Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

[oceanpacific]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

She's going to have to take BOTH the written and road tests to get re-licensed. Just like a brand-new licensee.

[cynsaligia]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

Could be worse. I just found out a coworker only yesterday realized her drivers license expired.....

....last year.

[1stwahine]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

I did an Auntie Pupule!!

This thread should have made me remember my own Registration!

It was due in April...I forgot.

I just paid $194.00 instead of $178.00.

Whack Whack me!!!

Auntie Lynn

[oceanpacific]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

Who here is old enough to remember the safety sticker was placed on the inside of the windshield on the passenger side?

I will likewise admit to being around in those days, although I was not yet of driving age.

Another "catch 22" - almost three decades ago, my old boss, a retired AF Colonel, got stopped at the main gate at Hickam AFB for an expired driver's license. His passenger had to operate his car while on-base. He then needed to renew his license, but since it had expired, he had to take both the written test AND road test. He called me at the office so that I could come over, as a legally-licensed driver, to sign him in for the tests. Which I did ........ AFTER he had already DRIVEN HIMSELF to the licensing station.

In another instance, I sold a car to a friend of mine, then went off-island for a few days. In the meantime, my friend was "tagged" for doing a "Hollywood stop" (sliding around the corner on a red light without coming to a complete stop). At that time, it was discovered that his license had expired and the car was still registered in my name. Consequently, I received a citation in the mail for "permitting an unlicensed driver to operate my car" and offering me the opportunity for bail forfeiture to avoid a court appearance: $45 and THREE POINTS! How generous! For insurance purposes, letting an unlicensed driver operate a car is just one step below DUI!

I declined their "kind" offer and decided to fight the case. For one thing, my friend had also received additional citations for arguing with the cop, but when he finally went to court, the judge asked him if he had renewed his license. When he showed him the proof, the judge dismissed all of the citations except the original one for the improper turn. An attorney friend of mine told me I had it beat since my friend was not found guilty of being unlicensed.

At court, the judge warned the prosecuter that there didn't appear to be a case as the prosecutor had not served a subpoena on my friend to testify. The prosecutor proceeded anyway and questioned the citing officer. When it was time for me to play "Perry Mason" and cross-examine the cop, the judge pounded his gavel: CASE DISMISSED! Win one for the people!

[Got2HaVKaYaNoW]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

I just had to do that with a customer:


Okay...

You need to go to a SAFETY CHECK place, have them FAIL it.
They will give you a BLUE FAILED SAFETY.

Take the BLUE FAILED SAFETY to satellite city hall, with that they can give you a registration.


There you go dear, that would be $5.00 service charge, .23 Hawaii tax and $3.00 internet access fee..brings your total to :

$8.23 , I accept cash, check or charge...


<LOL>

* smooches *

[craigwatanabe]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

The real catch-22 is how do you legally get a car to a safety check station to get even a conditional "blue" safety check paper?

Once when I put rims on my 69 Cougar, I was told by DMV that the only legal way to get a car to the inspection station was to tow it down. She also told me as long as I don't get caught nobody will question you when you drive your car in to the station for inspection.

Just for kicks I had my Cougar towed on a flat bed to get it inspected. When the inspector came out wondering what all the comotion was all about, he was dumbfounded saying I was the first he'd seen that actually did that.

I told him I wanted to make sure he would pass me with my rims. After seeing that he started questioning the other punks that drove their cars in for their reconstructed permits how their cars ended up in his station without being towed

Yeah I got a lot of stink eye that day, but hey...the law is the law

[cezanne]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

Not me but I sure would like to see them move that safety sticker to the license plate. No need for stickers on the bumper.

The '66 Chevelle I inherited from my dad when he got new wheels in '77 had it. I think the last year it was like that was 1968 (because that's what was on the windshield).

[joshuatree]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

Who here is old enough to remember the safety sticker was placed on the inside of the windshield on the passenger side?

Not me but I sure would like to see them move that safety sticker to the license plate. No need for stickers on the bumper.

[cezanne]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

Who here is old enough to remember the safety sticker was placed on the inside of the windshield on the passenger side?

[christa]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

perfect. thanks so much! at least now i know i'll need to be ready to leave my car for a bit and get the reg done.

*sigh*
maybe next week.

[oceanpacific]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

Does HPD wait by the off ramps of highways to check these stickers like they do on the mainland? I can't even remember.

For safety checks and expired registration? No.

These are citations which get added on AFTER you get stopped for other violations like speeding, illegal turns, loud mufflers, burned-out lights, etc. Even expired parking meters.

The police officer will ask you for your license, car registration, and insurance card when he stops you. That's when he'll notice the out-of-date decals.

I once got ticketed in the old airport interisland parking lot for not having the current year registration decal. Seems that someone peeled it off the license plate. I avoided the fine as I had the validated registration certificate, but it still cost me $1.00 for the replacement decal.

[Vanguard]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

Does HPD wait by the off ramps of highways to check these stickers like they do on the mainland? I can't even remember.

[oceanpacific]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

Hence, Christa's confusion and her question! Either way it appears you can't get one without the other.

Christa, try calling the DMV. Or have you done that already?

If your registration is not current, you can get a "conditional" safety check which will enable you to then register your vehicle. After you get your new registration, you go back to the inspection station and get your safety check decals.

It is a real "catch 22" situation. You need a current safety check to renew your registration, but you also need both a current registration and current auto insurance or proof of financial responsibiliy to get a safety check done.

I got caught in this once. I bought a vehicle in early February - the safety check was due by the end of February. The next year, I went in for the safety check in the first week of February and was told that they could not do it because my registration had expired on January 31. Apparently, when you purchase a car and the dealer runs the papers through in the FIRST HALF of the month, the car is licensed only to the last day of the previous month. If the deal is sent through motor vehicle bureau in the SECOND HALF of the month, the registration extends to the last day of that month.

So, I had to get the conditional safety check and leave my vehicle at the inspection station (otherwise risk a citation for both NO SAFETY CHECK and UNREGISTERED VEHICLE OPERATED ON A PUBLIC STREET. Went to the Satellite City Hall to register my car with the conditional safety inspection and returned with the current registration to get the safety check squared away. Lucky for me, my cousin's husband was the manager of the Satellite City Hall at Ala Moana Center.

[Da Rolling Eye]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

I might be missing something here. But don't you need your up-to-date registration before you get a safety check?

STOP IT! It was all going so nice and smoothly.
Ay, ohyeahno? Best bet, call the licensing/registration division.

[tutusue]

Re: Which came first-- the safety check or the registration renewal??

I might be missing something here. But don't you need your up-to-date registration before you get a safety check?

Hence, Christa's confusion and her question! Either way it appears you can't get one without the other.

Christa, try calling the DMV. Or have you done that already?