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Lower_Wall_638 t1_jadu089 wrote

Reply to Is germantown friends school as good as they say? by snooloosey

I went to GFS and then my son goes there. I didn’t wanna send my son there because I had a hard time. I took part in the drug culture and struggled greatly until I decided to stop using drugs. That said, college was easy after high school and I was able to make good grades at an Ivy League school with relatively little effort. That said I always had some resentment towards the school so we started my son at another quaker school. After three years there we decided that the level of academic expectations was too low for what our child was capable of attaining. It was as if they were quite content with students being above average rather than great. He transferred to GFS and has done very well because he is naturally focused and capable of guiding his own education. He’s the type of kid that has never had to be asked to do his homework.

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hdhcnsnd t1_jadtryg wrote

Reply to ‘Ghost Cars’: Blurred Plates, No Plates on Philly Streets, Beyond – NBC10 Philadelphia by Fattom23

Let the towing companies seize obscured/no plate cars from the street.

Anecdotally, it seems like 10% of cars I see walking and biking around CC have some form of plate obfuscation. I rarely see no plates, though I do see a lot of questionable temporaries.

We’re have like 10 hit-and-runs a week. Why do you think these people are obscuring their plates?

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SaltPepperKetchup215 t1_jadt2cv wrote

Reply to comment by Little_Noodles in ‘Ghost Cars’: Blurred Plates, No Plates on Philly Streets, Beyond – NBC10 Philadelphia by Fattom23

While technically you’re correct.

Inspection and Emissions are no longer a reason. When you inspect your car it has to be registered as well. Kills 2 birds with one stone. They’re incredibly visible and easy to read from a distance on the windshield. Majority of time an inspection pull over leads to iffy registration issues as well.

No registration stickers on plate anymore. So only way for a police officer to know if car is not registered or there’s issues is to randomly run their plate while driving, imagine that case going in front of Philly DA and judges. “Ran plate for no reason”

So inspection and emissions being whiped off is not good IMO, also, just generally I’d like to see vehicles with bad safety stickers be at least warmed on It as bald tires and worn brakes can kill

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Fattom23 OP t1_jadrl4w wrote

Reply to ‘Ghost Cars’: Blurred Plates, No Plates on Philly Streets, Beyond – NBC10 Philadelphia by Fattom23

>Locally, the Philadelphia Parking Authority told NBC10 that cars with the VIN numbers covered or a license plate missing will be ticketed and towed.

This part is a pure lie. I've been told by both PPA and PPD that there's nothing they can do if the plate is missing and the VIN is covered. This is after reporting the same vehicle a couple of times a week for over a year.

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