Question for the US people...

[deathpixie]

And this one actually relates to my job. *grins*

I have an American guy, from Texas, claiming he didn't know he had to register his car. Now, AFAIK, registration is kind of universal, in developed countries at least, so is he trying it on?

Also, do you guys have a sticker on the windscreen of your cars that tells you when the registration is due to expire like we do? Because that's what my answer will be - you could have checked the registration sticker to find out if you were registered or not.

Edit: Thanks a bunch, guys - I reduced his costs as he never received notification, but refused to cancel the fines because he should have seen the rego sticker on his windscreen.

Comments

[maeve77.livejournal.com]

This guy is totally putting you on. If he's ever owned a car in the US, he's had to register it. Of course, there are various combinations of tags and papers and stickers and such, and these vary from state to state. He's just trying to work the "I'm an ignorant foreigner" angle and giving the rest of us a bad rep in the process.

Also, do the registration people place the new sticker on the car, or do the car owners do it themselves? If the car owners do it (like here in some states) how could he have missed the print telling him when it expires?

[deathpixie]

Owners put the sticker on the car, and this guy was driving for two years without bothering to check his. Registration is renewed yearly here, and there, I'm thinking - you would have thought he'd have wondered what was going on when he didn't get a reminder notice... But yes, the sticker's there on the windscreen for all to see.

Ooops

[iamgerg.livejournal.com]

Mine expired on my birthday, when we where in Savanah and I didn't notice it until April...(being out of the country and not getting a notice and all) but Two years?