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This is why your vanity plate may make you look like an asshole
DIR By: Rob1796
Date: February 17, 2012, 1:02 am
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Washington, D.C. driver Danny White thought he had a really good
idea for a joke. But the joke's on him--to the tune of $20,000,
reports local affiliate NBC4.
White's prank started 25 years ago when he got a vanity license
plate reading, "NO TAGS." He told NBC4 that he was "Just having
fun!" and that "D.C. don't get the joke. They don't get it."
The issue? Each time a car without proper identification is
cited for a violation, a DMV employee enters "NO TAGS" into
their paperwork. Because White's vanity plate is registered with
the District of Columbia's DMV, his name and vehicle appear in
the computer's system whenever a "NO TAGS" violation is entered.
Notices for the fines are then mailed to White's residence.
Vanity tags have a long history of causing trouble for the DMV
and other motorists; White is hardly alone in becoming a target
for bad ticket karma. In 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported on
California driver Nick Vautier, who got into trouble over his
personalized license plate, which simply contained his initials,
"NV." Unfortunately for Vautier, "NV" is also the California
DMV's code for when a vehicle's plates are "Not Visible."
"I started to get random parking tickets from Los Angeles, where
my car has never been," Vautier told the LAT. "For every type of
car. Except a Mazda. Which is what I drive."
Vautier eventually gave up his vanity plate, which White refuses
to do.
White himself drives a Chevrolet Avalanche truck. So, when a
ticket arrives at his home citing a non-Chevy vehicle, he
doesn't have much trouble getting those dismissed. But White
isn't always so lucky when he does get a copy of a ticket meant
for someone else's Chevy.
"I've got enough tickets here to plaster my whole car," he told
NBC4. "It had to be $20,000 in tickets. Over $20,000."
White says he has to take time off from work every few months to
have the tickets dismissed. And yet he still refuses to give up
the vanity plate, even though the backlog of other people's
tickets prevent him from renewing his license or registration.
(NBC4/nbcwashington.com)After hearing about White's story, NBC4
launched an investigation with the Washington, D.C. DMV. And
while the DMV has yet to "fix" the problem, DMV Director Lucinda
Babers told the station that she's considering simply revoking
White's vanity tags, along with other "confusing" plates, to
avoid any future mishaps.
In the meantime, Babers said ticket writers must collect the
last six digits of a vehicle's VIN instead of "NO TAGS.
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Re: This is why your vanity plate may make you look like an ****
DIR By: T.Shead
Date: February 17, 2012, 2:06 am
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Damn that sucks and totally not worth it!! Must be rollin' in it
to not care like that. Sounds like a dumbass is at hand, though.
lol
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Re: This is why your vanity plate may make you look like an ****
DIR By: josh89
Date: February 17, 2012, 5:13 am
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haha thats awesome thats something id do
#Post#: 2717--------------------------------------------------
Re: This is why your vanity plate may make you look like an ****
DIR By: nutsua
Date: February 17, 2012, 8:17 am
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Lmfao that's something in gonna do, p.o.p. To new meaning
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Re: This is why your vanity plate may make you look like an ****
DIR By: Kaotikkaos
Date: February 17, 2012, 2:16 pm
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Seems funny at first, you think he would just get it changed
after the first or second time this happened. Now he's in deep
shit and they don't want/know how to get him out of it. Now he
can't change it due to registration, license, etc. Lmao
Hash tag screwed for life..
especially those tickets that are actually for his same Make
Model and Year.
Lmfao
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Re: This is why your vanity plate may make you look like an ****
DIR By: Rob1796
Date: February 17, 2012, 2:21 pm
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It's definitely one of those unintended consequences things. He
thought he was gonna be hip and cool, and now he's just fuxzord.
Especially because while the DMV says they don't know how to
fix the problem, which is .gov speak for "we know, but we just
don't care enough to do it."
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Re: This is why your vanity plate may make you look like an ****
DIR By: Kaotikkaos
Date: February 17, 2012, 2:28 pm
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HA exactly. He still thinks he is hip and cool which is even
funnier.
What if he loses his job, and then what?
If its somewhere with background checks of some sort, they will
see all that. All the "unpaid" tickets in his name.
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Re: This is why your vanity plate may make you look like an ****
DIR By: VtecRida89
Date: February 17, 2012, 4:17 pm
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that isshh crazy
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