Well Jas, why not do a Slog poll on SPD not enforcing minor traffic violations? If you dare.

Joe Manchin beat his last two primary challengers ~ 70-30. Sinema might lose her next primary, but by then it's not going to matter anyway. Voting rights are dead. This country is done. Look out for yourself and your loved ones - no one is going to save us.

Jas was in 1st grade during the Nisqually earthquake?

Thanks for making me feel like a dinosaur.

@3 its about the frequency used for 5G be very close to the frequency used by the aircraft instruments used in low visibility landings. From a BBC article:

In the US, the radio frequencies being used for 5G are in part of the spectrum known as C-Band.

These frequencies are close to the ones used by radio altimeters on aeroplanes, which measure the height of the aircraft above the ground, and also provide data for safety and navigation systems.

The concern is that interference from 5G transmissions could stop these instruments from working properly, and cause safety problems, particularly when aircraft are coming in to land.

This seems like a no-brainer issue. There should not be a 5G roll out until the issue is resolved. Air transit is much more important than being able to download Tik Tok videos more quickly.

@7:

I seriously doubt ST is going to take a huge financial hit from this. Sure, there will be scofflaws who will abuse this; there always have been. And I'll bet dollars to donut holes they'd line up about 80 - 90% with those who think Tim Eyman is some sort of 21st Century version of John Galt. But, the overwhelming majority of our citizens are responsible, contributing members of society who will do the right thing, because it's the right thing to do.

Furthermore, I would bet the number of drivers who use their vehicle(s) exclusively in-city is miniscule. I mean, how else are the RWNJ's going to get to those Anti-Vax or "Stop The Steal" rallies in Olympia?

@7 Tim is that you? Are you typing this from the library or have your phone and computer not been seized to pay your debts yet?

Any losses from people who don't renew their tabs could be easily made up with what we spend on enforcement (police officers) and imprisonment. Personally, I think they should just fine people who can afford to renew but don't. Use those fancy traffic cameras and send people a bill in the mail.

@12: Where are plate scanners besides toll roads and bridges?

It appears a user is encouraging and promoting illegal activity. Seems like one of the Stranger Staff should know about that.

Police use expired tags as an probable indicator of deeper unlawful activity, so word.

@22 lol stfu. Here, I'll sum up all your posts so you can get back to your facebook group:

Readers probably won't get ticketed for not renewing their tabs because you said so.

Ugh:

https://komonews.com/news/local/starbucks-nixes-vaccine-mandate-after-supreme-court-ruling

I don't think it's gas lighting to point out this person is emotionally unbalanced. They really, really need to seek proper mental health treatment.

"The Seattle Police Department will finally stop enforcing minor traffic violations—like driving with expired tabs or a cracked windshield..."

I'm sure the SPD appreciates deeply the unwarranted trust engendered by an empty PR move. See: https://twitter.com/bessarabia1/status/1482555360783187968

@11:

So, who cares about your "estimate", which is just a number you pulled out of your ass?

As for Eyman, who cares about the idiot assholes who continue to vote for his "initiatives" or give him money, only to watch their contributions get flushed down the toilet or put into his pocket (well, somebody else's pocket now that he's been ordered by the court to make several tens of millions of dollars in restitution) because of his abysmal 94% failure record? (https://www.permanentdefense.org/research/failurechart/) Let them throw their money away, that's what idiots, fools, rubes, and suckers do when a snake oil salesman sells them a patent-medicine cure-all.

And why would I buy into your stupid strawman argument @13? It doesn't negate the fact that the overwhelming number of citizens pay their taxes on time and in the correct amount based on the best of their ability to determine, any more than your bullshit argument @9.

Blaming the uncredulous for the stupidity of the credulous isn't an argument, it's a pathetic rationalization.

@15 It’s against WA state law to use tolling cameras for purposes other than tolling.

It really is comforting sometimes to know that I can always come to this comment section to find someone being v toxic about something as inane as car tabs. I think it will all be just fine.

@22 - my guess is that your neighbor drove a fairly recent, well-maintained car even before switching to the new electric. Cops have very little interest in pulling those over because they are very unlikely to contain persons with outstanding warrants, or meth, or whatever.

But an old car with crappy paint and maybe a marker light or taillight out is a much better bet for them to want to make a pretextual stop. The public defenders called those "warrantmobiles."