https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB516
Every "I bought mine at Hine!" and "Courtesy Chevrolet" plastic marketing license plate on the highway, freeway, and in the parking lots will be an instantaneous reason for police to pull over everything that moves.
You don't see them often on blue collar workers vehicles, but every Rolls Royce, Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, Mercedes, and Harely that's rented, leased, or loaned seems to have a plate advertising the dealership that it came from, here in California... and they were legal, as long as there was a temp registration paper taped to the front or rear window.
That ends this New Years, and parking enforcement will be running out of paper and envelopes by Valentines. The state will be pulling in a hell of a lot of money in fines that until now, they couldn't.
And you know what the govt hates, it's not getting more money from the residents.
PLUS the amount of tickets and fines for expired TEMPORARY plates will double or triple. Ditto the fines for toll road violations, stop light cameras, and I expect, speed limit cameras which will likely get installed on California freeways and back roads. You have any idea how much money the state can make by speed limit cameras in So Cal? There's about 25 million people, and most are speeding when not stuck in traffic.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-paper-license-plates-20160725-snap-story.html
https://www.laweekly.com/news/say-goodbye-to-new-car-paper-plates-7184315
If you wonder what the motivation is to get more tickets written, and increase the revenue from fines? Look at this weeks news about the DMV wanting nearly 30 million dollars for upgrades, more employees, etc
1) the DMV Director Jean Shiomoto is blaming unreasonable wait times at its offices on the new ID applications. Last week, Shiomoto asked for $26 million on top of $226 million the DMV asked for and received last year.millions the California DMV already received to hire more staff.
To help with the crush, the DMV is in the process of hiring hundreds more workers, expanding Saturday hours and opening some offices earlier during the week.
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/08/14/driver-license-dmv-director/
2)California lawmakers are seeking answers from the Department of Motor Vehicles about hours long wait times that have prompted public outcry. When Assemblyman Phil Ting visited a San Francisco DMV office in his district last month, he said the line snaking around the block looked more like a queue for rock concert tickets than for people trying to renew their licenses.
Lawmakers have given the department millions of dollars in additional funding to accommodate higher demand as Californians update their licenses to comply with federally mandated security upgrades known as "Real ID". The federal law was enacted in 2005 and requires new ID cards to carry special markings, and why do people need these NEW IDs? After Oct. 1, 2020, airport security checkpoints won’t accept non-"Real ID" cards. Californians must apply for new cards in person at DMV offices.
You can be an illegal alien and vote without a drivers license, but you CAN NOT use an AIRPORT
The California DMV expects to spend almost $70 million and hire more workers in the next two years to process the millions of people who need "Real ID" cards.
At the Tuesday hearing, Assemblyman Ting says he plans to ask DMV officials whether the money allotted to the system is enough and whether the DMV is making technical improvements to ensure the Real ID transition runs smoothly.
“The DMV is bringing employees from various state agencies and departments to strengthen our hiring surge and help triage the longer lines at our offices,” DMV Director Jean Shiomoto said in a written statement. “This year we have already hired 500 new employees, added Saturday service at 60 offices and opened offices an hour earlier in the most impacted areas. We expect the additional surge of employees will help further combat these wait times.”
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/08/07/california-dmv-long-lines-real-id-lawmakers-hearing/
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/tag/dmv/
further more, 160 cities in California already have automated licence plate readers, and with the law stating that you must have a paper plate or DMV issued metal plate on the front and back of your vehicle, they will instantly be able to get into the business of issuing missing license plate tickets
https://www.eff.org/pages/california-automated-license-plate-reader-policies
and malls in California have license plate readers, and share that info with law enforcement: https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/10/alpr-license-plate-recognition-ice-irvine-company/
In civil litigation, it was revealed that the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, and the Los Angeles Police Department, which share data, are together able to collect data on about 3 million vehicles every week. That means that over time, these two agencies alone may have amassed a database with billions of hits since the program began. Automated license-plate readers can be used to identify stolen cars and catch up with people with expired licenses or active warrants. And when they’re not piggybacking on police cruisers, plate readers are often affixed to utility poles or freeway overpasses, scanning the passing traffic below. They can be used to keep track of customers in parking lots and garages too.
https://ncdd.com/eyes-on-the-road-automatic-license-plate-readers/
Every "I bought mine at Hine!" and "Courtesy Chevrolet" plastic marketing license plate on the highway, freeway, and in the parking lots will be an instantaneous reason for police to pull over everything that moves.
You don't see them often on blue collar workers vehicles, but every Rolls Royce, Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, Mercedes, and Harely that's rented, leased, or loaned seems to have a plate advertising the dealership that it came from, here in California... and they were legal, as long as there was a temp registration paper taped to the front or rear window.
