The Scooter...and Court.

A few weeks ago, I got pulled over on the scooter on my way to work. We hadn't registered it yet or put it on our insurance. The policeman asked me how long I have had the scooter. At that time, it was about two weeks. I told him we had taken it in to get safety test and registration done on it, but that the only thing it needed was to have the horn fixed. He seemed so nice and asked how close I lived. I told him I was right around the corner. I thought he was just going to tell me to take the scooter home until I was able to get it registered. No, instead he went to his car and issued me FOUR citations! 1.No Registration 2. No proof of insurance 3.Previous owner's plates 4. No motorcycle operators endorsement. Awesome. He was kind enough to make the last two citations into warnings...thank goodness. So, the next week I got all of the stuff on the scooter taken care of. I went in to pay for the tickets and was told that I had to appear in court and it was mandatory. A few days later, I showed up to court and couldn't believe I was there. My case was the 5th one, so I watched 4 people go before me. The first lady was cuffed and belted and had two police escorts with her. She was there for drug charges and assaulting an officer. The next guy was there for theft. The third person was there for a 2nd DUI charge. The 4th person was there for a third offense of driving on a suspended license. Then I stood up. The judge looked at my file and asked me what kind of vehicle I was drving. I told him it was a scooter and he got this grin on his face that said, "Why are you here?" He told me the cost for the tickets would be $120 and would not be on my record. I payed the bill and left, but I was glad that someone else thought that I didn't belong there. Anyway, here is a little video of me on the scooter.