traffic citation reality

I just got an excellent lesson about traffic citations that cut thru all the heresay from other drivers and such.
drove into reno, nevada without an IFTA sticker in early jan., '08. I don't drive out of state, so I didnt even know what one was. just east of donner pass, coming down the gentle slope next to the snowy, rustic truckee river into what looked like whoville, an NHP officer educated me in short order of the use, maintenence and cleaning of the government issued international fuel tax permit and aforementioned sticker, which was missing from my stealth silouette. twas the very day that barak and hilly were in town for the dem party primary.
I presented my license, med card, reg. and insurance. the employer was noted on the cite as the owner of the truck in question. the rest is MY address. they had MY number, NOT my employers. I was the one who signed the ticket and an appearance date in late feb., '08.
luckily, I had the dispatch buy a permit for the day and fax it to me at the corporate yard in sparks. so I had that in hand on the way out that same day.
I did as I was told and gave my boss the ticket. He stuck it in a file and blew it off. didnt pay it. Luckily, last week I get a courtesy notice in the mail giving me 10 days to pay or appear. at this point, I didn't even know if it was a misdemeanor or an infraction. called the court clerk--misdemeanor--7 points. yikes. they had flipped a couple of numbers while typing it into the system and the courtesy notice said I had presented no medical card and failed to appear in february.
my boss laughed at me and said I had better take care of it! He was pissed today when I returned from court after missing 2 days of work. I also gave him a stack of reciepts for travel expences that he questioned his responsibility for. what a piece o'work! By pre-calling around with my old hi-school friend-turned public defender , we were able to get it dismissed with my appearance. I drove 1100 miles in my car to do this.
dont let anyone tell you that the company will take care of it, and that it is nothing...ask the officer if it is a misdemeanor or an infraction. most equipment violations are infractions that auto assign to the carrier. misdemeanors are entirely different.
nevada doesn't have a commercial vehicle code per se--- It's wierd there-

 

theres a combination of slow and just quit already goin on there now, at good ol' work. I'm off today along with 4 days last week,[2 in reno]. lost wages and 400. bucks in expenses make it plenty memorable. sometimes the blow should be softer so I'm not eternally bitter. I coulda got clicked and clanked too. bad company.
2 weeks ago I caught it deleting hours from my check. it dumped a day [coincidentally my longest one] all after having the largest grossing month to date. what a member