Colorado lawmakers' license plates exempt them from speed cams & parking tix

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In an amazing coincidence, Colorado lawmakers ended up with license plates that didn't show up on speed cameras, meaning that they got to get away with thousands of dollars' worth of moving violations without ever paying fines. The DPW won't try to collect on the fines, because that would be hard.

According to CBS Denver, the info for these particular license plates is never entered into the DMV database, so when some state senator goes zooming by a speed camera, he or she won’t get a ticket, because the camera system looks up the license plate number through the DMV. Since no info comes up, no ticket is given.

This appears to be true for parking tickets as well. See, even though a parking enforcement officer might leave a ticket on the car, cities like Denver that rely on the DMV for addresses of vehicle owners come up empty when they try to collect on those tickets.

Colorado Lawmakers Have Magical License Plates That Prevent Them From Getting Tickets [Chris Morran/The Consumerist]

http://boingboing.net/2013/08/03/colorado-lawmakers-license-p.html

[ForgoTheConsequence]

1. Same shit different day.

The political class care about only themselves. They have their own laws.

[Jenoch]

2. Minnesota law goes even further.

When the Minnesota Legislature is in session, legislators are immune from most arrests, including DWI.


"PRIVILEGE FROM ARREST. The members of each house in all cases except treason, felony and breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest during the session of their respective houses and in going to or returning from the same."

[hunter]

3. Presumably these plates would work all over the USA if they were not entered in any database?

No matter. I prefer modes of transportation that don't require me to wear a license plate on my butt or official papers in my wallet. That way I can pretend I'm living in a free country.

[Rex]

4. The class system in America is stifling.

We just get lip service from the owners.