That's absurd. I don't know if this is ultimately Al Schmidt's fault (usually Secretary of State oversees such things), but if it is, maybe we need someone new in his position.

To piggyback off you, this just happened to me. The parking permit website said I could turn in a temporary registration, which is a pink CC. Note, the actual office said I could not turn in a temporary registration. Nevertheless, I turn it in and the individual at the auto tag office made my apartment number look more like a 574 than a 524 (you can tell it's a '2' but if you want to be hold up processes, you could maintain it's a '7'), so they send me it back denied. Meanwhile, I'll probably get a ticket tomorrow, and the day after, etc. So I have to go back to the auto tag office for the THIRD TIME to have the registration REWRITTEN in 2024, so that another office will approve.

Every day I sympathize more and more with Michael Douglas from Falling Down.

>You should have lived here back in the day when inspection was twice a year!

Throw the tea in the harbor!

Shut it all down.

>Those are there to make sure your vehicle isn’t a death trap that will kill other people on the road.

Yeah, because why should all the potholes and backward traffic patterns have all the fun?

But in seriousness, I'm less upset about maintenance automotive checks; it's just that it's compounded with a bunch of nonsense.

I've lived in four different states with four cars and residency. All the services were through the DMV, and it was infinitesimally better in every way. This isn't even me having some political bent, or enjoying exaggeration and hyperbole - it was literally better in every way.

But let's suppose separate facilities for separate services is functionally and organizationally better. Then my question is how it's possible that Pennsylvania and Philadelphia are still screwing it up and worst than other states where the organizational structure is - by your own accounts - subpar.

Fine. It's corrupt. But can't it be corrupt more efficiently?

Take my money but don't take entire weekdays from me.