Comments on: My Car’s Been Totaled http://theweightofmoney.com/2008/04/my-cars-been-totaled.html understanding the weight of money Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Punny Money http://theweightofmoney.com/2008/04/my-cars-been-totaled.html#comment-24409 Punny Money Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:04:56 +0000 http://theweightofmoney.com/2008/04/my-cars-been-totaled.html#comment-24409 Usually MD State Troopers only issue repair orders for improperly functioning or dangerous vehicles (but they CAN issue $50 tickets along with them for each infraction). Here's all the things they can issue a repair order for: http://mva.state.md.us/AboutMVA/INFO/58000-04T.htm#appendixA There's nothing on the list for "car looks like Swiss cheese." :) Of course, if a state trooper decides your vehicle is unfit to drive because of the two-foot-deep indentation in the passenger side, I'm sure he could find a way to cite you anyway. But I see so many vehicles on the road with RIDICULOUS amounts of damage, so either the police aren't paying attention or the drivers are extra cautious. Usually MD State Troopers only issue repair orders for improperly functioning or dangerous vehicles (but they CAN issue $50 tickets along with them for each infraction). Here’s all the things they can issue a repair order for:

http://mva.state.md.us/AboutMVA/INFO/58000-04T.htm#appendixA

There’s nothing on the list for “car looks like Swiss cheese.” :)

Of course, if a state trooper decides your vehicle is unfit to drive because of the two-foot-deep indentation in the passenger side, I’m sure he could find a way to cite you anyway. But I see so many vehicles on the road with RIDICULOUS amounts of damage, so either the police aren’t paying attention or the drivers are extra cautious.

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