Until the Twelfth of Never
I’ve printed my own auto-insurance cards before when I couldn’t wait for the packet to arrive in the mail: I emailed the company, and they sent me a PDF, and all was well.
It was understood, though, that I already had the policy issued and the payment arrangements in place — unlike, say, this guy:
Chris Woodruff used his computer printer to create his own insurance certificate when he was stopped by police but made a basic error with the date.
The certificate he presented to police looked perfect but for one vital detail — its expiry date was listed as the non-existent “31/02/08 at 23.59hrs”.
Yep. February only seems that long.
And in fact, it was worse than that: he’d set the start of the term to the first of February 2007. Does anyone sell auto insurance on a 13-month basis? Prosecutor David Gittins told the judge: “It was probably the worst forgery you have ever seen.”
Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, jailed him for 10 months, suspended for two years, ordered him to do 150 hours of unpaid community work and banned him from driving for six months.
After which, presumably, he’ll hire on at CBS News.
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30 November 2008 · 6:30 pm
Do judges have no sense of humor? He should have locked him up until the 31st of February.