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ROAD WARRIOR: Use two license plates if you can

Here's the million-dollar question: Would bad drivers become better drivers if they were required to take a class before each license renewal? Or is it that bad drivers simply don't care about the laws; they just want to get from Point A to Point B as fast as possible?

Here's a reader's related question: I recently spent a few hours in class and found it most enlightening. It makes me wonder why the DMV doesn't make use of the program as a prerequisite to license renewals. Will it ever be considered?


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  • Although this has been discussed nationally over the years, our state lawmakers haven't given it serious consideration. There just doesn't seem to be a great appetite for it, according to DMV spokesman Tom Jacobs.

    There is one safeguard in place, however. DMV technicians can require drivers renewing their licenses to take a written or driving test if they have safety concerns, such as a motorist seeking a new license appears disoriented. Technicians are not permitted to base their judgment on a driver's age.

     

    Ray wonders about Nevada's "goofy" license plates laws: When you register your car, you get two plates. One is for the front; one is for the back. If your car has no place to attach such front plate, oh, well, just toss it in the recycle bin. Why not just do away with the front plate altogether?

    The law does seem a bit goofy, Ray. A few years ago, as vehicle manufacturers began putting vehicles on the road without a spot for a front plate, Nevada legislators amended the law. Basically, it says if there is a place to attach a plate on the front of your vehicle, you are obligated by law to have one. If not, it is not required.

    Jacobs said the notion to simply drop the front plate was never considered by lawmakers, and he has no idea why.

    "They just didn't do it," Jacobs said.

    But, Ray, don't toss that second plate in the trash. The DMV will require you to return both plates if you move out of state or order vanity plates: IH8PL8S?

     

    From several readers: When will the ramp from southbound U.S. Highway 95 to westbound Summerlin Parkway open?

    Perhaps because the ramp was closed so long, motorists became accustomed to their alternate route and didn't bother with this connection anymore. But this ramp reopened exactly one week ago.

     

    Ron says: Every day I observe panhandlers walking between cars that are stopped at red signals.

    This activity is unsafe for the panhandlers as well as drivers who are distracted by them. There must be a vehicle code that prohibits pedestrians from walking in the road outside a crosswalk. I never see any law enforcement ticketing these persons. Could you find out why this dangerous activity is allowed to happen?

    Panhandling in traffic lanes is illegal, and the panhandlers could be cited for a variety of violations including soliciting on a roadway, interfering with traffic or walking in a roadway where a sidewalk is provided.

    But here's the deal, Ron. Las Vegas police essentially give these people a break, unless they ignore repeated warnings or officers receive a complaint.

    The bottom line, according to Las Vegas police spokesman Jacinto Rivera, is that these people are already down on their luck and fining them would only make things worse, not to mention that it is unlikely the citations would ever be paid. If the fine weren't paid, then an arrest warrant would be issued and they would be taken to jail, where taxpayers would have to pay for housing, food and medical treatment. After all that, chances are a judge would toss the case, anyway.

    If you have a question, tip or tirade, call the Road Warrior at 387-2904, or e-mail her at roadwarrior@ reviewjournal.com or apacker@reviewjournal.com. Please include your phone number.

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    pbud wrote on November 12, 2009 09:26 PM: Does anyone actually believe that the LVMPD actually cares about the long term consequences of a chickenS'#4t arrest? Or the condition of a persons life? They are just too lazy to put these smelly, drunk bums into their cars. They are busy harassing honest folks who can afford a ticket, and are not down on their luck yet.

    "The bottom line, according to Las Vegas police spokesman Jacinto Rivera, is that these people are already down on their luck and fining them would only make things worse, not to mention that it is unlikely the citations would ever be paid. If the fine weren't paid, then an arrest warrant would be issued and they would be taken to jail, where taxpayers would have to pay for housing, food and medical treatment. After all that, chances are a judge would toss the case, anyway."


    follow the lost wrote on November 04, 2009 10:31 PM: Consider the method used by TPGTEX Label Solutions, a Houston-based software company that specializes in bar codes and labels for manufacturers and chemical companies. Like many companies, TPGTEX rolls out new products several times a year. But instead of spending the time and money to develop products on spec, TPGTEX creates mocked-up webpages that list the features of a potential new product

    -- such as a system for making radio-frequency identification, or RFID,

    labels -- along with its price. Then, the company spends no more than a few hundred dollars marketing the product through search engines and to the contacts in its sales database and LinkedIn. It isn't until a customer actually clicks or calls to place an order that TPGTEX's developers will build the software. "We do not develop a product until we get a paying customer," says Orit Pennington, who co-founded the six-employee company with her husband in 2002. Development time is typically no more than two to three weeks, and it generally takes just a few orders to cover development costs.


    sheeple wrote on November 04, 2009 10:28 PM: http://www.digestiblelaw.com/computer_law/blogQ.aspx?entry=5740&id=36


    blind find wrote on November 04, 2009 10:24 PM: http://my.opera.com/SavedNotFried/blog/show.dml/4428841


    i work in nevada and live in utah wrote on November 04, 2009 10:23 PM:
    why would anyone want to waste 1 dime on this worthless town.


    Good Driver wrote on November 04, 2009 04:39 PM: What we should do is be adults and learn how to drive on our own. If you want to take a class then YOU pay for it. The State does not need to require anything. Take your diaper off and wipe yourself.

    If we abolished Driver's licenses altogether good driver's would be better and bad driver's would get arrested instead of going to traffic court and pleading down to a parking ticket. A license means nothing. Bad drivers remain bad but they pay more to drive. Arrest them and give jail time instead of a fine and bad drivers will change.

    I threw away the driver's license when they went to the REAL ID. The government is to be my servant not my master. I am to watch the government not them me.

    Grow up and be adults. Be responsible for yourself and stop promoting the Nanny state.

    The State is broke and it will get worse. What are all you Socialists aka Democrats and Fascist aka Republicans going to do when they have to close the DMV and the Marxist schools?

    I know I will get along just fine without them!

    I know how to be an adult.


    roadfro wrote on November 04, 2009 03:58 PM: @iwouldguess...: Your theory doesn't hold up, since the DMV doesn't use RFID chips in the new licenses/IDs.


    Taxpayer wrote on November 04, 2009 12:04 PM: Cut expenses instead of looking for new sources of revenue.Simple isn't Richardhead revenue missing?


    nrs says only 1 plate is required wrote on November 04, 2009 09:30 AM:
    many cars do not even have a front mount for a late.

    engine cooling reasons


    i wouldguess this road warrior lady was asked by the perkins to try and increase new r f id cards sales, by generating more customers at dmv wrote on November 04, 2009 09:29 AM:

    r f i d is bad news.


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