> Yet routinely many people drive unregistered and uninsured vehicles.

Even on public roads, where it's illegal. It's almost like people don't obey the law when they don't want to.

Cops automatically scan plate info now. It's harder to get away with being unregistered in metropolitan areas. Source: was slow to switch out-of-State plates that were no longer registered, got stopped in the city.

Not to mention in many cases, you can carry a gun in public, and you do need a license that has to be renewed, just like a driver's license. So the original poster's point is moot.