Minor progress - Council waking up to the scourge of fake tags with new bill

[Anonymous]

https://www.popville.com/2024/11/bills-to-enforce-fake-tags-and-regulate-food-delivery-pass-committee/

However, unless they allow police to pull over vehicles with fake tags this will mostly be performative.

[Anonymous]

MD is the biggest culprit with the fake paper tags…has MD gotten rid of those that anyone with a laser printer can forge.

[Anonymous]

Please update on Dec 3 after legislation goes to vote!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.popville.com/2024/11/bills-to-enforce-fake-tags-and-regulate-food-delivery-pass-committee/

However, unless they allow police to pull over vehicles with fake tags this will mostly be performative.

This is entirely performative. All this legislation does is make it simpler for DPW to tow or boot cars with fake tags and raises the bar for towing all other vehicles. Vehicles still have to be parked on a public street and have to be spotted by a tow or boot crew - of which there are hardly any - in order to booted or towed. Scofflaw drivers can avoid even the slight risk of consequences by simply not parking for too long on any public street. Nothing will ever change until MPD policy is changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.popville.com/2024/11/bills-to-enforce-fake-tags-and-regulate-food-delivery-pass-committee/

However, unless they allow police to pull over vehicles with fake tags this will mostly be performative.

This is entirely performative. All this legislation does is make it simpler for DPW to tow or boot cars with fake tags and raises the bar for towing all other vehicles. Vehicles still have to be parked on a public street and have to be spotted by a tow or boot crew - of which there are hardly any - in order to booted or towed. Scofflaw drivers can avoid even the slight risk of consequences by simply not parking for too long on any public street. Nothing will ever change until MPD policy is changed.

Sure makes me feel like kind of a sucker for paying for tags and getting my car inspected. I could just be driving around with paper tags and a headlight and taillight out. Also, I must be quite the mark for paying for my EZpass, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.popville.com/2024/11/bills-to-enforce-fake-tags-and-regulate-food-delivery-pass-committee/

However, unless they allow police to pull over vehicles with fake tags this will mostly be performative.

This is entirely performative. All this legislation does is make it simpler for DPW to tow or boot cars with fake tags and raises the bar for towing all other vehicles. Vehicles still have to be parked on a public street and have to be spotted by a tow or boot crew - of which there are hardly any - in order to booted or towed. Scofflaw drivers can avoid even the slight risk of consequences by simply not parking for too long on any public street. Nothing will ever change until MPD policy is changed.

Sure makes me feel like kind of a sucker for paying for tags and getting my car inspected. I could just be driving around with paper tags and a headlight and taillight out. Also, I must be quite the mark for paying for my EZpass, too.

Just because some people don’t do the right thing doesn’t make you a sucker for obeying the law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.popville.com/2024/11/bills-to-enforce-fake-tags-and-regulate-food-delivery-pass-committee/

However, unless they allow police to pull over vehicles with fake tags this will mostly be performative.

This is entirely performative. All this legislation does is make it simpler for DPW to tow or boot cars with fake tags and raises the bar for towing all other vehicles. Vehicles still have to be parked on a public street and have to be spotted by a tow or boot crew - of which there are hardly any - in order to booted or towed. Scofflaw drivers can avoid even the slight risk of consequences by simply not parking for too long on any public street. Nothing will ever change until MPD policy is changed.

Sure makes me feel like kind of a sucker for paying for tags and getting my car inspected. I could just be driving around with paper tags and a headlight and taillight out. Also, I must be quite the mark for paying for my EZpass, too.

Just because some people don’t do the right thing doesn’t make you a sucker for obeying the law.

PP said it makes them "feel" like a sucker, and as another law abiding citizen I agree with that feeling. Anger and resentment are building. When our government does not enforce the law for everyone, effectively the law no longer exists, even for those who continue to obey those laws, because the freedom the law intends to protect (here, safety on the roads) no longer exists.

“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.”
-John Locke

[Anonymous]

I saved $6000 from 2020-2023 when it was obvious that metro was payment optional. I’m already rich and don’t need the money so have half to pregnancy resource centers and the other half to the NRA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.popville.com/2024/11/bills-to-enforce-fake-tags-and-regulate-food-delivery-pass-committee/

However, unless they allow police to pull over vehicles with fake tags this will mostly be performative.

This is entirely performative. All this legislation does is make it simpler for DPW to tow or boot cars with fake tags and raises the bar for towing all other vehicles. Vehicles still have to be parked on a public street and have to be spotted by a tow or boot crew - of which there are hardly any - in order to booted or towed. Scofflaw drivers can avoid even the slight risk of consequences by simply not parking for too long on any public street. Nothing will ever change until MPD policy is changed.

Sure makes me feel like kind of a sucker for paying for tags and getting my car inspected. I could just be driving around with paper tags and a headlight and taillight out. Also, I must be quite the mark for paying for my EZpass, too.

Just because some people don’t do the right thing doesn’t make you a sucker for obeying the law.

PP said it makes them "feel" like a sucker, and as another law abiding citizen I agree with that feeling. Anger and resentment are building. When our government does not enforce the law for everyone, effectively the law no longer exists, even for those who continue to obey those laws, because the freedom the law intends to protect (here, safety on the roads) no longer exists.

“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.”
-John Locke

I’m interested in buying a few of these fake tags for travel in DC.

Can someone post an Amazon link?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.popville.com/2024/11/bills-to-enforce-fake-tags-and-regulate-food-delivery-pass-committee/

However, unless they allow police to pull over vehicles with fake tags this will mostly be performative.

This is entirely performative. All this legislation does is make it simpler for DPW to tow or boot cars with fake tags and raises the bar for towing all other vehicles. Vehicles still have to be parked on a public street and have to be spotted by a tow or boot crew - of which there are hardly any - in order to booted or towed. Scofflaw drivers can avoid even the slight risk of consequences by simply not parking for too long on any public street. Nothing will ever change until MPD policy is changed.

What policy are you proposing? Seizure of cars on private property? The new congress will not allow DC to do that or any other changes.