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Has there ever been a more worthless state?

I [expletive] hate this place. I went snowboarding up there in March. Well, here's the full story. So my buddy and I flew in to Boston the Wednesday before St. Pats. We met up with our other friend who is getting his masters from MIT. The plan, all along, was to booze balls off on the flights (8 hour trip) to get to Boston and then have him drive us to somewhere in the northern middle of NH to snowboard for the next three days and then return to Boston for St. Pats. [expletive] brilliant plan. On the way to the snowboarding place, in the middle of NH, we get pulled over for no reason. And, low and behold, we have two empty beer cans in the car. One was mine and the other was the other passengers. So, we get pulled out of the car. The driver -master student who lives in Boston- gets a 20 minute sobriety check which is followed by a breathalyzer that he got a 0.00 on. Now, true, there are 2 empty beer cans. Oops. Probably should have thrown those away or better yet out the window to litter this [expletive]. But, we didn't. So, we get two "violations" not even a misdemeanor. The trooper tells us to mail in "around" $150 to this address. Done, actually i mailed in $200 just for safety's sake. Well, the court date passes and I don't hear anything.

Then, just the other day I get a letter saying I have a warrant out for my arrest and my license is suspended in every state. This is bull [expletive] in my mind b/c 1) I paid the ticket with a notarized note saying I wave all legal rights (though tthe check never got cashed) and 2) did just what the officer told me to do. Now, they want over $1,000 and another $100 just to take my drivers license off the "bad list" or whatever [expletive] list they have it on. Meanwhile, I'm stuck driving with a suspended license becasue let's be honest, there's no other [expletive] way to get around. I [expletive] hate New Hampshire and would recommend avoiding this money pit at all [expletive] costs.

"Live free or die" my [expletive] ass

no sales tax made it nice to go shopping there when I was visiting my gf's family in Boston

but that does really suck for you, I'd advise getting a lawyer

cards2468 wrote:no sales tax made it nice to go shopping there when I was visiting my gf's family in Boston

but that does really suck for you, I'd advise getting a lawyer

$1500 for a lawyer. They're nothing but a money pit.

Yeah, no sales tax is sweet, but apparently they make up for it by [expletive] tourists.

The no sales tax is awesome...we took advantage of that when we lived north of Boston for a couple of years. We would also fly in/out of the Manchester, NH airport as it's much easier to get to than Logan. I had always heard the police/state troopers were always on the lookout in NH....fortunately, it was never an issue for us. And, of course, this advice is too late for you.

You definitely need to hire someone. I think that cop was speaking out of his axx. At the very least, you should have called the court and asked how much the ticket was before mailing a check. The cop wouldn't know.

Simbagal23 wrote:The no sales tax is awesome...we took advantage of that when we lived north of Boston for a couple of years. We would also fly in/out of the Manchester, NH airport as it's much easier to get to than Logan. I had always heard the police/state troopers were always on the lookout in NH....fortunately, it was never an issue for us. And, of course, this advice is too late for you.

You definitely need to hire someone. I think that cop was speaking out of his axx. At the very least, you should have called the court and asked how much the ticket was before mailing a check. The cop wouldn't know.

They have a trooper that handles the prosecuting side of it. I called her and was going to stop by on the way back through and just drop off the check, which is ridiculous in the first place, but she wasn't going to be in, so I didn't. She made it sound like it would be no big deal and she'd take care of it as long as I paid the ticket. So, in my mind, I was fine as long as she eventually got the check. I don't know why an officer would say something like "oh yeah, deal with this all the time. Just get me the check and we'll clear your name and say you have resolved the issue." Like I said, it wasn't a major crime so it being on my record isn't a huge deal. So, what did I care? I did what she said, the lady who is responsible for prosecuting and sending all this stuff to the courts, and she either didn't take care of it or did this on purpose. Now I can't get ahold of her....i've left a ton of messages and she just refuses to call back.

[expletive] ridiculous.

Can they suspend your license in every state? Seems like you'd just have to stay out of NH.

It all sounds very odd. I'm with Pop.

Good luck getting anything resolved going into a holiday weekend, too.

Live free or die.

Just forget about driving.

I don't understand. What was the process for you sending them a check? Any kind of formal letterhead from them to you or anything like that? Why did you end up sending more than $150?

I've never seen anyone hate on New Hampshire.

maddash wrote:I don't understand. What was the process for you sending them a check? Any kind of formal letterhead from them to you or anything like that? Why did you end up sending more than $150?

No. It was a "must appear" ticket. So, they wanted me to hop on a flight, rent a car, drive 3 hours and show up to plead guilty to what is the equivalent of a parking ticket. I said I couldn't do that and needed to resolve it by pleading guilty, no contest, whatever and paying the fine. So, the lady officer responsible for putting together the cases for the prosecuting attorney said the fine was going to be around $150 (like the officer that gave me and my friend the ticket) but she wasn't exactly sure. So, I told her I would send in $200 just so I could be sure I paid the fine and all fees/what not were accounted for. I sent in my ticket with the check and figured all was good, especially since I was told it would be and never heard back from them.

Then, I get this letter and call the number I'm supposed to and tell them the story. They were like, "Well, why didn't you show up for court?" in a condescending way. I was like, "Ma'am, I live in Arkansas and wasn't about to spend $400 on a flight, $100 on a car rental, $150 on gas, and take time off work to come say "guilty" and pay a fine. If you think I'm wrong for not doing that when the problem, according to the State Trooper who had given me the ticket, was resolved then I don't know what planet you're living on. But let's imagine you came to Kansas, had a drink of milk - which i'm sure is perfectly legal in NH - and got a piddly ass ticket for it b/c it's against the law to drink milk in KS. (It's not illegal to have open containers in Arkansas if you have a sober driver) Would you take two days off work, fly to Kansas and pay a $100 fine or would you just try to do it over the phone?"

She said she would have come to Kansas and I told her she was retarded. She told me I owed them a boatload of money and we both hung up the phone.

[expletive] New Hampshire