# In court for no insurance/registration what to expect?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-court-for-no-insurance-registration-what-to-expect/785232>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 25, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-court-for-no-insurance-registration-what-to-expect/785232 "2017-04-25T18:10:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-court-for-no-insurance-registration-what-to-expect/785232/61 "2017-04-29T19:31:44Z")

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> [@Count\_Blucher](#):
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> /unrelated
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> Cops don’t like being around felons; they don’t like felons.
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> Q: Why would any cop let a felon into their pants???
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> (I mean is ‘cops-hooking-up-with-felons’ a thing?)

You’re joking. It’s well known. There are documentaries about this.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-court-for-no-insurance-registration-what-to-expect/785232/62 "2017-05-03T01:22:58Z")

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> [@TokyoBayer](#):
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> You’re joking. It’s well known. There are documentaries about this.

Yeah. Chained Heat (1983)?

https: [//www.youtube.com/](https://www.youtube.com/) watch?v=UwLomqKSSDc

Link broken.

It probably should have been shattered.

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**Author:** ![Mnemnosyne](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mnemnosyne/32/3347_2.png) [@Mnemnosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnemnosyne)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-court-for-no-insurance-registration-what-to-expect/785232/63 "2017-05-03T02:27:16Z")

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> [@TruCelt](#):
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> I would recommend you sell the car,and don’t get another one until you can afford to keep it legal. Tell the judge that you have realized how irresponsible all this was, that you were just trying to get to school/keep your job/see your kid, and you did something desperate and stupid.

I feel like this would be somewhat hard to buy in New York City. There’s tons of places in the U.S. where you can’t reasonably get around without a car, but NYC isn’t one of them. Were I a judge, I would not be inclined to be lenient after that explanation.

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