The situation in NY (and lots of places in Texas, too) is a massive conflict of interest; the person doing the inspection also profits if they find things wrong. Of course they're going to find stuff wrong, even if nothing is wrong. Having the police do inspections at every traffic stop solves that problem.
Dang - I've never had a shop try to "fix" something on my cars/trucks during an inspection for the last 35 years. The one time it happened, they replaced the wiper blades - which were admittedly bad.
I would not be surprised in the least if they weren't thinking about embedding RFID chips in either the license plate or the registration sticker so that they could automatically scan ever car that went by the sensor and automatically send a ticket to the registered owner. I've lived in states that did not require inspection stickers and although I have to wonder some of those vehicles were still on the road, I did not see there being a noticeably greater percentage of accidents involving them than in areas that had inspection stickers. I really believe that it is just another way that they tax you for the use of the roads.
On private property, there's nothing they can do until you get out onto the road. Similar issue happened a few years back when I got hit in the Walmart parking lot. No one had a drivers license. Cop couldn't site them for no license because it was private property. He did, however, not let them drive off afterwards. He sat there and waited until they had a licensed driver come get their car.RFID's are not tamper proof.
They test piloted some of these cars back years ago in large retail parking lots like Wally World. There is a TV show called "Parking Wars" that shows the Detroit Police Vans cruising around with plate scanners busting people for parking.
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On private property, there's nothing they can do until you get out onto the road. Similar issue happened a few years back when I got hit in the Walmart parking lot. No one had a drivers license. Cop couldn't site them for no license because it was private property. He did, however, not let them drive off afterwards. He sat there and waited until they had a licensed driver come get their car.
On private property, there's nothing they can do until you get out onto the road. Similar issue happened a few years back when I got hit in the Walmart parking lot. No one had a drivers license. Cop couldn't site them for no license because it was private property. He did, however, not let them drive off afterwards. He sat there and waited until they had a licensed driver come get their car.
I seem to recall police writing DWI tickets to people who were parked on private property even though they had the ignition turned off and were sleeping in the car.
For example... You're at a bar or a restaurant that serves alcohol. You consume enough that you feel that you are not a safe driver, so you decide to sleep it off in your car. You think that you're doing the responsible thing, right? Well, here comes some cop in revenue enhancement mode and he wakes you up and charges you with DWI. Of course, your argument that you were SWI (Sleeping While Intoxicated) instead of DWI is not going to work well on the judge.
IF it were an actual DWI, I don't foresee them writing just a ticket. Public intoxication, maybe. However, if you're on private property, then there's nothing they can legally do. After all, if I want to go out onto my piece of property, I can drive without a license all day long.
On private property, there's nothing they can do until you get out onto the road. Similar issue happened a few years back when I got hit in the Walmart parking lot. No one had a drivers license. Cop couldn't site them for no license because it was private property. He did, however, not let them drive off afterwards. He sat there and waited until they had a licensed driver come get their car.
They cite folks for parking in the Handicap spaces w/o proper plates/placard all the time here in SA. If they can't write a ticket for a MV or charge an unlicensed driver for operating a vehicle, how do they get to charge for inproper handicap parking? (Not necessarily directed at you saylor, you post just made me think )
It does make you wonder. Might be something that IF you were to fight it, and had the right lawyer, you might could win it.They cite folks for parking in the Handicap spaces w/o proper plates/placard all the time here in SA. If they can't write a ticket for a MV or charge an unlicensed driver for operating a vehicle, how do they get to charge for inproper handicap parking? (Not necessarily directed at you saylor, you post just made me think )
There is a law against it i believe.
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Not knowing the exact wording of the law...There is a law against it i believe.
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