Court Appeal: Part Deux

Long story short, I am lucky to have only been charged $100. Apparently parking on the side of the street without car insurance is criminally illegal because some idiot could come along and hurt themselves on your parked car, and if you're not insured, the state gets slammed. What a scam this whole thing is. However, the two gentlemen were really nice about it, and as i disclosed more about the story, they looked at me in both horror and pity as they said, "oh, wow -- they could have hit you up for _____ for $2o00!" And i'd here the same statement again on the next sentence. I replied, "soooo... can i take the hundred dollar fine back and call it a day?" They said, "oh, definitely!" The whole time, the guys were looking at me like, "aw, poor little Mainer girl," once they found out i still have a Maine licence. Apparently, i have a lot of learning to do (and getting a Mass licence) before i get my Scion (around May).

So, i didn't get off the hook as i had hoped, but i came out feeling like i had gotten away with something anyway, having only to pay $100 instead of the $6000 they could have charged me with. At one point, one of the dudes asked, "So what are you appealing it for?" Hey, it was worth a shot, and at least i'll be paying it in March rather than at Christmas.