WASHINGTON - Drivers rolling through the District with expired tags can get a lot more than a fine.
Police can haul them off in cuffs and take them in to be booked.
But as the little-known law gets more exposure, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier says it could also use further analysis.
"I think it needs to be reviewed," she says, noting a 30-day grace period is already in place.
"I think we could go with a longer grace period because some people, through oversight, can miss getting that registration."
While suggesting the law could use a tweak, Lanier points out that she is not the shot caller on this one.
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8 comments:
what?
So, the law is that you need to keep your tags current and NOT let them expire. If you do, and get caught there are consequences. I don't see the problem.
It is what it is people.
Well for one, JAIL...
Do you want a record? and for police to harass you, or would you want to spend the night or longer in jail with sex offenders and the like just for an expired tag?
That's like asking the police to lock you up for a year for breathing air and walking on dirt...
Please excuse me for slightly changing the subject,but I have another tag related concern:There are literally thousands of people from WV,PA,VA,and DEL permanently living in MD.A good 90% of them choose not to register their vehicles in MD - ever.I guess if the St of MD is not concerned I should'nt be either.
What part of "illegal" don't you understand? All you conservatives who have ever used this phrase can't make any complaints about the DC cops throwing you in jail for having expired tags. You're breaking the law. You are illegal. You get what's coming to you, right?
1:56 Pls define permanently.
There are some folks that actually own homes in more than one state. There is a difference between being a property owner, a resident and having MD as a domicile (that is a legal term). Just as with taxes, those with money have the means to exploit the loopholes that are not available to the person that lives in a double wide less than a mile from where they were raised. Just saying....
I don't see the problem.
It is what it is people.
October 13, 2011 1:24 PM
That's because you and 2:36 PM have your heads so far up your butt you can't see. Ever hear of punishment fitting the crime?
Go back to Wor-Wic and take a refresher course. You must have missed that class.
417 no punishment ever fits the crime these days. The bottom line..you break law (ie not renewing your tags) there are consequences. Whether or not jail is fitting is not for me to decide. That is up to our law makers and please if you feel so strongly, then do your civic duty and let them know how you feel.
That is up to our law makers and please if you feel so strongly, then do your civic duty and let them know how you feel.
October 13, 2011 4:39 PM
Actually it is up to the cops since it is a discretionary option. (that means it's up to the cop if he wants to lock anyone up or not)
You say, 'Whether or not jail is fitting is not for me to decide'. But then you say,' no punishment ever fits the crime these days'.
How can you say it's not up to you if jail is fitting, but then say no punishment fits any crime?
Contradict much?
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