Fw: Auto registration changes

FYI; original sent to Tulsa World


Letters to editor;
Thanks much for the story on Jne 17 by Ranndy Krebbiel about the bill passed
in 2018 to take effect on July 1, 2019 about the vehicle registration changes. In my
opinion the change in license ownership from machine to person is a good one, and
long overdue. Also needed was the requirement that registration must be carried
at all times. Both were what I had become used to in 34 years driving in Colorado.
However after my return from being a "displaced Okie" it was my coontinued
practice to make a copy of the registration(s) to keep in the car. However, one time,
particulars lost in my memory bank, I was informed by an officer that the registration
should not be carried with the insurance card. This seemed odd and undesirable, so
the copy continued to travel with me, especially since other states did require it to be
present.
There is one problem with the requirement, however. Originally, from 1986 on
the registration was printed out on a one-half page sheet, which fit in the 'glove box'
fairly nice. It seems that in some bureacratic mental break-down the decision was
made to print it out on a fiull 8.5 x 11 inch page. This left mostly blank paper and
was inconvenient, to say the least, to keep in the box and rather wasteful of paper
and effort. The old size could be folded in a fairly neat way to about match the size
of the insurance certificate. Hopefully, if enough of us raise a fuss, Governor Stitt can
decide to issue an executive order to rectify this miscue, without having to wait until
the 2020 Session for Legislative action.

Robert W. McDowell, Jr.
841 Lynwood Lane
Broken Arrow OK 74011 918-451-1051