Orange County Confidential Number Plates

It’s been almost two years since an Orange County Register investigation revealed abuses of a confidential DMV program that allows government employees to evade traffic tickets.

And still, lawmakers have not been able to change how the program works, or eliminate it altogether.

State Assemblyman Jeff Miller, R-Corona, is the latest lawmaker to take a shot. He’s proposing legislation aimed at closing a loophole that can amount to a free pass on citations for the millions of motorists who have confidential number plates.

Assembly bill 2097 would require motorists who have confidential number plates to give the DMV up-to-date work addresses so that when they get a citation for speeding or double parking, police will know where to send it.