# Why is the DMV so terrible?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 1, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-dmv-so-terrible/838030 "2019-08-01T22:50:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-dmv-so-terrible/838030/101 "2019-08-30T13:16:19Z")

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I’ll add another nitpick. States that stupidly use the same color scheme on their registration stickers year after year. Before NY went to window decals, the sticker on the plate was a different color scheme every year. It allowed law enforcement to spot unregistered vehicles at a casual glance (if the color scheme wasn’t current or the previous years, since at any given time 2 colors could be valid). In Maryland it’s the same black on white sticker. Oh, but we have two different “month” sticker colors, as if that’s useful.

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