Why do so many bums drive around these days with expired tags and Police never pull them over?

Welcome 2 Portland, Oregon US

I like the cops and all. But from a traffic perspective they are just revenue collectors. They snarl traffic on the highways pulling people over for 10mph over limit while vastly increasing the chance of fender benders. They don't ticket people (like bums) who can't pay. They ignore cars and motorcycles that are way too loud. They collect money.

In California - police are prohibited from using expired tags as a basis to stop a car. New law that was enacted in July. If tags are 2-3 months + expired, I think the stop is still lawful. All part of our kinder, gentler, criminal justice system that is working wonders out here :-(

If I recall correctly in every jurisdiction where this is a policy it is now considered a secondary offense, where you can only ticket for the tags if you have to pull them over and/or cite them for some other primary reason, e.g. speeding, running a red light, causing an accident, etc.

Its the dark covers on plates that irk me. And its often fancy cars not owned by bums. Obscuring your plate should be pulled over every day and impounded on the 2nd violation.