(CA) Loophole allows gov't workers to avoid tickets

[The Straight Story]

Loophole allows gov't workers to avoid tickets


SACRAMENTO, CA - Countless government workers throughout California are taking advantage of a loophole that lets them get out of paying a parking ticket, a toll violation or a red light camera fine.

That's because certain positions allow them to keep their Department of Motor Vehicles' information confidential, including their home addresses.

"Toll road companies or anybody that administrates those electronic cameras are unable to get an address and send a ticket to," said Assem. Jeff Miller, R-Corona.

The law originally was meant to keep criminals from going to the homes of police officers and judges. But lawmakers expanded the list over the years to include park rangers and security officers at museums, even council members.

DMV now has more than one million vehicles registered to motorists connected to 1,800 state and local government agencies allowed to shield their addresses.

http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=79763&catid=2

[NYC_SKP]

1. Seems to me that just because they can't mail them doesn't necessarily excuse the offense.

Meaning if they want to they can "fix" that "problem".

The state needs money, they should quickly get some addresses.

Why, just in Orange county:
Miller says in his Orange County district, there are workers who've run the 91 Express toll road hundreds of times without paying and their tab is in the tens of thousands of dollars and will unlikely get collected.

:shrug: