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One reason is that you don’t have to put a new registration sticker on the plate each year. The e-ink plate automatically shows the updated registration.
by ryantgtg 3y ago
One reason is that you don’t have to put a new registration sticker on the plate each year. The e-ink plate automatically shows the updated registration.
- ethbr0 3y agoIt takes 5 goddamn minutes, once a year to put a new registration sticker on. So that's, what, about 5.5 hrs total over 65 years of driving?
- mixmastamyk 3y agoNeither should be necessary. Cops can check registration electronically already by scanner.
- ryantgtg 3y agoSure but it’s probably simpler for parking enforcement and cops to just look at the color of the sticker to see if it’s out of date. Stickers are also useful so that I know which neighbor to shake my head at as I pass by (as long as they don’t see me).
- mixmastamyk 3y agoIt’s not simpler… probably still cheaper. There’s also the month and whether it was stolen from/to etc. Most accurate record is DMV database.
- ryantgtg 3y agoNo, it is simpler to drive down a block and within 8 seconds the cop has viewed the colors of 15 parked cars on that block vs scanning those plates.