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Both you and the parent are making broad assumptions based on narrow experience. I've lived in enough states that various parts of my experience from various j

Both you and the parent are making broad assumptions based on narrow experience. I've lived in enough states that various parts of my experience from various jurisdictions both confirm and refute each of the points made. It's important for everyone to remember that their experience is not the only experience.

dahart 4y ago
Since you implicate me, I’m open to feedback and willing to change my mind. Would you point out my incorrect assumptions to me?
spinny 4y ago
Portuguese license plates for a long time had the month/year of the car manufacture. This been discontinued because apparently no other country in EU does this and it was confused with expiry date. There is no other indication on the license plate. just the numbers and letters. I assume that expiry dates on US plates is related to either road tax or vehicle inspection
- kelnos 4y ago
  > I assume that expiry dates on US plates is related to either road tax or vehicle inspection Usually yearly registration, though some US states do gate the registration completion on some forms of inspection. California, for example, requires emissions testing every other year for cars older than a certain age, and won't send the new registration until that's been completed. But most states don't require any kind of regular safety or general road-worthiness inspections. I think that's kinda bonkers, but I haven't really looked at stats around how many car crashes are caused by a failure to maintain a car or its safety features. It's possible that the cost of doing such testing is often deemed too high, when considering the benefit.
kube-system 4y ago
I’m not making any assumptions. In all 50 states, plates represent the registered owner and not the driver, because non-owners can drive cars in all 50 states. As for safety and emissions, only a minority of states do each of these, and the majority of those denote compliance with a sticker, or have exemptions: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_inspection_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_inspection_in_the_Un...

dahart 4y ago

Since you implicate me, I’m open to feedback and willing to change my mind. Would you point out my incorrect assumptions to me?

spinny 4y ago

Portuguese license plates for a long time had the month/year of the car manufacture. This been discontinued because apparently no other country in EU does this and it was confused with expiry date. There is no other indication on the license plate. just the numbers and letters. I assume that expiry dates on US plates is related to either road tax or vehicle inspection

kelnos 4y ago
> I assume that expiry dates on US plates is related to either road tax or vehicle inspection Usually yearly registration, though some US states do gate the registration completion on some forms of inspection. California, for example, requires emissions testing every other year for cars older than a certain age, and won't send the new registration until that's been completed. But most states don't require any kind of regular safety or general road-worthiness inspections. I think that's kinda bonkers, but I haven't really looked at stats around how many car crashes are caused by a failure to maintain a car or its safety features. It's possible that the cost of doing such testing is often deemed too high, when considering the benefit.

kube-system 4y ago

I’m not making any assumptions. In all 50 states, plates represent the registered owner and not the driver, because non-owners can drive cars in all 50 states. As for safety and emissions, only a minority of states do each of these, and the majority of those denote compliance with a sticker, or have exemptions: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_inspection_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_inspection_in_the_Un...