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Senior-Sharpie t1_j2fn5hb wrote

I have been driving for 50 years and I can tell you that as bad as they are now (and they certainly do suck!) they were even worse when I first started driving. At that time it was a civil service job and the attitude was that they were untouchable. Some time ago they were privatized and it did improve for a short time. But as the years went by, they became entrenched and are well on their way to coming full circle. From my limited experience, Springfield is the worst, the last time I went there it took three trips on three successive days for a combined 8 hours to renew my DL! Rahway was a bit better for me, but not my wife, we both went on the same day at the same time with the same paperwork to get the enhanced license. I got mine but a different clerk “helped” my wife and told her her paperwork was no good. I took her to Elizabeth with the same paperwork and she was good to go.

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Senior-Sharpie t1_j1n6ksq wrote

And that isn’t really the most outrageous part, after 20 years of service he can retire with 1/2 pay and medical for life while your town will hire a replacement which starts the process over again. The retiree is free to take another town/ city govt. job and acquire another pension. Now you understand how normal working people are forced to sell their homes when they retire because they can no longer afford living in their towns and are forced to find a cheaper place to live.

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Senior-Sharpie t1_iyeu9c9 wrote

What I’m trying to say is that I have heard for decades that if the car was unlocked with the keys inside and was stolen the insurer would deny the claim. I just Googled that and was surprised to see that it could be covered but only if you had comprehensive coverage so I guess you could call comprehensive coverage insurance for stupidity. Surely you can see the difference between someone breaking into a car, Hotwiring it and driving it away as opposed to opening the door, turning on the ignition and driving away. It’s basically the same as someone breaking down your door and coming in (Breaking and entering) versus opening an unlocked door and walking in (unlawfully entry).

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