My friends 440 impounded, i almost get arrested.. hmm!

if you wanna read it go ahead :rant:

Alrighty, so me and a few of my friends decided to go to folsom lake, one of my friends jetski doesnt have a battery in it so i told him ill bring my other battery he can put in there. He gets there we put a battery in there it was a pain in the butt to start cuz he jet sucks, he found it somewhere, not registered no numbers nothing haha.

Before my friends got there i was already jetting around and i got in trouble for going a bit to fast in the 5mph zone, maybe like 8mph, so the ranger (lets call him ron) so ranger ron pulls up to me and told me i should slow down blah blah and that was my warning... so i say ok cool... Then i was riding around and then i stopped and was just floating and same guy pulled up and asked me if its all good and i said yup, so i kept riding.

My friends came by and were riding around, another ranger was sitting in the truck in the area watching my friend and when he pulled to shore he also got in trouble for going to fast in the 5mph zone, he said he was doing like 10mph (this was the not registered ski) ranger then calls ranger ron(who is on the boat) to come down. He comes down and they tell him that he cant ride a non registered ski, it had no numbers and that they will have to impound the ski.

After i come back from riding my friends tell me that they are going to impound it and that i should take my battery out. So i start taking the battery out and ranger ron (who warned me on the boat) said to leave it in there, and of course i get upset and tell him that its my battery i let him borrow it and he says he doesnt care and i told him if i can prove it right now that its mine can i take it out, he says no it doesnt matter, so i tell him that its my property and not his, and he says no, so i tell him thats messed up, he then tells me that he already talked to me 3 times today, and i said no it was only ONE time and he gets all upset because i corrected him and tells me to leave and im like why would i leave? i paid for the park i can stay where i want. he said i should move and i tell him im not gonna move, my truck is right next to him, he said he doesnt care, he then tells me to move or he will cuff me and put me in the truck, then he moves close to me and takes my hand and tells me to leave and starts twisting my hand, he asks me if i refuse to leave while twisting my hand harder, i said that im not refusing to leave, i was just asking why would i leave in the first place, he then twisted my hand behind my back with 2 hands it was in a painful potion, then he pushes me away and tells me to leave right now, and i ask him where the heck would i go? Another ranger steps in and tells me i can take my ski and move on the other side of the ramp, so i take my ski and go riding.

i think about 5 rangers were there and another one in the boat, they were waiting for a tow truck, we loaded up and left some time later.

So we left with a ticket for speeding in the 5mph, jetski impounded, i lost my battery and i was almost arrested in front of like 50 people who were around watching, yet i didnt do anything wrong and was asking to many questions that he ddint feel like answering obviously haha

i almost wanthing to go to court with this and sue for the price of the battery lol
 
lol you guy are way to smart, he found the ski and cared about it as much as the ranger, i always ride in and out at the same speed, never had a problem. Of wait, you guys never went over the speed limite my bad :biggrin:
 
Location
FL
Lol, believe me I know, I'm just saying that when you know you're not 100% legal to not draw any extra attention to yourself.
 

DAG

Yes, my balls tickled from that landing
Location
Charlotte, NC
thats bull********, i ********ing hate cops that dont have the common curtsey to ********ing answer easy questions. no way would i not report the situation. Even if they dont do anything to the fag this go around. if he gets enough complaints they will kick that pile of ******** out the door. no reason for him to do what he did. i'd even consider talking to other law officials
/rant over
 

Shonuff

I've got the glow
Site Supporter
Location
Memphis
Take it easy grif.

Nick and/or his friend was:

Ignoring a no wake.
Riding an unregistered/unregisterable ski.
Ignoring a no wake again.
Attempting to disassemble an impounded ski.
Refusing to cooperate with the authorities.
Becoming belligerent disrespectful to the aformentioned authorities.
Completely unable to spell too.

I'm sure Nick will go to court, become belligerent and disrespectful to the judge, and then wonder why he had a bad outcome.

All of this could have been avoided:

Don't f*cking speed in a no wake!
When the cop says "your ski is unregistered", state that you found it, reported it to the police and are waiting for the paperwork to go through so you can legally title, own, and register the ski.
Apologize for speeding, the unregistered ski, and the inconvenience.

Hating the ranger is simply deflecting the blame.
 
shonuff i take it you werent there when this happened :rolleyes: i was actually nice to him when he warned me, and i wasnt causing any wakes heck i was barrely going over 5mph. I told my friends to slow down, they obviously didnt care, i had to go get my friend who found the ski and i told him exactly what to tell the guy, that he found it and yada yada... i didnt know he found it till today, and i didnt even see he didnt have numbers on it ... and i think you went to far with the not being able to spell "too" i was perfectly capable ... and i dont recall even needed to spell "too" just "to's" GOSH!!! my friends were saying sorry and nothing worked... he got my other friend for having corrosion on his fire extinguisher!!!... were these guys awesome or what?!!

The officer hurted me dont any of you care!!! :puppy_dog_eyes:
 
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Around here the cops hate skis so much that in no wake zones I don't even leave a trail of ripples. A duck leaves more of a wake that I do. I have been down your road and if you piss the guy off with the badge your new room mate is a crack addict that smalls bad. Hopefully he is straight.

