The Problem of Temporary License Plates in North Carolina

1. The Problem of Temporary License Plates in North Carolina

2. A bit of History • Created to mimic original NC plates • Decades pass • Plates and technology improve • Temp tags have stayed the same

3. The Tag • The paper • The colors • The font • The space • Issue date • Make • ID Number • Expiration

4. The system • The Distribution • The Records • The Useless Tag Number • Lack of regulation on display • Police Data Collection • No Threat of penalty for illegal… • Duplication • Creation • Sales

5. The Results • Ease of illegal creation • Ease of dulplication • Ease of theft • Unregulated distribution • Uselessness of number • Size of expiration date

6. Legal Complications • SC Supreme Court Case • Legal Notice to Charlotte Officers • Must know the tag is expired to stop • Inability to go after Parked cars • Must be driving the car to be pulled over

7. Inviting Financial Abuse • No Registration fees • No Inspection fees • No Car Property Tax • No Insurance • Fines when/if caught?

8. Inviting Criminal Abuse • Less likely to be pulled over • Less likely to have driver identified • Less likely to have vehicle identified • Allows more freedom for use of stolen cars • Shields cars used in the commission of a crime

11. Two neighborhoods

12. Belmont vs. Plaza-Midwood