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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:46:49 EST
- From: David B. Horvath, CDP <MBADBH@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com>
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- Subject: NJ Inspectors invade PA and NY
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- Philadelphia Inquirer, Monday January 25, 1993:
- In from NJ to bag their own tags. Insurance fraud investigators were
- taking down numbers. Drivers found to be living outside the state will
- face fines.
- By Doreen Carvajal Inquirer Staff Writer
-
- Shortly after daybreak, Elizabeth Ortiz paused to count the slippery
- catch of the dat that yielded three Mercedeses, a Jaguar and several
- gleaming specimens of Cadillac's new luxury edition, the Allante.
-
-
- Summary:
- NJ Inspectors went into Philadelphia and the high-income PA Mainline and
- NYC to find NJ license plates on cars parked in other states. If they find
- one, they take the number down and cross reference it with tax and voting
- records. The theory is that if you're in the other state at 6am on a
- Saturday and you didn't pay taxes in NJ, you're using a NJ address to
- illegally reduce your auto insurance.
-
- Last year at this time, they ran a similar sweep. They even lifted
- car covers and took down VIN's of expensive cars without license plates.
- I don't know if they went on to private property or looked into garages
- to check. The article also noted that a lot of out-of-state plates
- were found in PA and NY (non-PA, non-NY, non-NJ).
-
- I guess NJ doesn't believe in sleep-over dates, visiting relatives, or
- travelling for fun/business. The fine is something like $5000. They only
- targeted wealthy areas and expensive cars. I guess they didn't want to
- waste their time on small fry.
-
- The justification is that insurance rates are lower in NJ than in
- Philadelphia and NYC, and therefore, the people who live in PHL/NYC but
- register their cars in NJ are actually costing each NJ driver $80/year
- in higher insurance premiums and therefore are committing fraud.
-
- 200 of the 600 cars noted in PA were also caught in last years sweep.
- I guess people shouldn't stay at their relatives/girl-guy friends overnight
- or have to work in the early morning (third shift) if they're from NJ.
-
- - David Horvath
-
- Replies after 1/29/93 to dhorvath@mail.sas.upenn.edu
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