You cannot update the registration on your car if you have outstanding fines (at least in CA, but probably in most states).
Driving a car without a registration will (in theory) get you pulled over, and eventually your car will be impounded.
In practice? Car ownership is required to participate in society in most parts of the US and governments are very unwilling to take away people's ability to drive.
>In practice? Car ownership is required to participate in society in most parts of the US and governments are very unwilling to take away people's ability to drive.
Because there isn't support for the iron fisted rules enforcement a lot of HN favors and if the .gov just did it anyway the people would elect politicians who promise to reign that in. Keeping the power on the books and rarely using it is what benefits .gov the most so it's what they do.
the issue is that the HOV lanes are currently full of people who have fast pass but just set it to say they have 3 in the car.
i truly see enough people doing this when i commute that at $500/ticket i could cover my entire state income tax in 1-2 days. seems obviously economical to enforce this.
