not let them get away with it.

[JIM CHALOUPKA]

Thanks everyone. Yes Jon a polution test and it was for our old camper that is no longer registered to me and when it was it passed with flying colors.

We just spent the day driving down to Springfield and back to straighten it out.

Once we got there it took 5 minutes, and we were charged nothing (that was amazing) but if we did it with a fax it could have been days.

Joe, Did you make that trip with the bus and chicken? It looks like about 200 mi. one way to Springfield from your place. I think your problem came from someone in the state records department not doing their job. You can't blame the Cop if you had been the bad guy he would be getting praised! (extra donuts):rolleyes:

When you go on a fun trip like that do you always take the toad?

If I read your story correctly it was your license that was pulled, if so your lucky you didn't get pulled over with a load of rocks in your truck and no wife there to assist.

[Joe Cannarozzi]

Jim

Yes, no, no, and yes:eek:

[MangoMike]

How much hard time would you've gotten for mooning (hypothetical) me on the Chicago overpass as I left OSH last year?


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[Joe Cannarozzi]

Mike

Where did that come from:eek:

Road construction in Chi. has gotten a little better this year, but not much.

The by-pass I-294 has been completed on the south end but the tolls have increased and 94 through the city is still tore up.

The trick to Chi. traffic is get through here before 5am or after 8pm and If that is the case take it right through the city on 94 and keep the toll money in your pocket.

We can not make the show this year, have fun.

If you would like to see the city, mabye have a bite to eat, or if there is something you might need, we would love to be your guide. I-80 exit 161 north.