A friend on a walk stopped to talk to what appeared to be a street vendor. The vendor was a Mexican and he always had four or five used cars sitting out front with no signage. The friend wanted to know if one of the cars was for sale, as they seldom sat there long. The guy kept saying you no want this car. A stack of valid, in date, license plates lay nearby.
Conclusion, the cars were either stolen or could not be legally licensed. (If you don’t have a signed title in Florida, you can’t license the car. Period.) But if you’ve paid cash and you buy a plate with a valid sticker, you can pretty much drive it anywhere. Get in an accident? Drive or walk away.
It’s hard to believe the authorities don’t know about this trade. I see these guys pop up here and there and sometimes they just move on to some other place. The only people you ever see there are foreigners. As someone pointed out regarding illegals, the law and ordinances are only enforced against the white middle class. A deputy once told me, “I don’t stop a car full of blacks or illegals unless I have to. I’m required to run wants and warrants and sure as hell, one of them will pop up and it takes up the rest of the day. I stop old white people as it’s a quick stop, I write the ticket and I’m on my way.”
That deputy’s story tells me that officers need to operate in pairs. Maybe they’re in separate cars. But when one stops, they alert their partner to join them.