That plate on your bumper may not be around forever. State law ties every specialty tag to one number: How many Florida drivers still carry it. These are the Florida license plate designs pulled for weak sales. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Licensing rules and fees are subject to change, so confirm…
A driver leaves a Fresno tint shop with a fresh invoice folded into their glovebox. Nothing proves the job was done legally. State law requires a certificate, not a receipt, and installers don’t always bring it up unless a customer knows to ask. These are the California window tint rules that catch new drivers off…
A Virginia vehicle registration renewal only requires the title number and the last four digits of the VIN, both printed on the current registration card. No online account is required. Virginia’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) also checks the vehicle’s insurance automatically and knocks up to $4 off the bill for renewing online instead of…
An Ohio driver’s license renewal in person comes down to five proofs: Legal name, birth date, Social Security number, Ohio address, and legal presence in the country. REAL ID asks for a little more. Ohio’s fee schedule prices the renewal by term length, and the total only grows if a document goes missing at the…
Your inspection sticker can sit expired for months before a Virginia officer is allowed to pull you over for it. Grace period or not, your car still has to pass once it’s sitting in the inspection bay. These are the things a Virginia safety inspection checks before your car passes. Note: This is general information,…
Ever wonder how many trucks it takes to keep Minnesota’s highways clear all winter? More than 800, Minnesota’s transportation department says. Every one of those trucks has a driver behind the wheel. These are the things Minnesota snowplow drivers wish residents understood. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Traffic laws and penalties are…
Oregon widened its consumer privacy law last year to cover the data automakers pull from a car’s sensors, under House Bill 3875. A newer car’s onboard systems often start logging the moment you turn the key, long before anyone reads a privacy policy. These are the things an Oregonian’s high-tech car often records without asking….
A loaded grain truck rumbles off a gravel section-line road and onto Highway 30 outside Marshalltown, carrying more weight than Iowa’s normal semi-truck limit allows. Nobody pulls it over. Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office lifted Iowa’s usual overweight-road permit rule for corn and soybean hauls when this year’s harvest opened, an exception that runs out October…
You cross the same bridge every week. But you’ve probably never wondered who built it, why it’s shaped that way, or what almost went wrong underneath it. These are the West Virginia tunnels and bridges drivers underestimate. 1. Silver Memorial Bridge Silver Memorial Bridge carries U.S. Route 35 across the Ohio River between Point Pleasant…
South Carolina taxes a personal vehicle at 6% of its value every year, according to the Department of Revenue, and that 6% rarely lands on the same dollar figure twice. What moves is the car’s worth, which the state re-checks each year on the vehicle’s renewal cycle. The local tax rates that the county, the…
