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> Droogie contacted the DMV who told him to change his plate. He refused because he didn't do anything wrong. While they wiped the fines off his record, unfortunately for him, they didn't fix the problem in the system so once again, Droogie has accrued another $6,000 in tickets that he had nothing to do with. He says he won't be paying those either.

Except he just contacted the DMV. No lawyers necessary.



Really I'm surprised they didn't just add NULL to the list of banned words and ban/refuse to renew the tag which seems eminently within their powers.


Perhaps they did and the renewal system just assumed that banned word was missing and silently skipped it.


Knowing the California DMV, that contact probably took at least two hours.


Number of years ago I was frustrated because they never sent me my renewed card and it turned out they never updated my address even though I did the paperwork. Took it to twitter and tagged @CA_DMV and they responded pretty quickly and took care of it. Got my new card pretty much next day.


... and then the second half of the parent's sentence (which you conveniently ignored) applies: he's paying with his own time.

I dunno about you, but I value my time way too highly to voluntarily use it to spend time on the phone with the DMV every month or three.


Yeah, we're on Hackernews so I assume most people on here make at least 50+ an hour. The CA DMV will cost $200+ at least.




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