by "beautimouse" (beautimouse)
Published 09/06/2017 at 11:18
by "beautimouse" (beautimouse)
Published 09/06/2017 at 11:18
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I arrive home from work last Thursday, go around the back of my car to take out the cans I bring home for the lad so he can turn them in for a little extra cash, and I notice a shiny patch of aluminum where my month sticker used to be on my license plate.
I always cut the year stickers after applying, old habit my step dad passed on to me, so if someone tries to peel them off, they will just get tiny pieces and it won’t be worth the effort. I guess if you have a blade of some sort though, you can just take the paint (or it might be a big reflective sticker over the whole plate) the month/year stickers are on, and get the whole thing.
Then what? Glue that to your plate?
They left most of the N though, so they now have a nice JA they can... Use in a ransom note built from various letters/sources, add to their cool 80s denim jacket with all the buttons. Perhaps their initials are J.A.
Maybe they just really wanted to yell “YES” in German without having to speak.
DMV sends your reg and sticker every year, provided you pay of course, but only the year sticker is typically required. I guess I’ll head on over to dmv.ca.gov to find out what I have to go through to get a replacement month sticker.
How many forms, how many lines, how long of a wait, how much money?
I hope that JA is exactly what you needed to feel complete, and that you never experience that completeness again.
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
09/06/2017 at 11:24, STARS: 1
I can still tell what month it is though
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
09/06/2017 at 11:26, STARS: 1
This is the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. First, they didn’t get it in one shot, second they took a bunch of paint with it, and third this couldn’t gain them more than 4 months right now. It’s the most unreasonable license plate related theft I could imagine.
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
09/06/2017 at 11:43, STARS: 0
I can do you one better when it comes to government bureaucracy:
Texas got rid of the license plate stickers a LONG time ago because theft was an issue. They moved to windshield stickers instead.
BUT! (There’s always a “but”)...
But, when you go to pick up your registration sticker, it’s attached to a regular sheet of 9.5x11 paper with a little cutout for the windshield sticker and its backing paper. OK so far, right? Well, right next to that credit card-ish sized sticker and cutout is another smaller sticker on its own little piece of backing paper. It’s got a reflective coating on it and the word “VOID” written in big block letters. The smaller “void” sticker is the same size as the license plate stickers of old. In fact, it IS a license plate sticker, but one that’s absolutely useless.
If you actually bother to read the text on the sheet of paper that these two stickers are attached to, you’ll find that the state still charges you for this extra, useless sticker. AND they charge you for the reflective coating that’s been applied to it (it’s listed as a $1 reflectorization fee). What makes it even more absurd is that the windshield sticker (the only one that’s a valid government document) isn’t reflectorized at all.
Sigh.
"beautimouse" (beautimouse)
09/06/2017 at 11:44, STARS: 0
Hopefully the officer thinks the same thing instead of deciding to pull me over. I can show him my paper registration of course, but I’m sure he/she can still issue me a fix it ticket.
"beautimouse" (beautimouse)
09/06/2017 at 11:45, STARS: 0
Yeah, I really don’t follow the logic.
"diplodicus" (diplodicus)
09/06/2017 at 11:51, STARS: 1
I’m surprised your registration tag doesn’t have the license plate # printed on it. That’s how the MI ones are.
"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
09/06/2017 at 12:14, STARS: 1
You’re probably fine. I drove around for 11 months on an old sticker before someone noticed. The state had my address wrong and the sticker never got to me.
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
09/06/2017 at 12:19, STARS: 1
Pa just ditched stickers entirely. It’s all in the police system now w/ license plate readers
"merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
09/06/2017 at 12:36, STARS: 2
Yeah and it sounds like they have a year and month separate, unlike us who have it all in one sticker with the plate number, as you mentioned. Simple.
"merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
09/06/2017 at 12:38, STARS: 0
That’s a scary thought, but I guess that’s what it’s come to, the tech is available. Just wait till they start to use that data or sell it to track our driving patterns and all that fun stuff. Good times.
"Brian McKay" (brianmckay)
09/06/2017 at 12:54, STARS: 1
only one decal
"beautimouse" (beautimouse)
09/06/2017 at 14:18, STARS: 1
Well, whaddya know?! According to this page:
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/brochures/howto/htvr11
It says: You may obtain a replacement month sticker at no cost from your local DMV.
"His Stigness" (HisStigness)
09/06/2017 at 18:18, STARS: 0
They only have a unique identifier on it which is also on your registration.
Having your plate on the sticker wouldn’t help much as you can’t see it when you’re driving, but they can easily run the plate and see it’s expired.