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Re: More Americans are using fake license plates

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Post by irq »

watwut wrote: post #97
trgn wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've noticed the same shift. Drivers are worse now than 10-15 years ago. Drivers are more aggressive (tailgating, rolling stops, speeding, ...), more sociopathic (tinted windows, louder pipes, larger vehicles, fake license plates,...), more negligent (bald tires, texting-and-driving, bumpers ripped off jagged metal sticking out, ...). Another data point. Dashcams are on the rise, and they are truly the indicator tech…

Why are tinted windows sign of sociopaths?

I’m not OP but I assume they’re talking about fully blacked out windows, not the kind that just blocks heat from the sun.

Re: More Americans are using fake license plates

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Post by aix1 »

flangola7 wrote: post #81
kragen wrote: post #71

until about 20 years ago license plates were a reasonable compromise between privacy and accountability: they didn't have your name on them, and looking you up from the number could only be done by the police, who would only do it when it seemed important, and then only if someone made a note of the plate they couldn't, for example, make a list of everyone who was parked near a protest, and then search a database to…

Newer systems don't even need a license plate, they learn the overall appearance of the car.

> Newer systems don't even need a license plate, they learn the overall appearance of the car.

I'm probably missing some context, but what do you mean by this? If you take two cars that are the same model/year/colour, how do you differentiate between them on the basis of appearance?

Re: More Americans are using fake license plates

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Post by KingMachiavelli »

prawn wrote: post #70
calvinmorrison wrote: post #13

PA. Who has the most expensive turnpike. Closed all tolls. They implemented a shit mail system that doesn't work. Then they suddenly had 350 million in unpaid tolls. Talk about putting a stick in your wheel So the legislature changed the law - don't pay to play on the quasi private road, and your registration will get suspended I see a lot more cars with bike racks on 476 now.

Are you meant to have a smaller registration plate (same registration as your car) on the bike rack? That's how it works in Australia.

I've never seen a separate plate for bike racks. Technically in many US states, a bike rack could get you pulled over for having a blocked plate but in practice police don't enforce that. The assumption is the front plant is enough but then not all states require a front plate.

The license plate and registration laws in the US are very fragmented. Some states out the registration on the license plate, some on the front or side window, and some are moving to digital only registration.

Essentially with almost no work, you can make proving you don't have a validate plate or registration difficult. You can just print a fake temp tag (paper license plate dealerships use) for a state like Texas but drive around in any other state since they have no way of knowing it's a fake temp/dealer plate.

Re: More Americans are using fake license plates

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Post by dagw »

watwut wrote: post #95
WheatMillington wrote: post #48

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>People are murdering less than a few decades ago Check your stats, this is quickly becoming outdated. Murder rates are back up where they were in the 90's in many parts of the USA.

Yeah, source? There is very much political "out of control crime" narrative from certain players, but fairly often it has zero to do with reality. But, the fear got some innocent door ringers killed already, so if the fear goes up, we might get there.

To be fair, the person you're replying to did specify "some parts" of the US. While you are correct the homicide is clearly down across the US, compared to the peaks in the 90s, there are also places where it is creeping back to 90s levels. Philadelphia and Chicago are two 'random' cities I just checked the statistics for and their murder rates are either at or close to the rates in 90s, and way up from the rates in the 2010s.

Re: More Americans are using fake license plates

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Post by mock-possum »

aix1 wrote: post #102
flangola7 wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Newer systems don't even need a license plate, they learn the overall appearance of the car.

> Newer systems don't even need a license plate, they learn the overall appearance of the car. I'm probably missing some context, but what do you mean by this? If you take two cars that are the same model/year/colour, how do you differentiate between them on the basis of appearance?

Scratches and bumps and scars, stickers and decor, stuff in the window or hanging from the rear view, maybe tires

Re: More Americans are using fake license plates

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Post by bob1029 »

I'm not using fake, but I've got temp tags on my new car that I've not bothered to fix yet. They've been expired for about a year now. Real plates are sitting at the dealership. Urgency level is one of "maybe when I go to get my oil changed".

Not sure how exactly I wound up feeling this way about administrative matters, but here we are. Tempting authorities with punitive options over pedantic crap is the extra spice I like in my coffee these days.

Re: More Americans are using fake license plates

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Post by mock-possum »

travisporter wrote: post #26
KennyBlanken wrote: post #6

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Red light cameras are proven to reduce the most dangerous intersection crashes (T-bones) at the expense of a slight increase in rear-end collisions (which are the fault of the second driver for following too closely, and likely both drivers for speeding.) Before anyone starts bleating about companies changing cycle times: that's only happened in a few areas and most municipalities and states have caught on to the sca…

I paid 700 bucks at a red light camera in the middle of an empty intersection at 2pm on a Saturday in Culver City, CA. It came out of nowhere. It felt like an obvious money grab

The red light came out of nowhere? How fast were you going?

Re: More Americans are using fake license plates

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Post by zamnos »

mock-possum wrote: post #105
aix1 wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Newer systems don't even need a license plate, they learn the overall appearance of the car. I'm probably missing some context, but what do you mean by this? If you take two cars that are the same model/year/colour, how do you differentiate between them on the basis of appearance?

Scratches and bumps and scars, stickers and decor, stuff in the window or hanging from the rear view, maybe tires

Tint of the windows. The appearance of the driver if the tint isn't very high.

Re: More Americans are using fake license plates

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Post by logical_ferry »

andrewmcwatters wrote: post #2

I’m not an old person, but I know I’m going to sound like a curmudgeon saying this. I think it’s just moral decay. I can’t think of any other meaningful reason. In Phoenix, which I consider the national capitol of bad drivers, in the span of less than 10 years, I’ve noticed a staggering number of people in the metro area who just blatantly run red lights now. Sometimes seconds after they’ve turned. It’s straight up r…

It's because no one is enforcing these rules. I've driven drunk and ran red lights and sped until I got nailed for each of these. I still cut in line (or whatever the term is for cars) when I can because in 20 years of urban driving I saw a cop pull someone over for that ONCE. So why wait in line when every time 10 other cars cut the line.

Re: More Americans are using fake license plates

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Post by selimthegrim »

throwaway68911 wrote: post #42
atdrummond wrote: post #14

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There’s absolutely a transition occurring from a country that is still mostly high trust to one that is low trust. See: the sizable contingent in SF who believes that open air drug markets and rampant violent crime are simply the price one must pay to live in cities. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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Would this be the laissez faire thinking that gives undocumented immigrants Second Amendment rights
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