Re: Smithey Ironware

On Tue, 5 Nov 2024 21:43:13 +0000, Bruce wrote:

On Tue, 5 Nov 2024 21:14:44 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
(ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
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On Tue, 5 Nov 2024 18:23:31 +0000, Bruce wrote:

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In Australia, and maybe in applicable US states as well, the police
have a scanner that automatically reads license plates of passing cars
it sees and checks them in the computer. The computer tells them
whether that car has had its yearly check. If not, you're stopped and
you're in trouble.
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Some states mandate yearly inspections to see if your
vehicle is road worthy; my state does not.  But we
do have license plate readers in Nashville which has
been a boon in catching stolen cars, expired tags,
deadbeat parents who are in arrears on their child
support payments, and those who have warrants and
have skipped bond.

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I don't see you driving around in a dodgy car anymore than Ed, but
here we have so-called "hoons" and "ice" addicts who are even a danger
on the road if their car's working properly, let alone if it isn't. I
guess you must have the equivalent of these types.
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Oh yes, just two weeks ago I passed a Nissan Murano that
was VERY loud, rattly, drivers side handle and drivers
side mirror was hanging down as if someone had tried to
rip them off.  I got past that rattle trap to spot a
nice dent in the hood and a big crack across the
windshield.  No telling what the passenger side of that
contraption looked like.
We have no shortage of "We Tote The Note" shady looking
car lots.  That car note is paid by the week, I kid you
not.  ($300 down and X number of $ for X number of weeks.)