An Evaluation of the Use of Registration Stickers on Vehicle License Plates
This research evaluated the potential costs and benefits of doing away with license plate registration stickers as part of the registration renewal process for Pennsylvania. The research consisted of a comprehensive literature review, a survey of U.S. and Canadian licensing agencies, a cost/benefit analysis of eliminating license plate stickers, and an assessment of related law enforcement issues and public information and education (PI&E) campaigns conducted by other agencies that have stopped using license plate registration stickers. The findings favored elimination of a sticker registration program for several reasons, including simplicity, cost savings, elimination of potential sticker theft, and positive reports from similarly adapted programs. As a result of this research, beginning December 31, 2016, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will no longer require vehicle registrations stickers.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB40 Standing Committee on Traffic Law Enforcement. Alternate title: Evaluation of the Use of Registration Stickers on Vehicle License Plates
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Garvey, Philip
- Coulson, N Edward
- Sarabi, Aidin Rezaei
- Pietrucha, Martin T
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
- Date: 2017
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: 16p
- Monograph Title: TRB 96th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Costs; License plates; Motor vehicle licensing; Registration; Theft
- Uncontrolled Terms: Stickers
- Geographic Terms: Pennsylvania
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Law; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01626436
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 17-02550
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 24 2017 4:41PM