Is It Just Me?

I guess I'm getting to an age when I have an excess of time in which to moan and groan. Not about aches and pains but, about things that I feel need to be addressed. Take for instance the condition of a great number of licence plates on vehicles in Ontario.

Have you ever wondered what the scenario might be if there was an accident and you had to give police the plate number of a vehicle when the plate is mostly illegible? Can you just imagine what a good lawyer could do to testimony against someone with a plate like that? One can only pray that situation never occurs.

It is about time to address that situation.

Why is it the DOT no longer gives new plates - the key word here is "gives." Certainly we should be entitled to have, at no cost, a new set of plates every, lets say, 10 years or so. While your killing yourself laughing at the "no cost" part of the statement, consider this. If the reason is the DOT cannot afford it, then why don't the provincial and local governments get together and have the police ticket the owner of a vehicle with bad plates? Think of the money they could make and share. Perhaps enough for free new plates and the cost to the law enforcement department to do the job in a timely manner.

On the other hand the DOT could require vehicle owners to produce their plates at time of renewal to show they are still in reasonable condition. Should they not be, they would be confiscated then and there and new plates, for a nominal fee, be issued.

Is it just me or does that make sense?