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I want to say that each month also has a unique color. So the two color combo can easily be translated to the month/year your tag expires. A friend of mine drov
by jack-r-abbit 14y ago
I want to say that each month also has a unique color. So the two color combo can easily be translated to the month/year your tag expires. A friend of mine drove for a long time using stickers he had peeled off of other cars. As long as he kept is driving legal, he would pass the "color checks". However, once he did something that gave a LEO cause to run his plate... clearly he was busted for it. Kind of interesting when you think that these cameras would have caught him straight away.
Another scenario, when people have paid for their registration but for one reason or another have forgotten to place the sticker on their plate. Those people would not get hit with these camera since their plate would not come back as expired. They would still fail the "color check" which usually can be explained to the LEO. If not, it is usually just a fix-it ticket.
- cagey 14y agoData point: in Feb 2012 I got pulled over by CHP (California Highway Patrol) for exactly this (registration sticker was still stuck to the registration paper in my glovebox, as it was mailed to me). So he was actually using his eyes...
- Wingman4l7 14y agoSounds like that state needs to implement anti-tamper stickers like you see in retail stores. They're scored in several places, so if you try to unpeel them once they've been stuck to something, they'll come off in pieces.
- cagey 14y agoI use a razor blade to (a) remove all existing annual stickers from the plate (makes it harder to remove the top sticker intact), and (b) cut an "X" in the new sticker once I've applied it.
- michaelcampbell 14y agoIs registration tag theft a problem where you live? That seems totally incredulous to me.
- cagey 14y agoI'm not aware whether it is or not. But once I saw how easy it was to remove a sticker-stack intact using a razor blade, I adopted the habit. The effort involved is minimal (I keep a single-edge razor blade in my toolbox for utility reasons), so why not? Just another part of car maintenance, like changing the oil & filter...
- mc32 14y agoThe tamper-resistant tags're a good idea --the only drawback I can see is that in the process of trying to apply the sticker, the person applying the tags might destroy the tag accidentally --so, on balance they might figure that they'll take the occasional scofflaw in exchange of fewer complaints.
- Wingman4l7 14y agoThey might already exist, actually. I know that a couple states do tamper-resistant stickers for the windshield registration sticker. It doesn't really make sense, though -- those are on the inside of the car, they're comparatively quite large, and they're a royal PITA to take off already due to the strong adhesive they use.
- NyxWulf 14y agoIn Utah the year is the only one that changes color, all of the months are white. That's why I was looking at his plates, to see if I could see even the letters on his plate. Granted I'm not a trained observer of registration violations and maybe it was observable to someone who is. Given the distance and the visibility during the night I'm pretty skeptical. It's just a sneaking suspicion I've had - because I know I'd want to use those license plate readers in exactly that why if I was in their place.
- Wingman4l7 14y agoCan you lose your license for stealing other people's registration stickers? I know some states will take your license if you steal gas from a gas station.