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Re: Vessel/Driver License racket
[Re: GomerPyle]
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02/08/16 03:20 PM
02/08/16 03:20 PM
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Your mom’s house
doekiller
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Freak of Nature
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Your mom’s house
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42 states require a boating safety certificate. Alabama simply outs it in your license. It doesn't increase the cost of your driver's license in anyway. So, how does it generate revenue?
The only way you have to pay extra is if you don't get it at the time of your license renewal. Just like if you replace your line ever for any other reason.
Last edited by doekiller; 02/08/16 03:22 PM.
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Re: Vessel/Driver License racket
[Re: GomerPyle]
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02/08/16 03:32 PM
02/08/16 03:32 PM
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Cletus
10 point
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So I finally got my boaters license, since I'm trying to buy a boat. Been meaning to get it anyway.
Was under the impression the online class was required. So I took and passed the online class - $30
Come to find out later I could have taken the test at the State Trooper's office and it would've only been $5, according to the lady trooper. Oh well, that's on me I guess - should've called and got clarification.
Well I get to the State Trooper office to have the "V" added to my license. - $36 for the "duplicate" fee....
so now we're at $76 just to get a boater license.
HERE'S THE KICKER...
my license was scheduled to expire in May. AFTER I'd paid the $36 fee, the state trooper lady "reminded" me that they can only renew them 60 days in advance, so mine is STILL going to expire in May, at which point I'll have to pay ANOTHER $36 to renew it.
I calmly and rationally explained how that was absolute BullShucks, and that it would've been really damn nice to have known that 10 minutes earlier. The state gives you a 30 day grace period to drive a newly purchased boat without a license. So even if I bought one later this month, I could have waited to get my Vessel license until I was within that 60 day window and save one of the $36 fees...
It's a wonder I made it out of there without being in handcuffs.
See the revenue generation? It did not generate revenue from me because I had a marine police officer give me a free class in the past..........and a missisippi marine police issue a different one that is valid almost anywhere......again free in a training class. But it appears others have to pay something.
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Re: Vessel/Driver License racket
[Re: GomerPyle]
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02/08/16 03:36 PM
02/08/16 03:36 PM
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Your mom’s house
doekiller
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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What I see is someone who didn't do the proper investigation before taking a test. He paid only because he didn't know to not take the on line course and he didn't wait 3 months for his license renewal. So, really the cost is for not investigating before jumping in.
Do you really thing other states don't charge you for taking their classes? $5.00 to take the test at the DL office is not going to fund much.
Last edited by doekiller; 02/08/16 03:36 PM.
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Re: Vessel/Driver License racket
[Re: Cletus]
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02/08/16 03:38 PM
02/08/16 03:38 PM
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Guntersville, AL
IDOT
I am Cornholio
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I am Cornholio
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$5
That's all it cost + price of a new DL. You don't have to take a class, you just have to pass a test.
If you’re a common sense person, you probably don’t feel you have a home in this world right now. If you’re a Christian, you know you were never meant to.
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Re: Vessel/Driver License racket
[Re: William]
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02/09/16 08:19 AM
02/09/16 08:19 AM
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Lickskillet, AL
Irishguy
a.k.a. Dingle Johnson
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a.k.a. Dingle Johnson
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What's even more strange is that we accept the fact that the state licenses a freedom. Freeman on the Land Movement? Freeman
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Re: Vessel/Driver License racket
[Re: GomerPyle]
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02/09/16 03:15 PM
02/09/16 03:15 PM
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Orange Beach, Al
Rickybobby
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8 point
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Orange Beach, Al
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You wanna buy a boat and your getting outta shape over $100. Must be your first boat
At times my ambition far exceeds my talent.
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