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needleinacamelseye t1_iy81rod wrote

Keeping temporary tags on your car is a way to avoid paying for car insurance and the 6% titling tax. I'm not surprised at how common this practice is given that city car insurance rates are barely affordable for well-off, safe drivers. Unfortunately the city police have more important things to do than enforce vehicle registrations...

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luchobucho OP t1_iy85uba wrote

Or traffic safety….

I still think the city should setup a a traffic/parking auxiliary police force funded by ticketing revenue……

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Naive-Raisin4134 t1_iy86s1u wrote

They can't hire enough police so they definitely aren't gonna get people for auxiliary.

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jupitaur9 t1_iy8kp2o wrote

Auxiliary typically is a revenue maker. That’s like saying you can’t afford to have a paid job.

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Naive-Raisin4134 t1_iy8kzei wrote

I didn't say the city can't afford them. Can't find people to hire.

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jupitaur9 t1_iy8n20o wrote

Auxiliary is a less dangerous job, and no one should care if they partake. You might be right, but it’s not quite the same as a police officer job.

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Naive-Raisin4134 t1_iy8ncxr wrote

Parking agents get assaulted/threatened often and their agency is short already. Auxiliary enforcing traffic would be extremely risky.

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EntireAd9048 t1_iy8zw8l wrote

Agreed. The other person is probably thinking of enforcing registration status or speeding/illegal turns on President Street or Boston St/Fort Ave type places.

Lol at some auxiliary officer doing that job in the rest of the city. The city would be paying a lot of claims for assault.

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TerranceBaggz t1_iy9lqx3 wrote

Parking enforcement was forced to lay off a few employees during Covid. They can hire in a way that police can’t.

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godlords t1_iy9v381 wrote

Um. Based on what logic? Walking around printing tickets is far more attractive of a profession than being a fucking cop in Baltimore.. not even danger aspect just because there is such hate (justifiably) for police here.

What they really need to do is put traffic/non-emergency services etc. under an entirely seperate authority.

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luchobucho OP t1_iycllcv wrote

There should be a public safety department directly reporting to the mayor. In it would be bpd, parking/traffic authority, life/health/safety code enforcement division.

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abooth43 t1_iy94amp wrote

>I'm not surprised at how common this practice is given that city car insurance rates are barely affordable for well-off, safe drivers.

It's gotta be a huge feedback loop. Higher accident rate and uninsured motorist rate drives up the premium which just incentivizes more uninsured motorists.

After my wife's car got stolen during a home break-in, we paid almost as much in monthly insurance as we did the new car note. Otherwise flawless records on both parts...

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scandrews187 t1_iya99jy wrote

Insurance rates and practices are a scam more so now than ever. Insurance makes sense but when you're paying half as much or more for car insurance as you are for your car itself, it's too fucking expensive. And then when you need it it won't pay out. The insured party usually loses.

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amberthemaker t1_iya6vsa wrote

So if you have temporary tags, you don’t have to have car insurance?

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needleinacamelseye t1_iyak2il wrote

Strictly, no, but I imagine that most of those temporary tags you see are fake as a three-dollar bill. If the MVA never gets your temp tag number, it can never get angry at you for not having insurance...

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amberthemaker t1_iyakl19 wrote

How does one obtain a car without getting proper plates? When i bought my used car last year i literally had to set up the insurance right then. I’m having a hard time believing this to be a real thing.

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needleinacamelseye t1_iyamu24 wrote

The only time the state asks for proof of insurance is at the point where you go to register the car. When you buy a car from an honest dealer, they apply for paper plates at the moment of purchase, which requires you to have insurance.

However, you can buy a car from a private party, sign the title over, and just not apply for plates, temporary or permanent, from the MVA. You would do this if you didn't live in Maryland and were going to title the car in a different state, as the MVA won't give temporary plates to people who don't live in Maryland.

So let's say you (a Maryland resident) buy a car from a private party. You can get a Maryland title without needing insurance. But, you can't get plates from the MVA until you prove to the MVA that you have insurance. You don't want to pay for insurance. What do you do instead? You buy fake temporary tags from a guy off Craigslist and drive around uninsured.

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amberthemaker t1_iyan60d wrote

Its so dumb considering how much its going to suck when they inevitably get into an accident with no insurance.

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damagecontrolparty t1_iyaof9t wrote

You're thinking like a responsible person, because you most likely are one. There are lots of people who just don't care.

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Wilmore99 t1_iyasadq wrote

Yeah especially with the way they drive. Haven’t seen a temp tagged car that didn’t have someone driving it with extra assholism.

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