More Than 55,000 Vehicles Have Expired License Plates in Panama City
From January through April this year, 55,262 license plates have not been picked up by taxpayers, as revealed in a report by the Municipal Treasurer of the Municipality of Panama. Guillermo Dominguez, the Director of the Tax Administration, said the delays in the removal of plates is causing losses to the institution, and that the most frequent excuses given are traffic accidents, followed by mechanical breakdown. The Mayor has requested the preparation of a total of 202,989 license plates, from January to July. The report notes that in January they had available 29,489 license plates, of which 24,607 were withdrawn by the taxpayers.
In February there were 29,619 registered enrollments, and of those 23,727 went into the hands of taxpayers. While in March and April a total of 59,000 cars were registered. Meanwhile, during the month of May 23 out of every 100 people had not fulfilled their obligation to pay their road tax. For the month of June the Municipality ordered the production of 29,201 license plates, and figures for July amounted to 28,049, which are about to be delivered to the various municipal offices. (Panama America)
Editor's Comment: Great money making opportunity here. If there are more than 55,000 vehicles driving around Panama City with expired license plates then the National Police should start issuing tickets (and not asking for bribes to let people go). I think the ticket for an expired plate is like $50 bucks, so this could raise $2.75 million dollars in fines.
