Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The answer is probably one of two reasons:

-the tags aren’t fake—you can buy temporary tags from dealerships that are basically just fronts for temp tag sales (see: Texas)

-the tages are fake but you can’t tell—the info isn’t entered into a database so unless you run the VIN you can’t tell the tag isn’t legit. I’d be pretty annoyed if I kept getting pulled over for a VIN check because I have temporary dealer tags. A temp tag isn’t probably cause anyway.

First of all, the tags are absolutely fake. Oftentimes they are absurdly fake, like printed off at home.

Second, these ghost cars are a major problem in fighting crime in the district right now. So take them off the streets. I don’t care if it’s more work for the cops and a possible minor inconvenience for people with legit tags.

Taking them off the street wouldn’t be equitable and the Council legally prohibited the cops from chasing for traffic violations.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The answer is probably one of two reasons:

-the tags aren’t fake—you can buy temporary tags from dealerships that are basically just fronts for temp tag sales (see: Texas)

-the tages are fake but you can’t tell—the info isn’t entered into a database so unless you run the VIN you can’t tell the tag isn’t legit. I’d be pretty annoyed if I kept getting pulled over for a VIN check because I have temporary dealer tags. A temp tag isn’t probably cause anyway.

First of all, the tags are absolutely fake. Oftentimes they are absurdly fake, like printed off at home.

Second, these ghost cars are a major problem in fighting crime in the district right now. So take them off the streets. I don’t care if it’s more work for the cops and a possible minor inconvenience for people with legit tags.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The answer is probably one of two reasons:

-the tags aren’t fake—you can buy temporary tags from dealerships that are basically just fronts for temp tag sales (see: Texas)

-the tages are fake but you can’t tell—the info isn’t entered into a database so unless you run the VIN you can’t tell the tag isn’t legit. I’d be pretty annoyed if I kept getting pulled over for a VIN check because I have temporary dealer tags. A temp tag isn’t probably cause anyway.

First of all, the tags are absolutely fake. Oftentimes they are absurdly fake, like printed off at home.

Second, these ghost cars are a major problem in fighting crime in the district right now. So take them off the streets. I don’t care if it’s more work for the cops and a possible minor inconvenience for people with legit tags.

How will these people get to their jobs?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The answer is probably one of two reasons:

-the tags aren’t fake—you can buy temporary tags from dealerships that are basically just fronts for temp tag sales (see: Texas)

-the tages are fake but you can’t tell—the info isn’t entered into a database so unless you run the VIN you can’t tell the tag isn’t legit. I’d be pretty annoyed if I kept getting pulled over for a VIN check because I have temporary dealer tags. A temp tag isn’t probably cause anyway.

The answer has already been explained. MPD was instructed to ignore for equity reasons.

Once I learned that, I went out and got a set of my own.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The answer is probably one of two reasons:

-the tags aren’t fake—you can buy temporary tags from dealerships that are basically just fronts for temp tag sales (see: Texas)

-the tages are fake but you can’t tell—the info isn’t entered into a database so unless you run the VIN you can’t tell the tag isn’t legit. I’d be pretty annoyed if I kept getting pulled over for a VIN check because I have temporary dealer tags. A temp tag isn’t probably cause anyway.

First of all, the tags are absolutely fake. Oftentimes they are absurdly fake, like printed off at home.

Second, these ghost cars are a major problem in fighting crime in the district right now. So take them off the streets. I don’t care if it’s more work for the cops and a possible minor inconvenience for people with legit tags.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If someone with paper tags hits me and I have no way to identify them, then what?

That's why you have insurance.

We were hit (while parked) by a car w/ fake paper tags. The dc police were totally apathetic. The car that hit us was abandoned a block away, and the entire accident was caught on very clear camera. The police didn’t even see the car a block away - we saw it when waiting for our car to be towed. We called back 911 and the detective and 911 both said they would not fingerprint the car if no one was in it. Completely infuriating. Thankfully we were not hurt badly but we were without a car for 5 months (insurance o my covered 2 weeks of a loaner for us. Our insurance went way up and the value of our car went way down. This was with good Chubb insurance, too.

Anonymous wrote:The answer is probably one of two reasons:

-the tags aren’t fake—you can buy temporary tags from dealerships that are basically just fronts for temp tag sales (see: Texas)

-the tages are fake but you can’t tell—the info isn’t entered into a database so unless you run the VIN you can’t tell the tag isn’t legit. I’d be pretty annoyed if I kept getting pulled over for a VIN check because I have temporary dealer tags. A temp tag isn’t probably cause anyway.

Anonymous wrote:The answer is probably one of two reasons:

-the tags aren’t fake—you can buy temporary tags from dealerships that are basically just fronts for temp tag sales (see: Texas)

-the tages are fake but you can’t tell—the info isn’t entered into a database so unless you run the VIN you can’t tell the tag isn’t legit. I’d be pretty annoyed if I kept getting pulled over for a VIN check because I have temporary dealer tags. A temp tag isn’t probably cause anyway.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If someone with paper tags hits me and I have no way to identify them, then what?

That's why you have insurance.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If someone with paper tags hits me and I have no way to identify them, then what?

Your insurance covers things.

Always amazing the stupidity of some who post here.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you think that the DPW ticket writers slowly trawl the streets west of Rick Creek Park for expired inspection stickers or parking too close to other vehicles (their solution: write tickets for both)? Equity! Ticket writers meet their quota, “rich” people west of the park have to suck it up, and Bowsers’s base is fine.

Bowser's base is Ward 9 drivers with fake paper tags?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If someone with paper tags hits me and I have no way to identify them, then what?

Your insurance covers things.

Anonymous wrote:If someone with paper tags hits me and I have no way to identify them, then what?

Anonymous wrote:Why do you think that the DPW ticket writers slowly trawl the streets west of Rick Creek Park for expired inspection stickers or parking too close to other vehicles (their solution: write tickets for both)? Equity! Ticket writers meet their quota, “rich” people west of the park have to suck it up, and Bowsers’s base is fine.