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Unable-Ad3852 t1_ix1l6nf wrote

Reply to comment by JaimeGordonLannister in It seems that you can pretty much park wherever you want if you have paper plates from somewhere else. by Rarek

They look the car up and if the KBB is less than 2000$ then they will never tow. They know that no one in their sane mind will ever come pick up a clunker and pay 3000$ to get it.

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ctindel t1_ix1yfzs wrote

They don’t need to they can auction it off still

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Unable-Ad3852 t1_ix1yn6f wrote

And occupy a spot with a clunker when there's an overabundance of relatively newish Ubers in the city? You do the math.

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JaimeGordonLannister t1_ix1zgpf wrote

How can they track the offences for a car with fake/temp plates? Is the VIN visible somewhere on the exterior?

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Unable-Ad3852 t1_ix213ct wrote

It's on the driver side encased in the bottom side of the windshield to make it hard to cover. Meter maids press a button and scan the thing when they prefill the tickets. At a minimum it pulls car info like temp registration (dealer license) & insurance. If neither cone up, car shouldn't be in the streets by law.

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bfume t1_ix3l4za wrote

they scan the ny registration barcode. the vin isnt scannable, its just raised lettering on an aluminum or steel plate

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