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Just another sign of a world gone mad
2 years ago
To set the stage for this post, I have a car. I purchased it when the odometer had a reading of less than a couple hundred miles. It now has a reading close to a couple hundred thousand miles. When I first got plates for the car, my state had the normal (to me) requirement of a front and rear license plate. Fast forward a few years. The state legislature, in their infinite wisdom, decided that vehicles only needed a rear plate. The argument for making the change was that it would save money and bring our state in line with some of our neighbors.
No points if you can guess the political bent of said legislature. I would argue that there are benefits to having front plates on cars, particularly if the car is spotted in a compromising position. Set the clock forward to the end of last week. One of the features of the metro area I live in is a dedicated outdoor concert venue, located about a half hour from home. For a change of pace, my partner got tickets for us to see a show there.
The night of the concert, mother nature decided to give us a free fireworks show, which delayed the start of the show by close to two hours. When we finally got back to the car, it was close to midnight. However, when I approached it, I noticed that something was wrong. The front license plate was missing. A close look at where it had lived suggested that someone had unscrewed it.
Given the hour and the volume of traffic leaving after the show, I elected to go with the flow and make my way home. The next day, I had to drive the half hour out to the police station covering the jurisdiction of the venue so that I could file a report. This was later in the day, so as to avoid disrupting my day job. By the time I finished filing the report, the local license bureaus were closing for the day. This meant that I had to go in to my local branch the following day to get a replacement plate, as the old plate was recorded in the system as stolen.
Things are more or less back to normal now. The time required to deal with someone else's foolishness is slightly annoying. I'm also a little annoyed at having to change my plates after having them for over 10 years.
No points if you can guess the political bent of said legislature. I would argue that there are benefits to having front plates on cars, particularly if the car is spotted in a compromising position. Set the clock forward to the end of last week. One of the features of the metro area I live in is a dedicated outdoor concert venue, located about a half hour from home. For a change of pace, my partner got tickets for us to see a show there.
The night of the concert, mother nature decided to give us a free fireworks show, which delayed the start of the show by close to two hours. When we finally got back to the car, it was close to midnight. However, when I approached it, I noticed that something was wrong. The front license plate was missing. A close look at where it had lived suggested that someone had unscrewed it.
Given the hour and the volume of traffic leaving after the show, I elected to go with the flow and make my way home. The next day, I had to drive the half hour out to the police station covering the jurisdiction of the venue so that I could file a report. This was later in the day, so as to avoid disrupting my day job. By the time I finished filing the report, the local license bureaus were closing for the day. This meant that I had to go in to my local branch the following day to get a replacement plate, as the old plate was recorded in the system as stolen.
Things are more or less back to normal now. The time required to deal with someone else's foolishness is slightly annoying. I'm also a little annoyed at having to change my plates after having them for over 10 years.
I still haven't gotten the new one memorized.