2 tx towns plan on blocking vehicle registration.

 

"People who owe Plano and Grand Prairie civil fines for running red lights will soon have their vehicle registrations blocked by the state"

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20131029-plano-grand-pr...

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Nuvi 2460LMT

Interesting, what's the rule

Interesting, what's the rule there for things like unpaid parking tickets and vehicle registration?

Surely more cities, towns

Surely more cities, towns and states to follow.

civil violation

WuLabsWuTecH wrote:

Interesting, what's the rule there for things like unpaid parking tickets and vehicle registration?

I believe a parking ticket is a civil violation, so the cities will probably jump all over the opportunity if they can. I have seen legislation proposed back in 2003 and I think 2006 but I think it will require the passage of a state bill to allow cities to enforce parking tickets blocking registration. Just my opinion.

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Nuvi 2460LMT

This has been the rule in MA

This has been the rule in MA for a while. If you owe any tickets/fines when you try to renew your license or registration, you are required to pay up front on the spot before they will renew. I think there are actually other things on the list as well that stop renewals as well.

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Registration

The next thing will be people that don't pay the toll road fees.

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Isn't that already in place

Isn't that already in place as considered to be a traffic ticket if you evade the toll booth and don't pay the bill that shows up?

Only in some TX counties.

WuLabsWuTecH wrote:

Isn't that already in place as considered to be a traffic ticket if you evade the toll booth and don't pay the bill that shows up?

Apparently in TX just some large counties go along with blocking registration for toll charges. See:

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/collin/Collin-County-wont-coo...

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Nuvi 2460LMT

TOLLS

Actually the tolls goes to the contractor that built the road and the cities get a portion of the fee. This does not apply against your driving record if you do not pay the toll.

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makes sense

Even diplomats are now (my grandpa said it wasn't the case way back when in the 80's and 90's) forced by DOS to pay their parking tix in NYC and DC.

Just don't understand why anybody should be able to break the law without any implications. Why not simply remove the license plate altogether?

DC addressed the problem

johnnatash4 wrote:

Even diplomats are now (my grandpa said it wasn't the case way back when in the 80's and 90's) forced by DOS to pay their parking tix in NYC and DC.

Just don't understand why anybody should be able to break the law without any implications. Why not simply remove the license plate altogether?

DC addressed the problem of diplomats not paying traffic tickets and obeying parking laws in a rather unique way about 10 years or so ago. It was primarily vehicles with diplomatic plates from one particular country that the city couldn't impound under diplomatic status. They solved the problem by hooking up the cars and then towing them to other areas where they were often stripped. When the stripped cars were left on the streets then, they hauled them back to the embassy and left in their drive. The city rightfully claimed the cars were not impounded and the embassy was free at any time to go to the public street where they were towed and move them.

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funny

Box Car wrote:
johnnatash4 wrote:

Even diplomats are now (my grandpa said it wasn't the case way back when in the 80's and 90's) forced by DOS to pay their parking tix in NYC and DC.

Just don't understand why anybody should be able to break the law without any implications. Why not simply remove the license plate altogether?

DC addressed the problem of diplomats not paying traffic tickets and obeying parking laws in a rather unique way about 10 years or so ago. It was primarily vehicles with diplomatic plates from one particular country that the city couldn't impound under diplomatic status. They solved the problem by hooking up the cars and then towing them to other areas where they were often stripped. When the stripped cars were left on the streets then, they hauled them back to the embassy and left in their drive. The city rightfully claimed the cars were not impounded and the embassy was free at any time to go to the public street where they were towed and move them.

The whole point is nobody should be above the law. Although, there is a process by which if say NYPD responds to a domestic violence call, they actually cannot make an arrest regardless of what they saw. The only thing is they will notify their superiors, and One PP notifies DOS, and DOS formally goes on the record. Very few diplomats whose employers are footing the 20k/mo. apartment, want to go home, and so they very often heed the DOS warning.

What If...?

If a county tax collector doesn't renew the reg, what's to prevent the car owner from going to the next county over and renewing there... or having the vehicle registration in another name?

Nuvi1300WTGPS

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Sounds like blackmail. But

Sounds like blackmail. But surely an effective method of collecting the money.

In Florida iit's your drivers license.

In Florida if you let your RLC ticket proceed all the way through the system and still don't pay, it can result in the suspension of your drivers license. This is a more immediate consequence than not being allowed to renew your registration.