That ends this New Years, and parking enforcement will be running out of paper and envelopes by Valentines. The state will be pulling in a hell of a lot of money in fines that until now, they couldn't.
And you know what the govt hates, it's not getting more money from the residents.
PLUS the amount of tickets and fines for expired TEMPORARY plates will double or triple. Ditto the fines for toll road violations, stop light cameras, and I expect, speed limit cameras which will likely get installed on California freeways and back roads. You have any idea how much money the state can make by speed limit cameras in So Cal? There's about 25 million people, and most are speeding when not stuck in traffic.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-paper-license-plates-20160725-snap-story.html
https://www.laweekly.com/news/say-goodbye-to-new-car-paper-plates-7184315
If you wonder what the motivation is to get more tickets written, and increase the revenue from fines? Look at this weeks news about the DMV wanting nearly 30 million dollars for upgrades, more employees, etc
1) the DMV Director Jean Shiomoto is blaming unreasonable wait times at its offices on the new ID applications. Last week, Shiomoto asked for $26 million on top of $226 million the DMV asked for and received last year.millions the California DMV already received to hire more staff.
To help with the crush, the DMV is in the process of hiring hundreds more workers, expanding Saturday hours and opening some offices earlier during the week.
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/08/14/driver-license-dmv-director/
2)California lawmakers are seeking answers from the Department of Motor Vehicles about hours long wait times that have prompted public outcry. When Assemblyman Phil Ting visited a San Francisco DMV office in his district last month, he said the line snaking around the block looked more like a queue for rock concert tickets than for people trying to renew their licenses.
Lawmakers have given the department millions of dollars in additional funding to accommodate higher demand as Californians update their licenses to comply with federally mandated security upgrades known as "Real ID". The federal law was enacted in 2005 and requires new ID cards to carry special markings, and why do people need these NEW IDs? After Oct. 1, 2020, airport security checkpoints won’t accept non-"Real ID" cards. Californians must apply for new cards in person at DMV offices.
You can be an illegal alien and vote without a drivers license, but you CAN NOT use an AIRPORT
The California DMV expects to spend almost $70 million and hire more workers in the next two years to process the millions of people who need "Real ID" cards.
At the Tuesday hearing, Assemblyman Ting says he plans to ask DMV officials whether the money allotted to the system is enough and whether the DMV is making technical improvements to ensure the Real ID transition runs smoothly.
“The DMV is bringing employees from various state agencies and departments to strengthen our hiring surge and help triage the longer lines at our offices,” DMV Director Jean Shiomoto said in a written statement. “This year we have already hired 500 new employees, added Saturday service at 60 offices and opened offices an hour earlier in the most impacted areas. We expect the additional surge of employees will help further combat these wait times.”
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/08/07/california-dmv-long-lines-real-id-lawmakers-hearing/
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/tag/dmv/
further more, 160 cities in California already have automated licence plate readers, and with the law stating that you must have a paper plate or DMV issued metal plate on the front and back of your vehicle, they will instantly be able to get into the business of issuing missing license plate tickets
https://www.eff.org/pages/california-automated-license-plate-reader-policies
and malls in California have license plate readers, and share that info with law enforcement: https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/10/alpr-license-plate-recognition-ice-irvine-company/
In civil litigation, it was revealed that the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, and the Los Angeles Police Department, which share data, are together able to collect data on about 3 million vehicles every week. That means that over time, these two agencies alone may have amassed a database with billions of hits since the program began. Automated license-plate readers can be used to identify stolen cars and catch up with people with expired licenses or active warrants. And when they’re not piggybacking on police cruisers, plate readers are often affixed to utility poles or freeway overpasses, scanning the passing traffic below. They can be used to keep track of customers in parking lots and garages too.
https://ncdd.com/eyes-on-the-road-automatic-license-plate-readers/
Seriously? Dealers in Canada have always had to have D plates. Welcome to 1950, California.
ReplyDeletepeople making laws and decisions in California were the people with the money, and they didn't want to burden dealerships (some very rich people own dealerships) with plates. Just a guess. From what I see, most other states have been issuing paper plates.
DeleteThe DMV is so stupid. I live in San Diego. Ever go to the Clairmont DMV? It's the same size it was in 1972. It should now bw about the size of Wal-Mart by now.
ReplyDeletethat's a very good point. It's been 4 decades, and the population has grown, the size of civil services should have too
DeleteGeorgia had to do that a few years ago
ReplyDeleteEveryone was using old plastic dealer advertisements instead of buying insurance and registering the car
If privacy is the main concern , it’s not hard to register a car in an LLC or trust