Washington may be fighting the Real ID requirement, but they like the idea itself
Traffic citations across Washington state soon will be paperless.
The State Patrol and at least one Western Washington police department have begun scanning bar codes on driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations to get information needed to create traffic citations, according to the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC). The scanned information is automatically transferred to the courts. Alleged offenders get copies of citations but no longer are required to sign them.
“It’s sort of like taking a page out of the UPS [United Parcel Service] guy,” said Don Pierce, executive director of WASPC.
In recent weeks, troopers in King, Pierce, Thurston, Spokane and Kitsap counties and officers in Lacey, Thurston County, have begun using the system. Other agencies across the state are expected to incorporate the program eventually.
Ahh yes, that is how I wanted to be looked at by my government: A package to be scanned.
Will that be before or after my being shipped off for not being “progressive” enough?