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Texas temporary tags redesigned in attempt to reduce fraud
Texas lawmakers query DMV over unlawful paper tags drawback
Regulation enforcement officers say for the final three years in Texas, faux paper tags on automobiles have turn out to be a widespread subject. Criminals have additionally used them on automobiles whereas committing violent crimes. The issue has been a priority in North Texas as nicely.
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Division of Motor Autos introduced a significant overhaul to short-term tags within the state on Thursday, in an effort to chop again on fraud.
Fraudulent sellers have had entry to the state system and created 1000’s of faux short-term tags which have appeared throughout the nation.
The DMV says they spent months redesigning the paper plates, working with regulation enforcement so as to add new safety features to attempt to lower down the manufacturing of, and entry to short-term tags.
“With the assist of our regulation enforcement companions, The Texas Division of Motor Autos is setting a brand new customary for short-term tag safety and design,” stated TxDMV Government Director Daniel Avitia.
(Source: Texas Division of Motor Autos)
The DMV says the brand new tags are extra advanced and are more durable to duplicate than the present ones.
The brand new tags embrace:
- Texas flag watermark. • Enhanced depiction of tag expiration date, automobile 12 months and make, and identify of issuing vendor.
- Identification of the precise sort of tag issued.
- Font choice and dimension that maximize readability of main elements.
- Lively and passive safety features identifiable by regulation enforcement.
- Quite a few items of embedded information and textual content, linked to regulation enforcement databases, that may be created solely by inside TxDMV laptop techniques.
Earlier this week, Grand Prairie police officer Brandon Tsai died after crashing his cruiser whereas chasing a automotive with a faux short-term license plate.
Grand Prairie police chief Daniel Scesney expressed his frustration with the variety of faux paper plates on the street in Texas and known as on Texas lawmakers to do extra to deal with the difficulty.
“This can be a drawback that’s plaguing the complete state. The place violent offenders, burglars, automotive thieves are utilizing the fictional tags to hide their identities and facilitate crime,” Scesney stated throughout an replace on the officer’s dying Tuesday.
‘It value a cop his life’: Police chief rails in opposition to faux paper license plates in Texas
The Texas DMV says they’ve made a collection of adjustments because the 2021 Legislative Session to stop the improper use of short-term tags.
The measures embrace limiting the variety of tags licensed Texas sellers can create.
In April, the brand new head of the Texas DMV instructed lawmakers the manufacturing of faux short-term tags has tremendously declined, however admitted extra must be performed.
Licensed sellers will start issuing the brand new plates on Dec. 9, 2022.