Just a random thought
failed emissions tests
expired registration
state removed plates
illegally registered gun
These are the kinds of social-engineering laws that progressives love to implement in the thousands
So the more petty laws you have the more chances everyone will be a law-breaker, especially low-income blacks.
don’t blame the cops - blame your government
And if you need your car to get to work, then you’re screwed.
The poverty to prison pipeline is real and it’s full of working class citizens being squeezed to death by the regulatory state.
Actual criminals get a pass.
Yep, every one of those “crimes” is basically daring to exercise your natural rights without asking the government for special permission first.
Why are tags required on a license plate in the first place? To pay for the people who work in the office distributing them, and the cost of manufacturing them. . . . . Plus of course retirement, sick leave, maternity leave, unemployment insurance, L & I laws, quarterly taxes on the public/private agency.
I would bet it costs more that it brings in.