I was getting a ticket one day at the lake while the drunk ass bass fisherman drops the throtle back to idle as he passes the no wake bouy. It takes him almost another 100 yards before it is at no wake speed then he knockes his almost empty case of PBR over as he is trying to get onto the dock. I start telling the cop that all I was doing was riding with out a fire extinguisher that I wasn't trying to kill anyone with my 75MPH cruise missle while I had a beer in my hand....... I was really up set then I wanted to see him write that guy some tickets....... Well he was then too busy with me to worry about that guy. I got 8 tickets that day and was told to leave the lake. So I was pissed and went to get my truck and got another for no front license plate before he left the parking lot.

Don't worry you will get over that pissed feeling and when you see a no wake bouy you will be yealling at others to slow down so they don't think it's you.
 
Around here the cops hate skis so much that in no wake zones I don't even leave a trail of ripples. A duck leaves more of a wake that I do. I have been down your road and if you piss the guy off with the badge your new room mate is a crack addict that smalls bad. Hopefully he is straight.

I was getting a ticket one day at the lake while the drunk ass bass fisherman drops the throtle back to idle as he passes the no wake bouy. It takes him almost another 100 yards before it is at no wake speed then he knockes his almost empty case of PBR over as he is trying to get onto the dock. I start telling the cop that all I was doing was riding with out a fire extinguisher that I wasn't trying to kill anyone with my 75MPH cruise missle while I had a beer in my hand....... I was really up set then I wanted to see him write that guy some tickets....... Well he was then too busy with me to worry about that guy. I got 8 tickets that day and was told to leave the lake. So I was pissed and went to get my truck and got another for no front license plate before he left the parking lot.

Don't worry you will get over that pissed feeling and when you see a no wake bouy you will be yealling at others to slow down so they don't think it's you.

sometimes its the good ones that get punished and the bad ones that get to slide, but i suppose its what keeps the good people on their toes and the bad ones will get whats coming to them. I handled it in a calm way, but deep inside i was boiling, thats the feeling i hate the most, when you cant do nothing about it because you will just get into more trouble, i cant stand mental stress!!! id rather punch something! i think that battery was being crappy anyways... anyone know the battery model i need for a superjet? ill go look on parkeryamaha.com
 
I agree I so wanted to slug that guy that day... I even asked him if he had something aginst jetskiers he said that he owned 2 himself......... I said but you must be a couch rider.. Well that just got me a look. Anyhow I told him that I was about the only jetski mechanic for about 40 miles so one day when his shi... stuff broke I would get even.

I just heard the other day that our local marina quit repairing skis so that is 3 marinas near here that don't work on skis that has my cards.....I am now the only guy he can take it to unless he wants to drive for almost 2 hours to drop a ski off... LOL Every dog has his day...:arms:
 

junkman

nice weather=regret selin
Hey Nick Im all to familiar with the rangers out there at folsom. Yes You probably should of stopped talking back to the Ahole with the badge and went about your way. But they are def pricks out there at folsom. IVe been yelled at out there for going to fast when I was almost falling over on my ski from goin so slow. yes your friend should of had stickers. But there pretty lame need to start carrying a camcorder. :)
 
stop riding at folsom , that place sucks. come out to the river instead. we'll be there all day monday. oh, and make sure your ski is legit so you dont have to worry about the po-po f'in with it when you make them mad. shoot, i had a ranger make me go buy a whistle one day before i go back into the water.
 

Fathom

WaveJunkie PR
Location
Central Illinois
The officer hurted me dont any of you care!!! :puppy_dog_eyes:

Yes, I care.

For future reference, once an officer places his hands on you, the situation is likely to go from bad to worse until you comply. Whether you feel you're in the right or not, it's just better to do what you're asked to do, step back, and reevaluate the situation. Nothing good could possibly have come from continuing to argue.
 

DR3

Xscream Braaaap
Location
palm harbor, Fl
Yes, I care.

For future reference, once an officer places his hands on you, the situation is likely to go from bad to worse until you comply. Whether you feel you're in the right or not, it's just better to do what you're asked to do, step back, and reevaluate the situation. Nothing good could possibly have come from continuing to argue.

yep b/c no matter what is right or wrong its what THEY say happened in the end in 99% of the cases:banghead: and its a lot easier to to just say yes sir no sir even though its fun to argue a little bit and be on ur way:biggthumpup:

hopefully you guys dont pay money to get that 440 out.. not worth it:skull2:
 

Shonuff

I've got the glow
Site Supporter
Location
Memphis
shonuff i take it you werent there when this happened :rolleyes:

You're right, I wasn't there. Because I'm older, cops usually aren't dicks to me and I hadn't thought of that, plus I tend to have a cooler head. You were probably doomed from the start and the lack of registration for the "found" ski was simply fuel for the fire. Hopefully, your friend won't get arrested for theft.

As far as too is concerned . . .

Before my friends got there i was already jetting around and i got in trouble for going a bit too fast in the 5mph zone, maybe like 8mph,

my friend and when he pulled to shore he also got in trouble for going too fast in the 5mph zone, he said he was doing like 10mph

i lost my battery and i was almost arrested in front of like 50 people who were around watching, yet i didnt do anything wrong and was asking too many questions



Good luck.
 
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