It seems I have a problem with authority... oh well!!

ROFL!!!!  

That's one of my favorite stories too.  The fact that it's true just makes it better!

So, you'll have your license in time for Carlisle?  

i wanna hear the stories

i wanna hear the stories

Wait until I get my Challenger back, I'll have a few stories before the years up!  

Minor ticket ticket thing.

How often do you all get to renew your license for?

Here it is for either  1 or 3 years. Now, the really stupid thing here is that cops won't pull you over for a broken light, no seatbelt, talking on the cell, etc.....

What happens is that they just write your plate number down, and when you go to renew, you may have a pile of tickets on your file. They won't let you renew unless you pay. Pretty crappy???
My cousin just started driving about 1 year ago. She only has driven for about 8,000 Km. She went to renew last week, and she had a bill of 3,800LE (egyptian pounds)

Now when you convert from LE to $$ it is nothing, but in general, wages here are VERY low. Give you an example, a traffic officer will only make about 500-750LE per month. I have my plant employees making between 500-750LE per month. ($1 = 7LE)

I went to renew last week. We have a DMV at the sporting club in Alex. They do a full inspection of each car. It is also mandatory to have a fire extinguisher in the car (they sell the cars with their own) I have put on close to 40,000Km and only had 1 parking ticket. It all depends on how good the officers eyes are.  

This is why it is so easy to just bribe the officers when you get pulled over. They make so little with wages, you can just give them say 50LE and be on your way. A cop can pull over 10 cars in a week and make his monthly wages right there.

Only in Egypt  

I have been prety lucky cocerning  ticket a cop once clocked me doing 53 in a 40 he stopped me and said if he was driving he would have been doing 100 so he let me go. My luck ran out last year of all things I got sited for a noise violation at the local cruise in I was an easy target being the only one one the street at the time. The only thing it was a rediculous $105 fine.

LB the thing that pisses me of most about cops is letting there friends go. A friend at schools is a retired Cali H.P. and he said after shift they would go to the bar, and a couple of times he got pulled over and let go.. thats BS

I guess theres a reason there is a assult charge for throwing crap at a cop, Id like to hit them with a Wrench some times.