a cautionary tale or get your lights

It all started, one cold december evening, with my bad habit of not keeping my proof of insurance in my vehicle at all times. It had been a long night at work, paper work had kept me there until 2:00 in the morning. I got pulled over for having a headlight out, and of course got a ticket for not having current proof of insurance. I could have stopped this all from happening by simply showing up at the courthouse the next day to show my proof of insurance, but I sleep late and am lazy and ignore things that are hassles until they become huge hassles. So as any self respecting state government does when a driver can't produce proof of insurance in a timely manner Kansas revoked my license.

Well, this ended up leading to my arrest. Probably one of the more irresponsible moments of my life. Well I showed up in court in late January and cleared myself of charges that is with the City of Prairie Village. I then had my insurance company fax proof that I was insured, and I thought this would reinstate my license. Well recently my right tail light went out, and a Lenexa cop happened to notice this at 2:00 a.m. tuesday night. Lenexa cops don't let anything slide so he proceeded to write me a ticket, well apparently Kansas never got the fax or some other clerical error and not only was my license suspended but also my tags on my car, so it got towed. Well after calling the State of Kansas about thirty times, and Geico twice I am in the clear. So, tonight after work I went to the local Wal-Mart Super Center to grab myself a tail light. As I go to replace it I find that it was out of its socket, the contraption that locks the light into the reflector was ajar. There was no burnt out light.

While it was good to find out that my license was revoked, and to take the steps to reinstate myself, it was not nice to watch my car get hauled off on a tow truck as I stood stranded at two in the morning on 87th street (props to Jessie Chesley for the ride). The divulging of these legal affairs probably makes me look pretty stupid, and I was, but lesson learned, I guess, even though I should've known it. Don't procrastinate and get your lights.