Politicians Given “Invisible” License Plates That Make Them Immune To Traffic Laws
7 hours ago | Politics, US | Posted by Kristin Tate August 7, 2013
Although politicians are “public servants,” they often think they are above the law.
And in Colorado, they actually are above the law.
Colorado lawmakers do not have to follow traffic laws, as they are exempt from speeding and parking tickets. The legislators are issued special license plates that are “invisible” to both traffic cams and traffic tickets. Their specially-issued plates do not show up in the DMV database.
As reported by CBS Denver, “The plates issued to the 100 state lawmakers and representatives elected to serve Colorado are preventing them not only from receiving photo radar tickets but also collection notices from past due parking tickets.
The legislative plates are not entered into the Colorado DMV database, so when photo radar cameras catch these drivers speeding, they never received tickets. That’s because of a loophole that doesn’t allow the City of Denver to electronically cross-reference those plates with a home address.”
The same glitch also lets the politicians get away with parking tickets since most cities rely on the DMV database for collections.
In other words, even if an officer puts a parking ticket on a lawmaker’s car, there is no way to enforce that ticket since politician’s addresses are not present in the state DMV database.
Thanks to the invisible plates, there are currently $2,100 worth of unpaid tickets in Colorado.
