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Here's a better idea: no license plates. No DMV except for small boutiques to administer a driving test. Register car online using vin for parking enforcement.
by subroutine 8y ago
Here's a better idea: no license plates. No DMV except for small boutiques to administer a driving test. Register car online using vin for parking enforcement.
- ck425 8y agoWe need license plates, else people can't identify cars in the case of incidents.
- subroutine 8y agoThe same argument could be made for tagging dozens of other physical property items, or if we are going down that slope, humans themselves. I'm willing to bet the number of hit-and-run incidents solved each year from bystanders catching a plate number is negligible (as compared to rage I experience whenever I need to visit the DMV - I live in socal). Also we can still ID the car to a reasonable level: white chevy bronco headed southbound on 405. If we absolutely need a number on the back of the car, we could (1) have manufacturers just print a shorter version of the vin back there, or (2) make it required that we put a number back there ourselves; my mailbox has a number I put there myself using reflective stickers bought on Amazon.
- akira2501 8y ago> no license plates. In California, at least, your license fees fund the highway patrol and their various enforcement activities. The cost is certainly not centered around the plate, which is made with prison labor anyways.
- subroutine 8y agoI'd be happy to pay extra income tax if the DMV was abolished (I'd even let highway patrol increase their budget by the amount saved from not needing to pay DMV wages, pensions, facilities operation and maintenance, anymore).