The Brief
- CARFAX reports nearly 600,000 people are driving in Washington with expired car registration.
- At the lowest end, this would cost the state $25.6 million.
- The state said they do not keep track of this data.
SEATTLE, Wash. – About 600,000 Washington drivers are on the roads illegally, according to CARFAX, a vehicle history database.
Recent data from CARFAX claims 593,000 people are driving with expired tabs.
“Data scientists analyzed relevant VIN-specific data from CARFAX sources. We have 165,000 sources. That information comes into our database, and our data scientists are able to estimate the number of cars with expired registrations per state,” said Em Nguyen with CARFAX.…