Dear Editor,
Out of a fear of getting a ticket for "obscure licence plates" I decided to replace them. It took me six months waiting time. That's the definition of inefficiency.
Could the shortage be resulting from deliberations while contemplating a total changing out of the plates back to parish specific numbers or some other plan to rake in billions of dollars?
Is there any good reason in this day and age, when vehicles go really fast, to have two plates on a vehicle? And, who is going to stand in front of an incoming vehicle to read plate numbers? Issuing one plate for the rear of the vehicle would be more cost effective.
Think about it, one plate for the same amount of money, and remember the Tax Administration Jamaica is another government shop like the passport office.They could now increase prices saying they want to put in some facial recognition chip in the plates along with all your other information, like what is being pursued by the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency. That plate could be almost as expensive as the passport but could be justified. So the government could kill more than two birds with one stone.
The police could now use equipment similar to the speed guns to know all about you and the vehicle's status would eliminate the random waste of time stopping of vehicles, which could translate into less policemen focusing on traffic. So now Jamaica could soon have high technology Motor Vehicle Passports, instead of a simple licence plate.
Allow technology to do the talking. With a more efficient system the police would be better able to investigate more serious crimes, which would be a win for the country.
By the way, if animals can have passports, why not motor vehicles?
Michael Spence
Kingston 6
micspen2@Hotmail.com
Handle licence plates mess 'with one stone'
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Out of a fear of getting a ticket for "obscure licence plates" I decided to replace them. It took me six months waiting time. That's the definition of inefficiency.
Could the shortage be resulting from deliberations while contemplating a total changing out of the plates back to parish specific numbers or some other plan to rake in billions of dollars?
Is there any good reason in this day and age, when vehicles go really fast, to have two plates on a vehicle? And, who is going to stand in front of an incoming vehicle to read plate numbers? Issuing one plate for the rear of the vehicle would be more cost effective.
Think about it, one plate for the same amount of money, and remember the Tax Administration Jamaica is another government shop like the passport office.They could now increase prices saying they want to put in some facial recognition chip in the plates along with all your other information, like what is being pursued by the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency. That plate could be almost as expensive as the passport but could be justified. So the government could kill more than two birds with one stone.
The police could now use equipment similar to the speed guns to know all about you and the vehicle's status would eliminate the random waste of time stopping of vehicles, which could translate into less policemen focusing on traffic. So now Jamaica could soon have high technology Motor Vehicle Passports, instead of a simple licence plate.
Allow technology to do the talking. With a more efficient system the police would be better able to investigate more serious crimes, which would be a win for the country.
By the way, if animals can have passports, why not motor vehicles?
Michael Spence
Kingston 6
micspen2@Hotmail.com
Handle licence plates mess 'with one stone'
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