Quote:
Originally Posted by 79T/A
2. I don't know why it's there, but to the best of my knowledge, the police do not have hand-held scanners to check them on the street, so they're not for the cops. I believe it is more to ensure the sticker's validity within the MVC. It's another item that is not always easily counterfeited and can be spotted as fake by the cops, though.
|
the bar code gets scanned at the time of inspection. It helps the MVC keep track of all the stickers, making it impossible to steal one without a flag getting thrown. the person inspecting it also scans their operator ID card so the sticker and the technician from that point on are linked.