Vanity plate leads to $20,000 in tickets
Cleverness is its own reward punishment.
Fortunately for cash-strapped parents, Georgia's plan to require giant license plates on small children went nowhere.
A D.C.-area man, who, in an attempt at humor dared get a personalized license plate reading “NO-TAGS,” has been rewarded with $20,000 in traffic tickets, reports NBCwashington.com.
Jovial Redskins fan Danny White alleges he gets the bill whenever police come across a car without a license plate and write “No Tags” on the ticket.
White says he spends one day every few months hacking and slashing at the red tape his joke, and government bureaucracy, has created.
His driving record is so maimed by the wrongful tickets he can’t get his license or registration renewed, reports Channel 4.
I’m still trying to get ParkAtlanta to admit they double-ticketed me in August 2011, so I feel his pain.
The DMV, despite realizing they are wasting thousands of taxpayer dollars mailing tickets to the wrong motorist, seems unwilling to fix their computer system. Instead, they want to void the “confusing” tag White’s had for 25 years and make him pay for another one.
We don’t always get the type of government we overpay for.
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35 comments Add your comment
Old Boy
February 17th, 2012
11:26 am
I am so sick of these grammatical shortcuts. What is the world coming to?
"Since"- less
February 17th, 2012
11:41 am
Jo Ja Boi……ummmmmmm try “sense”
wnc2
February 17th, 2012
11:55 am
Regarding the dangling preposition at the end of the article and the criticism it has prompted, I am reminded of Winston Churchill’s observation about dangling prepositions: “This is the sort of thing up with which we shall not put.”
Jennifer
February 17th, 2012
12:41 pm
What did the guy do wrong though? He clearly has TAGS ON HIS CAR!! No state makes a special license plate for cars with No tags…If the cop runs the plates the registration should come up as being valid if he has the appropriate expiration sticker. There is either more to this story or everyone in the system has really gotten dumb. Not to mention the DMV issued the damn plates!! UGH.
Osi
February 17th, 2012
12:44 pm
Danny White has run up against the reality that personal freedom, even in America, is not unlimited. He wants the government to change its procedures so he can continue “his joke”. It is time for him to get a different license plate. A good compromise, under the circumstances, might be for the DMV to give him one at no charge.
???
February 17th, 2012
12:46 pm
Jennifer honey, go back and re-read, slowly. I think you missed the point entirely. The issue is that with the plate NO TAGS, he is issued citiations for vehicles without any tags becuase the officers write no tags on the ticket. The system then links the citiation to him because the phrase no tags (meaning missing tag on the stray vehicle) matches his license plant NO TAGS. He then has to fight to clear the errant citation.
Mr. Calm
February 17th, 2012
12:56 pm
This is what idiots who crave attention gets! The DMV should double his fines!
no sympathy
February 17th, 2012
1:43 pm
He’s had the tags for 25 years?! Get new tags you moron.
Donna Outlaw-Plank
February 17th, 2012
4:24 pm
So ???, who is adding a “no tag” citation after the ticket is written? Something has to be missing from the story because the make, model, color of car, VIN number, DL number, AND tag number etc are always written on tickets and none of those would match his car or HIM. Does the DMV type in “NO TAGS” and this man’s name appears? I agree with Jennifer – This story just doesn’t make sense.
Circle R
February 17th, 2012
4:32 pm
Sounds like a guy walking around for days with a “kick me” sign on his back wondering why he keeps getting boots up his arse!