Veteran plates?
One of the reasons I love reading the local community newspaper is the Letters to the Editor pages which are usually top-filled with local flavour. There are all the usual complaints about municipal affairs. Municipal politics... note to self for another blog entry....
The other day, there was a letter from a ranting senior about parking. One of the things he mentioned was veteran plates. It was mid-ramble between a sneer about parking rates and a snarl about the new 'credit card friendly' parking system.
Here in British Columbia, the provincial government, through it's amorphous car insurance monopoly, ICBC, decided to issue special licence plates to military veterans. Now, I'm all for honouring veterans or anyone who devotes their lives to serving the greater good of mankind (in general) and the dominion of Canada (in particular) but I have some reservations about this one.
I haven't really researched this so I'm not sure of the details but I've seen numerous cars bearing these 'veteran' plates and it's made me a bit curious.Just off the top of my head, I came up with a few questions...
qualifications:
Are veteran plates restricted to ex-members of the Canadian Armed Forces? If so, why??
How much service does one have to do to qualify for veteran plates?
Is there an accepted minimum amount of service? If so, based on what criterea?
Do those who were dishonourably discharged still qualify?
Do retired British Armed Forces personnel qualify?
Do Military Reserve officers qualify?
Do retired RCMP officers (ie: paramilitary force) qualify?
cost/benefits:
Are there any tangible benefits to veteran plates, especially regarding insurance?
Are there any costs associated to veteran plates, especially regarding insurance?
Are the rules regarding the lawful use of licence plates different for veteran plates?
What purpose is served by veteran plates? What is the idea behind them?
During coffee talk at work I raised a couple of these points. When I mentioned RCMP officers, one of the guys jokingly suggested an RCMP veteran plate would be tantamount to a target for vandals & thieves. He might be right!
Do the other provinces have veteran plates and, if so, what do you think about them?
-Mac
The other day, there was a letter from a ranting senior about parking. One of the things he mentioned was veteran plates. It was mid-ramble between a sneer about parking rates and a snarl about the new 'credit card friendly' parking system.
Here in British Columbia, the provincial government, through it's amorphous car insurance monopoly, ICBC, decided to issue special licence plates to military veterans. Now, I'm all for honouring veterans or anyone who devotes their lives to serving the greater good of mankind (in general) and the dominion of Canada (in particular) but I have some reservations about this one.
I haven't really researched this so I'm not sure of the details but I've seen numerous cars bearing these 'veteran' plates and it's made me a bit curious.Just off the top of my head, I came up with a few questions...
qualifications:
Are veteran plates restricted to ex-members of the Canadian Armed Forces? If so, why??
How much service does one have to do to qualify for veteran plates?
Is there an accepted minimum amount of service? If so, based on what criterea?
Do those who were dishonourably discharged still qualify?
Do retired British Armed Forces personnel qualify?
Do Military Reserve officers qualify?
Do retired RCMP officers (ie: paramilitary force) qualify?
cost/benefits:
Are there any tangible benefits to veteran plates, especially regarding insurance?
Are there any costs associated to veteran plates, especially regarding insurance?
Are the rules regarding the lawful use of licence plates different for veteran plates?
What purpose is served by veteran plates? What is the idea behind them?
During coffee talk at work I raised a couple of these points. When I mentioned RCMP officers, one of the guys jokingly suggested an RCMP veteran plate would be tantamount to a target for vandals & thieves. He might be right!
Do the other provinces have veteran plates and, if so, what do you think about them?
-Mac
posted by Mac at 8:41 PM
5 Comments:
one of the guys jokingly suggested an RCMP veteran plate would be tantamount to a target for vandals & thieves.
That would sure be the case with the OPP in Caledonia!!!
mac, check this out.
BC Veterans Plate Info
It has everything you need to know to get BC veteran plates
p.s. I am adding your RSS feed to my reading list :-)
I spoke too soon. You have no RSS feed. But to continue, Ontario has veterans plates. They put Poppies on them.
I'm pretty new to this whole blogging thing... I don't know how to add an RSS feed. Actually, I only have a vague idea of what an RSS feed is! Thanks for the Vet Plate link. I'm gonna go do some reading!
-Mac
I am pretty sure blogger has a tool that lets you just select it as an option. it lets you syndicate yourself so others know when you have put something new up. I use Mozilla Firefox as a browser and there is a plug in for it called Sage that lets me just click a button and it goes and looks at all the blogs that I have added the RSS feed for and bolds those with new items and bolds the new items. i.e. it makes it really easy to keep up with your favourites.
The RSS was started for press agencies and news sites so people could put new content on their own site but bloggers have started taking it over.
Go look at your blogger options. If you need help drop me a line and I can go sign up a fake blogger account and give you a hand.
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