The problem wasn't checking license validity, it was renewing
licenses. They've extended by 20 days validity of licenses which expired
Aug 25-Sept 2 or so, are keeping DMV offices open extra hours and days,
and have notified police regarding the extension. And some measure I
didn't quite catch to address the renewals backlog is in effect until
Oct 1. Most importantly and helpful, of course, the governor is on
record as being "displeased":
http://www.governor.virginia.gov/news/viewRelease.cfm?id=357
"Robert A. Rosenberg" said:
> > ... police are not sighting people who are stopped and found to
>have recently expired licenses.
>
>If the police are not sighting them, how are they stopping them --
>and how do they know their licences are recently expired?
While they are SIGHTING them, the problem is that they are not CITING
them. When they are stopped and hand over an expired license there is
no need to check the computer - the document itself has an expired
date on it. All checking with the computer would do is verify if the
license had been renewed (and thus was in force). Also the computer
check would be needed to spot a license whose expiration date had not
yet been reached but which had been suspended.
--
Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. (703) 204-0433
3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 [email protected]
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold
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