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- From: jms@vision.sarnoff.com (Jerry Shapiro x2420)
- Newsgroups: misc.taxes
- Subject: Re: NJ Inspectors invade PA and NY
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.223417.9980@nova.sarnoff.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 22:34:17 GMT
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- In article 30136@oasys.dt.navy.mil, tobias@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steve Tobias) writes:
- >In misc.taxes, MBADBH@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com (David B. Horvath, CDP) writes:
- >> 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.
- >> 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.
- >> - David Horvath
- >
- > I thought New Jersey had the highest auto insurance rates in the
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >entire country. Also, how would PA and NY drivers registering in NJ
- >cost NJ drivers money? If anything, I would think NJ would benefit
- >from increased registration fee income. Also what do the out of state
- >people do for an NJ address? If they have a PA or NY address on their
- >NJ registration papers and/or NJ driver's license (or drive with NJ
- >tags and another state's driver's license) their homestate cops would
- >cite them for extra infractions if they were stopped for speeding, etc.
- >Of course, for NJ to allow registration using an out of state address
- >makes no sense either.
- > Steve
-
-
- As a state it does. But just for fun, try to get an insurance quote if you live
- in Center City, Philadelphia, PA. Here is an example
- 1988 Toyota Celica, full covereage, no tickets or points, adult driver
- $5200 per year. Philadelphians sue each other at a higher rate than anywhere else in the country. Ever hear the expression "Philadelphia Lawyer"?
-
- Jerry
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