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The Buzz About AAMVA

What is the press saying about AAMVA and its member jurisdictions?

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2008 

 

Aug 3 Identity theft for cars, authorities battle high-tech methods (The Post and Courier)
July 21 For many drivers, telling the truth on license is too heavy a burden (Washington Post)
July 14 BMV gets customer service award (Indianapolis Star)
July 11 AAA makes recommendations for senior drivers (WSAZ-TV)
July 7 Here's a book idea:  Banned by the DOT (Wisconsin State Journal)
July 5 Free speech on wheels (New York Times)
June 9 Can any Pennsylvania group get a specialty plate? (The Morning Call)
June 2  PL8 POLEES Drivers' vanity tags must pass state test (Birmingham News)
May 29 Does belief belong on a license plate? (Chicago Tribune)
May 26 Express yourself (The Weekly Standard)
May 26 Put your story on your bumper (The News-Journal)
Apr 28 Fund-raising license plates slow to sell (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
Apr 24 Consumers are not protected with Carfax (Kansas City Star)
Apr 21 NJ corruption case highlights vanity plate use (Associated Press)
Apr 20 Many attribute personalized plates to individualism (Reno Gazette-Journal)
Apr 15 License to Lie (RH Reality Check Blog)
Apr 3 Stepping up to the plates (The Evening News and The Tribune)
Mar 30 GR8 PL8s:  State 2nd in number of vanity plates (Portsmouth Herald)
Mar 16 Vanity plates stamp drivers' personalities on their vehicles (Press & Sun Bulletin)
Mar 9 What's on your plate? (Great Falls Tribune)
Mar 7 Who's behind the wheel (American Crossroads)
Feb 27 Is your car's identity being stolen? (ABC Action News, Fla.)
Feb 10 Citing 15-year delay, suit seeks action on rebuilt wrecks (New York Times)
Jan 22 Drivers vs. DMVs on VANI-T-PL8s (USA Today)
Jan 22 Putting on the brakes (Portland Press Herald)
Jan 16 Q & A with Stefan Lonce--A boom in personalized license plates (US News & World Report)

2007

 

Dec 30 Alabama 17th in nation in number of vanity plates (Birmingham News)
Dec 5 Suspended license loophole?  No way (New Jersey Record)
Dec 3 Cloned vehicle ID numbers raise buyers' risk (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Dec 2 Surprisingly, R.I. needs primer in plate vanity (Providence Journal Bulletin)
Nov 26 Getting real ID into the billfold (Washington Times)
Nov 26 We're tops in vanity plates (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Nov 20 'You're so vain'...well, not in Tenn (Commercial Appeal)
Nov 18 Auburn, Bama fans show their spirit with vanity plates (Press-Register)
Nov 16 GR8!  Poetry's in motion on Virginia vanity plates (Virginian Pilot)
Nov 13 Oh Nevada, you're so vain (KOLO TV)
Nov 13 States plates are vanitized more than most in the U.S. (Capitol Times)
Nov 13 NT GR8:  Indiana 49th in 'vanity' plates (Indianapolis Star)
Nov 12 Survey:  Illinois drivers are so vain (WBBM 780)
Nov 12 Study:  Virginia drivers rank tops for vanity plates; Ohio ranks 14th (WKYC)
Nov 12 Vanity license plates are popular in Maine (WCSH 6)
Nov 12 Virginia ranks #1 in vanity plate percentage (WSET-TV)
Nov 12 Vanity license plates aren't big with Texas drivers (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Nov 12 License to express (Rocky Mountain News)
Nov 12 Virginia is for lovers of vanity plates-It's the No. 1 state percentage-wise, but Illinois can boast too (Chicago Tribune)
Nov 12 ALOOKAT what URPLATE says ABOUTU (Albany Times Union)
   Nov 12 Self-expression drives vanity plate holders (Houston Chronicle)
Nov 12 When it comes to personalized plates, Virginia vainest of all (Associated Press)
Nov 11 For personalized plates, Virginia rates vainest of all (USA Today)
Oct 8 First in Fright? (News & Observer)
Oct 4 Be careful when selling a car (Wall Street Journal)
Oct 2 Buying and dealing with a flooded car (NBC TODAY Show)
Oct 2 License policy a win for security (Newsday)
Aug 26 Their Titles Laundered, the Cars are Still Lemons (NY Times)
Aug 26 A System to Track Lemons, in Want of $11 Million (NY Times)
Aug 20 Q & A:  Hurry up and wait (Washington Technology)
Aug 20 Flooded cars go to market with little to stop them (USA Today)
Aug 17 No regulations for monster trucks (The Chronicle Journal)
Aug 2 PBS to base 'Car Talk' animated sitcom on NPR's show (Chicago Sun Times)
July 16 PBS Animates NPR's Car Talk (Animation Magazine)
July 16 State's tops in car theft, but it shuns U.S. database:  Activist wants the California DMV to join a program that keeps tabs on cars' IDs (Sacramento Bee)
July 16 Auto theft database is left to lanquish:--tool against terror lost to poor compliance (Boston Globe)
July 11 PBS New Series 2008 (AP Online)
June 15 Unpaid speeding ticket could be a bump in the road
(The Morning Call)
June 7 Real ID Provisions May Mean Longer Lines at DMV (The Hill)
May 28 Real ID, real debate (Washington Technology)
May 28 System to Stop Sale of Tainted Cars (NPR)
April 5 Stop fraud in just seven seconds (BusinessWire)

