Viva Nuevo Mexico (IV)

New Mexico has a problem with car insurance. The problem is that like 1/3 of the drivers don't own any. How do they get away with this? Being New Mexico, we don't have a tracking system with a computer that would allow a cop to check this. So what people do is go to shady dealers to get a new temporary plate every month or so. It's easy to do because this is just a piece of paper that anyone could copy who has a decent scanner and it's cheaper than actually buying car insurance. What this ends up meaning is that the state has some of the nation's highest car insurance rates because so many drivers don't have it. You can always tell who they are because how many 1977 El Caminos really need temp tags?

So I'm thinking it was an insurance evader I saw today when the car in front of me in Santa Fe was about 20 years old and had temporary tags that expired on February 29, 2005.