Fox News - In a city that hosts its fair share of murders and terror plots, Washington, D.C., police are cracking down on another threat to the nation's capital -- expired vehicle registrations. To the frustration of forgetful drivers, Metropolitan Police Department officers are throwing people in jail for letting their tag renewals lapse. The practice provoked somewhat of a backlash last year after a local mother from Maryland was jailed for what in many places would be a routine traffic offense punishable by fine. But the department continues to reserve and exercise the right to throw drivers in the clink for missing the DMV deadline, no matter where they're from.
Crossing DC off the list of places CW can safely visit, getting arrested for having out of date tags, licences or inspection stickers is just not a good look. Good luck passing that story off on your first night in the clink, I'm sure the murderers and rapists will be real impressed by the tales of narrowly dodging the cops for 6 months, all to save $50 on registration fees.
I'm notorious for this, a scofflaw of the highest order. I've never,ever, gotten my registration or inspection done one time. It's partially me being lazy, partially me being extremely frugal (cheap). I just figure if I can stretch the inspection sticker to 14 months instead of the usual 12 then I've gotten more bang for my buck out of that last inspection...this year I actually when 16 months a personal record.
