Lookie what came in the mail yesterday!

[HillSlugger]

Cool!

I told them I was interested when they first were looking for the 25 minimum, but ended up getting tri club plates before these became available.

[divingbiker]

However, if youare ever driving drunk or erratically, everyone will definitely remember your license plate number so that they can call the police on you.

I cheaped out when it turned out you had to be a member. That just seemed lame.

I've got one of those stickers on my car that tells the cops to pull it over and verify the registration if they see it out after 1 am or something like that, because the lame-o person who owns the car is supposed to be in bed by then. So not likely I'll be driving drunk or erratically, and if I am then the cops probably should be called.

My WABA membership is good through 2011 so that was already a sunk cost for me. I like what WABA does, so I'm happy to pay the membership fee.

[Kalidurga]

Very cool.

I cheaped out when it turned out you had to be a member. That just seemed lame.

I joined One Less Car so I could be notified of Tour du Port every year, but I haven't gotten around to joining WABA. Which is why I never know about things like this.

[7rider]

I've got one of those stickers on my car that tells the cops to pull it over and verify the registration if they see it out after 1 am or something like that, because the lame-o person who owns the car is supposed to be in bed by then. So not likely I'll be driving drunk or erratically, and if I am then the cops probably should be called..

You do not..... Really???

My WABA membership is good through 2011 so that was already a sunk cost for me. I like what WABA does, so I'm happy to pay the membership fee.

Same here. Well...until 2010. Now...if I'd only get around to joining MORE....another group whose efforts I support, only not with the wallet.

[divingbiker]

You do not..... Really???

You betcha! You know I'm an old fart. And since I got it many years ago, I have not once been out past their curfew.

[Cataboo]

My WABA membership is good through 2011 so that was already a sunk cost for me. I like what WABA does, so I'm happy to pay the membership fee.

Oh, I'll probably get around to joining eventually for other reasons... My knickers just got in a bunch at being required to join. In order to get the special chesapeake bay license plate or any of those, you don't have to join & pay membership to any chesapeake bay group. So I don't see why this should be that way - if anything, you're putting an obstacle up when the reality is that the more of these license plates on the road the better.

[Cataboo]

I joined One Less Car so I could be notified of Tour du Port every year, but I haven't gotten around to joining WABA. Which is why I never know about things like this.

I think 7rider or someone posted on here about this a month or two ago.

[divingbiker]

Oh, I'll probably get around to joining eventually for other reasons... My knickers just got in a bunch at being required to join. In order to get the special chesapeake bay license plate or any of those, you don't have to join & pay membership to any chesapeake bay group. So I don't see why this should be that way - if anything, you're putting an obstacle up when the reality is that the more of these license plates on the road the better.

In most cases, the groups sponsoring the special license plates tack on an extra fee so they get their money that way; WABA didn't charge extra for the plate. One way or another, you pay for the privilege of being part of the group.

The state of Maryland sponsors the Chesapeake Bay plates, so I'd reckon that's why there's no group to join. All the other plates require that you go through the sponsoring group (Zen posted the link this morning.)

[Cataboo]

I'm used to virginia. There's like 200 special plates. Most of them are an additional $10 a year in the registration fee. Some are $25 a year and the organization or university that it's for gets $15 of that after the first 1,000 plates are sold.

You just get on the DMV website or go to the DMV and get the plate through there - most of them don't require membership proof or anything like that, but the purple heart or police group or whatever ones do.

[Zen]

WABA wasn't listed on MD's DMV site. Wonder if you could get away with it in person?

[Cataboo]

WABA wasn't listed on MD's DMV site. Wonder if you could get away with it in person?

If you get away with it, let me know