2006

 

Oct. 20 Real ID draft regs due by year's end (Federal Computer Week)
Oct. 20 Trucker database may be pattern for new Real ID Act pointer system (Government Computer News)
Oct. 11 Tech.gov:  Real ID's real problems (PC World)
Oct. 2 Market crash turns focus to driver tests (Los Angeles Times)
Sept. 28 Real ID program will be a costly chore (Denver Post)
Sept. 27 Real ID, real costly (Eagle Tribune)
Sept. 25 Real ID price tag for states could top $11b (GCN)
Sept. 22 Study sets real cost of ID law far higher (Press Enterprise)
Sept. 22 Federal ID Act to cost Utah $15 M (Salt Lake Tribune)
Sept. 22 New driver ID to cost millions (Honolulu Advertiser)
Sept. 22 Analysis:  States--cost of Real ID is $11 B (UPI)
Sept. 22 Groups call for real ID changes (Decatur Daily)
Sept. 21 States say new IDs could cost billions (AP)
Sept. 11 Real ID makes state officials really angry (CQ)
Aug. 14 The best and worst of license plate design (Pittsburgh Post- Gazette)
Aug. 10 John H. Hill named new FMCSA Administrator (FMCSA)
Aug. 9 Who should take the car keys away from Alzheimer's patients? (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
July 27 FMCSA nominee clears hurdle (Trucking Headlines)
July 24 Long waits looming for license renewals: DMV officials fear new federal ID rules will lengthen lines (San Francisco Chronicle)
July 10 How big a risk are elderly drivers:  U.S lacks national standard as population ages (NBC Nightly News)
May 31 License to pry;  ID program raises far-reaching concerns (Detroit Metro Times)

May 12

Real ID law stirs vehement uproar in Granite State (New Jersey Record (NJ))

May 6

Mandate for ID Meets Resistance From States (The New York Times)

May 1

Congress Urged to Rethink Mandates, Deadlines for ID Cards (Congressional Quarterly)

May 1

ID Law Stirs Passionate Protest in N.H. (The Washington Post)

April 23

Rising number of older drivers raises stakes (Morning Call (Allentown, PA))

April 19

Groups seek national standards on older drivers (USA Today)

March 27

Federal ID rules prompt questions Homeland Security wants states to include more information on their driver's licenses. (Sarasota Herald Tribune (FL))

March 26

IN THE MAIL: North Dakota backs border-crossing ID (Grand Forks Herald (ND))

March 26

North Dakota working to ease border crossing (Grand Forks Herald (ND))

Feb. 28

Inspections should not be eliminated (News-Leader (Springfield, MA))

Feb. 28

USN Title Fraud Crimes (AP -- U.S. Newswire)

Feb. 28

Driver's licenses not up to snuff (Greensboro News & Record (NC))

Jan. 31

Real ID Act faces real challenges (www.secureidnews.com)

Jan. 31

Thousands of vehicles that sat in the murky waters left by hurricanes Katrina and Rita are starting to show up on the used-car market. (NPR)

Jan. 28

Avoid buying flood-damaged, titled-washed cars (Duluth News Tribune (MN))

Jan. 26

ACLU says R.I. leery of Real ID Act (Providence Journal Bulletin (RI))