Subj : Re: disability was: Posts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Nov 07 2019 01:34:10 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 30-Oct-2019 09:50 <=- NB>> So I asked my friend... and she didn't know... but now she's going to NB>> look into it, because she had a bit of a problem when her car was in NB>> the shop for repairs, and she didn't have the license plate to show NB>> her eligibility for the handicap spots.... All she has now is the NB>> plates... but she is going to see if she can get a hangtag as well... NB>> She'd thought that it was a short term thing (like the temp tags), NB>> but but I told her that they are for something like 8 years, and are NB>> pretty much automatically renewed, only have to go in and pick up a NB>> new one... BM> The portable hangtag only comes to light when the car with the BM> handicap plates isn't available! Even if had to be requested annual BM> would be a good idea to have: besides the car in service just riding BM> with someone -- pull out the tag to be able to park close (for medical BM> reasons). Exactly. Of course, if the alternative driver has their own tag, one wouldn't need it... but can't count on that being the case... BM>> but did find in Iowa on can get a sticker for the regular license plate BM>> if they don't want a disability plate. Goes in the lower right of the BM>> rear plate (IIRC new plates are issued once every ten years). Lower BM>> left is the annual registration sticker. Front plate is just there. NB>> That's a nice setup too, then.... :) BM> Yes. I don't recall the sticker option when I was looking in to the BM> permit years ago. Actually makes more sense in some cases: bending / BM> kneeling for an extended time swapping out the plates can be a problem BM> for some! Slap a sticker on, done! And easier to get someone else to do it for you, as well... :) NB>>> Mine generally resides in the glove compartment... So I really do NB>>> have to think to remember to grab it out of my car if I'll be NB>>> riding in someone else's (like Richard's, or the rental vehicles NB>>> I've had this year)... BM>> Now if you only carried a purse! NB>> Once in a while, I'll have some sort of a totebag that I could NB>> tuck the tag into, for when going into someone else's vehicle.... BM> Makes sense: as the need arises. Lately, I've been moving the tag from my car to Richard's, as we are going in his whenever we are driving together, to cut down on the wear-and-tear on mine until we find someone to fix the clutch... BM>> I think I put mine on the passenger seat as generally I was driving BM>> alone, or if a passenger moved it to the center console's 'container'. BM>> (The container thing isn't too large so the tag had to be shoved in.) NB>> I've seen things advertised to tuck it up behind the visor.... NB>> and swing it down when ready to use.... BM> Still have to remember to swing down the visor, which isn't all that BM> difficult - about the same as remembering to pull from the glove BM> compartment. I'd find it more convenient between the two options. Maybe, if I got used to it.... NB>> But usually the glove compartment is the best place for me... I'd NB>> rather not leave it out in the open if it isn't actually in use... NB>> sometimes one finds a spot that works just as well that isn't NB>> designated, but one doesn't want to have the car broken into just NB>> to steal the tag, either... BM> Right. I don't recall hearing of a car being broken in to just for BM> the tag but wouldn't surprise me. Probably a little far-fetched, but I'd still rather not take the chance... ;) BM>> And I'm glad you had brought up that detail: one of the e-ads I get BM>> had an add-on rear view camera. Decent price but minimal wide view and BM>> definitely no side view. NB>> It could be useful, but just expect too much from it... :) BM> Right. At this point I'd wait for one with much better side view BM> capabilities. The version I usually see is mounted above the rear BM> license plate (via the plate's screws) which I'm reasonably certain on BM> my car would be a problem for side views as the plate is recessed BM> slightly. The newer vehicles built-in ones might have fewer problems that way... but I'm not that gung-ho just to get one... ;) NB>>> There's a number of special NYS plates for various supporters as NB>>> well... BM>> Common way for the states to obtain more money: various forms of BM>> vanity plates. NB>> Yup.... :) BM> Nothing wrong with that, just sometimes wonder how all those plate BM> variations get memorized by police, especially adjoining states. BM> suppose easier now with the bar code scanning. The plates are supposed to have the state name visible... any license covers that cover the state are actually illegal.... BM>> Yes, the extra space was nice but LISB4 my little wind-up car couldn't BM>> see around the behemoth SUVs and vans. ...Need a back-up camera on a BM>> selfie stick to extend and look around!! NB>> And even that probably would miss some of the traffic... trouble is, NB>> those behemoths could be parked anywhere.... although they do seem to NB>> want to park as close as possible.... BM> Or decide where I parked 100' out alone in the semi-boonies was an BM> excellent idea and so park on either side of me! Rather defeating your aim in parking there.... ;) NB>>>> ... Butterflies are self-propelled flowers. BM>>> And along those lines: saw about a half-dozen butterflies snacking on BM>>> one of the plants in the back yard yesterday. Figured they would have BM>>> been migrating to some place warmer as supposed to have a freeze this BM>>> weekend. And the half-dozen number is the usual number I've seen BM>>> fluttering around. NB>>> Maybe they were just stoking up for the flight.... :) BM>> They may have left: I haven't been outside that much but didn't see BM>> anyone except a couple of white moths. NB>> It is getting to be that time of year.... :) BM> Hopefully everybody left who was supposed to leave. Had that quarter- BM> inch of snow yesterday morning; day or two before doing some tidying BM> up in the yard and noticed two moths who looked like butterflies, I BM> don't care too much about the moths but hope the butterflies around BM> here scooted off to where it's warm. (And now wondering where those BM> moths winter.) As long as it isn't inside your house.... ttyl neb .... Hesitate to attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .