No one knows. Not one person knows... Where to get your car's window tint metered.
It seems to me now that Maryland Safety Inspection is a bureaucratic nightmare of the worst kind. Nothing seems to be simple, and - as I wrote the other day - the laws don't even make sense some of the time.
The inspection station said to me, last week, "The window tint has to be removed or metered and passed by a State Trooper. You can go to any MVA to get that done."
I asked, "Any MVA, including the one right down the road that isn't full-service?"
"That one is fine," he informed me.
Only, it wasn't fine. As it turns out, there are no state troopers stationed there these days. So, that sucked. But alas, while I was there, I could ask them where I actually should go to get it done. Thankfully, the lady at the help desk provided me with an answer: ANY STATE POLICE BARRACKS!
Sweet!
And so I drove to the closest STATE POLICE BARRACKS (which isn't that close, mind you). I walked in, ready to get this shit done, and...
Nope, wrong place again. You see, they don't meter it there, they only inspect it to see if you've removed it all. The only people that can meter it are state troopers that work at the Bel Air MVA for the FIRST TWO HOURS of operation M-F, or all day long on random week days in Glen Burnie.
So, basically, it's nearly impossible for any normal person to get this done, and still a hassle for anybody else because you can spend a bunch of time wasting gas in the process. "Fuck it", I said, and we went to the task of removing it.
You know, it would've been a hell of a lot easier (to me, at least) if they had simply accepted being slimed and said "I don't know". Green slime is water-soluble, last time I checked!
It should also be noted that not only do none of these people know what the fuck they are talking about or where anything can get done, but they also actually HAND OUT INCORRECT/OUTDATED INFORMATION at the MVA. Seriously! I asked for a driver handbook, and they gave me one, complete with an insert which contained all of the rules and processes involved in getting and keeping a license. The date printing date in the book was 2003... And the laws on this shit drastically changed last fall!
Great job, Maryland. Great fucking job.
It seems to me now that Maryland Safety Inspection is a bureaucratic nightmare of the worst kind. Nothing seems to be simple, and - as I wrote the other day - the laws don't even make sense some of the time.
The inspection station said to me, last week, "The window tint has to be removed or metered and passed by a State Trooper. You can go to any MVA to get that done."
I asked, "Any MVA, including the one right down the road that isn't full-service?"
"That one is fine," he informed me.
Only, it wasn't fine. As it turns out, there are no state troopers stationed there these days. So, that sucked. But alas, while I was there, I could ask them where I actually should go to get it done. Thankfully, the lady at the help desk provided me with an answer: ANY STATE POLICE BARRACKS!
Sweet!
And so I drove to the closest STATE POLICE BARRACKS (which isn't that close, mind you). I walked in, ready to get this shit done, and...
Nope, wrong place again. You see, they don't meter it there, they only inspect it to see if you've removed it all. The only people that can meter it are state troopers that work at the Bel Air MVA for the FIRST TWO HOURS of operation M-F, or all day long on random week days in Glen Burnie.
So, basically, it's nearly impossible for any normal person to get this done, and still a hassle for anybody else because you can spend a bunch of time wasting gas in the process. "Fuck it", I said, and we went to the task of removing it.
You know, it would've been a hell of a lot easier (to me, at least) if they had simply accepted being slimed and said "I don't know". Green slime is water-soluble, last time I checked!It should also be noted that not only do none of these people know what the fuck they are talking about or where anything can get done, but they also actually HAND OUT INCORRECT/OUTDATED INFORMATION at the MVA. Seriously! I asked for a driver handbook, and they gave me one, complete with an insert which contained all of the rules and processes involved in getting and keeping a license. The date printing date in the book was 2003... And the laws on this shit drastically changed last fall!
Great job, Maryland. Great fucking job.
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