Paradigm Shifts – The importance of selfishness (An antidotal story of the DMV)
©2015 KLD On November 22nd 2014 I took my vehicle to a STAR smog station. Every two years in California you have to, by government regulations, verify that the vehicle you own is not polluting more than the government limit. My vehicle, my property, was inspected, prodded, and generally treated like a sick patient. It was put on a set of rollers, where the engine was revved. At the end of this intrusion and devaluation of my property by the state, I was told that my vehicle passed the arbitrary test. I paid, was given a physical receipt and left, with the knowledge that the DMV would receive an electronic copy of my verified certification of passing from the STAR smog station. The next day I used the DMV website and paid my registration. The screen warned me that my smog cert was still due and it instructed me to be patient. It could take up to a week for the electronic certification to arrive at their door, apparently. December arrived and like most people I was busy with t