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Re:Palo Alto Council agrees to 20 cameras, new automated pla... by ethbr0 on Monday May 01, 2023 @08:50PM (#35781608)
It takes 5 goddamn minutes, once a year to put a new registration sticker on.

So that's, what, about 5.5 hrs total over 65 years of driving?

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Re:Palo Alto Council agrees to 20 cameras, new automated pla... by mixmastamyk on Monday May 01, 2023 @09:07PM (#35781773)
Neither should be necessary. Cops can check registration electronically already by scanner.
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Re:Palo Alto Council agrees to 20 cameras, new automated pla... by ryantgtg on Monday May 01, 2023 @09:36PM (#35782070)
Sure but it’s probably simpler for parking enforcement and cops to just look at the color of the sticker to see if it’s out of date.

Stickers are also useful so that I know which neighbor to shake my head at as I pass by (as long as they don’t see me).

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Re:Palo Alto Council agrees to 20 cameras, new automated pla... by mixmastamyk on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @12:48PM (#35790428)
It’s not simpler… probably still cheaper. There’s also the month and whether it was stolen from/to etc. Most accurate record is DMV database.
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Re:Palo Alto Council agrees to 20 cameras, new automated pla... by ryantgtg on Saturday May 13, 2023 @01:48PM (#35930789)
No, it is simpler to drive down a block and within 8 seconds the cop has viewed the colors of 15 parked cars on that block vs scanning those plates.
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