The Post editorial board weighs in on the practice of arresting those whose license plates have been expired for more than 30 days:

Make no mistake: No one should be driving with expired plates or a lapsed registration. Those who do — whether by oversight or commission — should be penalized. We recognize the legitimate police concern that unregistered vehicles can be a mask to hide other crimes. But aside from a 30-day grace period instituted by Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier, the law — which AAA Mid-Atlantic officials say is unique to the District — makes no allowance for people whose worst offense is bad record-keeping; other equally serious traffic violations are dealt with through appropriate administrative penalties. It also strikes us that police have better things to do with their time and manpower.

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