Officer wraps $100 in traffic citation to needy driver

[vvvvvvv]

http://kdvr.com/2012/12/13/officer-wraps-100-bill-in-ticket-to-repenting-needy-driver/

“You get paid, pay your bills, and there’s your money,” Carlo said. “It’s gone.”He told the officer he had no excuse for the expired sticker.
“I said, ‘There’s no explanation for why I haven’t done it, except I don’t have the money,’” Carlo said. “I said, ‘It was either feed my kids or get my registration done.’”
The officer wrote a citation and handed it to the 25-year-old. Carlo says when he took it, he could not believe what he saw: a $100 bill tucked into the ticket.

 

[tran]

Good Story! We need more good stories like this.

 

[Maverick21]

Amazing. You'd think it'd be hard to have any trust in strangers being in the officers position.

 

[angsniper]

I wonder if the $100 will even cover the ticket?

 

[reddog1]

I call foul, LightningCrash was supposed to post this.

 

[kinggabby]

How dare him . I wonder if he asked where he was going . I mean the nerve of the man to give him a bill. ( Great job Officer )

 

[JayBo]

I have found in my years that paying it forward in any form,,,ALWAYS proves to be best in the over-all end...Jim

 

[LightningCrash]

I wonder if the $100 will even cover the ticket?

i wondered this too, so i googled. From what I can see in Texas, assuming it was recently expired, the ticket is waived if you re-register quickly. you pay about a $20 court fee. registration is around $75.

so it was just enough for all of it.

 

[reddog1]

The price of his registration depends on the year his car was made, and how many days late he was on his tag.

In Oklahoma it is a dollar a day after expiration, with no limit on the penalty.

 

[vvvvvvv]

I call foul, LightningCrash was supposed to post this.

I checked and he hadn't yet. I guess I should have sent it to him instead.