I hate the DMV so, so much.
I got this notice today. This, I feel, is the fault of Progressive insurance.
You see, I was late with my payment to the insurance company back in March. I called them, however, and asked if there would be any lapse in coverage. The girl I talked to said that there was a several-day grace period and not to worry about it. I made my payment on the 14th, so I was two days late.
During that time they sent an electronic notice to the DMV that I had had a lapse in coverage. This particular payment was a renewal and not an installment of my policy, a picadillo about which I was not informed when I called about this very sort of problem.
So now I have a pushy and threatening letter on my kitchen table from the DMV demanding $25 from me. It’s bad enough that I have to pay the $25, but what really burns my ass is the tone of the letter. There’s just no need for them to be nasty, particularly since they are essentially holding my vehicle registration ransom for $25. I wish I could earn $25 just for sending a letter.
First of all, there’s just no greeting on the letter whatsoever. Not “Hello”, not “How’s it going”, not even a “Dear sir” from an organization that eats my tax dollars and poops 100% pure headache in a neverending high-pressure jet. Where I’m from, the cultured refer to that as unfettered gall. I refer to it as a bunch of turtle shit.
From there the letter informs me that they received an electronic termination of coverage, followed a few days later by another saying it was back on, and that they’ve determined from all this that there was a lapse. Genius.
From there the letter demands $25 or else they will revoke my vehicle registration and possibly fine me $160. It reads like a ransom letter, just like all of these ridiculous missives from our bloated government.
I’m mad.
I also got a speeding ticket for rolling through one of the seven stop signs in a one mile path from the highway to my house. The stop signs do not increase the safety of our streets one iota. They do, however, represent a revenue stream for the city.
Sometimes I get frustrated with legislation and policy and so forth.
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God that sux ass. I feel for you; I really do.
People don’t give 2 shits about sending threatening letters. My condo association sent me a letter stating “You’ve been fined $25 because someone who will remain safely anonymous forever wrote us an email saying you are being too loud. If you want to defend yourself, you can have 15 minutes at our next meeting.”
Let me tell you about the DMV.
I went in to get a vanity plate a few weeks ago. Went to the tag office, stood in line for an hour, registered everything and left happy. After I got home I had a good look at my registration and noticed my last name was spelled incorrectly. This annoyed me, but I figured it probably wasn’t going to be a big deal to fix. WRONG. When I went back (after standing in line for another 45 minutes) I found out that it has been this way since it was originally submitted in 2001, and my birthday was also entered incorrectly. They wouldn’t be able to fix the problem without a copy of my title.
1.) My name and birthday were correct when I submitted it to the local office.
2.) My name and birthday were correct when the local office processed it.
3.) My name and birthday were correct when the local office submitted it to the state for processing.
4.) The state fucked everything up.
5.) Now it’s my problem.
There are two additional problems here, too. First, I have no idea where my title is. Secondly, I have to wait until AFTER my vanity plate comes in the mail because the correction might slow things down.
ARGH.