Am i missing something?
Am i missing something?
It’s Mother’s Day in the U.S.
Yes, Mother's Day here too. I even started a thread on it.It’s Mother’s Day in the U.S.
just curious as to why you'd ignore my thread and make this post. It seems kinda passive aggressive.
I hadn’t seen it yet. Sorry. No offense intended.
This cracks me up, especially since I worked in government (and still do) most of my life. I had to use this Facebook link because YouTube cuts off the last 10 seconds because he uses the word "shit".
Aren't they just the most precious little lunatic? Endless entertainment.
What kind of ridiculous system is that? Is it the same across the US?
Here you pay online and it's all linked up to the cops via computer. They just scan your car and can see if it's registered. Mind you, everyone complains about it, or did when it replaced the old windscreen stickers that reminded you of the expiry date.
Well, he's just being funny. He's exaggerating reality a bit to show his frustration dealing with government in a funny way.
A long time ago, before the computer age, the only way the police could run a plate was to request that DMV find the registration by hand. It could take hours or even a day to get a response. This is why, a long time ago, police would carry around a "hot sheet" of stolen cars with them, because there was no way to run a plate instantly. So police could see if a car was currently registered, owners received stickers that go on the license plates whenever they renewed the registration. One sticker with the month and one sticker for the year of expiration. So to make sure the owners renewed their registrations and put on their new stickers, laws were passed requiring owners to do it. Failure to do it could result in a citation. Also, owners were required to carry their registration certificate in the car at all times. Prior to the computer age, this was how police verified that the plate and the car matched, the registration wasn't expired, and who the owner was. "Failure to provide registration" and "Failure to display current registration stickers" were minor traffic infractions, and drivers could be given citations for those infractions.
The modern computer age has outdated most of this. Nowadays, police can run a plate from computers in their patrol cars, or they can have their dispatch center do it for them, and they receive an answer instantly. All of this verification can be done in a minute without the registration certificate or the stickers. You can even run a vehicle that doesn't have plates at all by running it using its Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). That can be found in a corner attached to the dash at the bottom of the windshield. Also, most routine business with DMV can be done online these days. These days, if you lost your registration certificate or stickers, you could go to DMV's website, sign in, order new ones, and pay a fee with your credit card. It wouldn't be necessary to actually call someone at DMV.
Of course, the laws are still on the books. As we all know, computer systems can go down. So that registration certificate is still required to be in the car so police can look at it, and putting on the stickers is still required.
But the reality is if a driver can't find his registration certificate, or if the driver forgot to put on the new stickers, the police really don't care anymore. They just run the plate and verify everything within a minute. Typically, a police officer would then just remind the driver to find their registration certificate or order a new one from DMV and keep it handy in the car or remind them to put their stickers on the plate. Technically, they can still issue citations for that, but most don't. It's unnecessary and bad public relations. In reality, police only cite for "Expired Vehicle License" anymore, but not the requirement for current stickers and registration certificates physically in the car.
So Orny Adams probably did not get a ticket for his sticker being gone. And he probably did not call someone at DMV to ask for new stickers, and then get the "run around" like he depicted. I think his story was made up, and it's just a part of his act. But everybody has had to deal with DMV or some big government bureaucracy at some time, and everybody knows it can be frustrating, with all of its policies, rules, regulations, and paperwork requirements. And so I got a laugh at his story and shared it with you guys.
A long time ago, before the computer age, the only way the police could run a plate was to request that DMV find the registration by hand. It could take hours or even a day to get a response. This is why, a long time ago, police would carry around a "hot sheet" of stolen cars with them, because there was no way to run a plate instantly. So police could see if a car was currently registered, owners received stickers that go on the license plates whenever they renewed the registration. One sticker with the month and one sticker for the year of expiration. So to make sure the owners renewed their registrations and put on their new stickers, laws were passed requiring owners to do it. Failure to do it could result in a citation. Also, owners were required to carry their registration certificate in the car at all times. Prior to the computer age, this was how police verified that the plate and the car matched, the registration wasn't expired, and who the owner was. "Failure to provide registration" and "Failure to display current registration stickers" were minor traffic infractions, and drivers could be given citations for those infractions.
The modern computer age has outdated most of this. Nowadays, police can run a plate from computers in their patrol cars, or they can have their dispatch center do it for them, and they receive an answer instantly. All of this verification can be done in a minute without the registration certificate or the stickers. You can even run a vehicle that doesn't have plates at all by running it using its Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). That can be found in a corner attached to the dash at the bottom of the windshield. Also, most routine business with DMV can be done online these days. These days, if you lost your registration certificate or stickers, you could go to DMV's website, sign in, order new ones, and pay a fee with your credit card. It wouldn't be necessary to actually call someone at DMV.
Of course, the laws are still on the books. As we all know, computer systems can go down. So that registration certificate is still required to be in the car so police can look at it, and putting on the stickers is still required.
But the reality is if a driver can't find his registration certificate, or if the driver forgot to put on the new stickers, the police really don't care anymore. They just run the plate and verify everything within a minute. Typically, a police officer would then just remind the driver to find their registration certificate or order a new one from DMV and keep it handy in the car or remind them to put their stickers on the plate. Technically, they can still issue citations for that, but most don't. It's unnecessary and bad public relations. In reality, police only cite for "Expired Vehicle License" anymore, but not the requirement for current stickers and registration certificates physically in the car.
So Orny Adams probably did not get a ticket for his sticker being gone. And he probably did not call someone at DMV to ask for new stickers, and then get the "run around" like he depicted. I think his story was made up, and it's just a part of his act. But everybody has had to deal with DMV or some big government bureaucracy at some time, and everybody knows it can be frustrating, with all of its policies, rules, regulations, and paperwork requirements. And so I got a laugh at his story and shared it with you guys.
We no longer require stickers here ... which is actually a pain because I don't remember when my registration is due. Where I used to just check my sticker as I was getting into the car, I now have to make an effort to log in and search for my details.
As I'm typing this I've just realised that my rego must be coming up soon .... just checked, expires in 2 weeks. I'll need to get onto that
OK, get this ... When my registration is getting to within about 2 months of expiring, DMV sends me a notice in the mail. It includes a form with all of my vehicle information on it, and a return envelope. I can return the form to them in their pre-addressed envelope they gave me with a check for the fee. Or I can go online, sign in, go to the page for renewing a registration, click a few times, enter my credit card, and it's done. Then, I simply throw away the form and the pre-addressed envelope they sent me to use. A couple weeks later, my new registration and stickers appear in the mail.
And they must send out tens of thousands of those letters every year. And I wonder how many of my tax dollars that costs, just to have tens of thousands of vehicle owners take care of it online and simply throw away the envelope, the return envelope, and the form with all my vehicle information on it. *rolling my eyes*
Tas govt sends the reminder re rego TWO MONTHS before the due date so by the time rego is due I dunno where the form is. Doesn’t matter—I set my calendar on the computer to remind me two days, one day and on the day so that is fine. With Service Tas I can find out the amount due and pay that. I then print out the form, tear off the bottom bit and put that in my car. Easy.
They do that here as well, except I moved interstate from Queensland to NSW nearly 2 years ago and I haven't changed my car registration over to NSW so any notices are being sent to my Qld address, which I have rented out. With the renewal in two weeks I'm changing it over to NSW registration so it should no longer be an issue after that.
My qld address is still valid.
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