5 ms·
What do they do about cars without license plates? I seem to recall that new cars in California are sold with NO plates, not even paper temporary tags.
by hw-guy 3y ago
What do they do about cars without license plates? I seem to recall that new cars in California are sold with NO plates, not even paper temporary tags.
- bredren 3y agoI built and sold a parking enforcement product that uses ALPR from a mobile app. In my customers experience, cars missing “normal” license plates (those without special characters or sports themes) are few enough to not make an impact on broad goals. New cars missing plates completely would be a similarly low portion of consideration. Enforcement of cars missing plates illegally is the duty of patrolling PD. Which is to say, drive around without plates long enough you’ll get pulled over.
- bluedino 3y agoIt seems like since Covid closed the DMV, even though they've re-opened, law enforcement has been pretty lax on enforcing license plate laws
- hw-guy 3y agoWhat happens if you don't pull over? In cities like Philadelphia now (and I'd be surprised if this is not also the case in many CA cities), the police are not allowed to chase cars. So if you want to commit a crime, remove the plate and if the cop tries to pull you over, just drive away! We had a neighborhood meeting with a local police captain in Philly who admitted as much.
- inconceivable 3y agonew cars in california are sold with temp tags now. they look the same as the ones in other states.
- rconti 3y agoMore or less. For some reason they all have totally different fonts and layouts, but it's a step up from the wild west it used to be.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- drewda 3y agoCalifornia has required dealers to put temporary license plates with unique IDs on all cars that don't already have license plates. The change took effect January 1, 2019: https://us.dealertrack.com/content/dealertrack/en/landing-pages/rts/catemptags.html https://us.dealertrack.com/content/dealertrack/en/landing-pa...
- hw-guy 3y agoWhat was the rationale for not requiring plates? California is also the only state I've driven in where the freeways don't have mile markers. How are people supposed to report the location of an accident or breakdown?
- toast0 3y agoPlates were required always... But plates are sent by mail (mostly), after some processing, so there's a delay between first registration and when the plate can be installed. California finally started doing temporary plates in 2019. California has some mile posts and some numbered exits, but you're expected to report location by named exit. Ex: North on the 405, right after Pico Boulevard. Etc. The California highway system was extensive before federal highway standards were developed, and California was exempted from exit number requirements. In ~2000, California decided to add exit numbers 'over the next ten years' as signs are replaced; twenty years later, it's still not complete, but Google still likes to give directions with exit numbers only, as if that were useful.
- gumby 3y agoThey changed the law a little while back and now new cars come with a paper number plate. The bridges were complaining that too many people didn’t pay tolls. Steve Jobs used to get a new Mercedes S class every three months so he wouldn’t have to have a plate.
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoWhen I got my car (used) in 2017 I just left the dealer plates on it for about a year, always keeping it washed.
- dmd 3y agoFor both you and gp - why? What's the advantage?
- selectodude 3y agoBeing a schmuck and not having to pay tolls. It's stealing from your fellow taxpayers.
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoActually at the time I did not drive on any toll roads.
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoHonestly I was mostly just lazy, I can't think of any real advantage. I guess if I accidentally went late through an intersection and would have been subject to a red light ticket, I would have been saved on that. However I think this has never happened to me, so this is not a real conscious reason for me.
- gumby 3y agoSurely they know from the dealer whom that plate number was assigned to. In fact: when they send the metal one does it have the same number?