By Business Wire, March 07, 2013, 11:50:00 AM EDT
DOVER, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The
Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in partnership with Delaware
Interactivehave developed a new temporary tag issuing
system for new car dealerships. The new program, which officially
launches on Friday, March 8, will provide greater efficiencies
for automobile dealerships to fulfill DMV requirements governing the
sale of motor vehicles and temporary tag issuance.
The DMV
has historically enjoyed a close working relationship with the state's
auto dealership community. Over the past few years, the DMV
has fielded requests from dealerships for an integrated online system
that would replace the current paper-based process, which required
dealers to prepay for temporary tags and keep inventory.
DMV Director Jennifer Cohan explained the program, "The DMV is
launching the new print on demand temporary tag system to give new car
dealers the ability to print temporary tags as needed for customers. The
print on demand system adds yet another customer service benefit to
DMV's growing list of online, and onsite efficiencies for all customers.
The DMV is also happy to provide this to our Delaware dealers at no
cost."
The web-based temporary tag system will streamline the issuance
of temporary vehicle registration at the dealership by allowing dealers
to print a "temp-tag" on site and on demand. There will no longer
be a need to send paperwork back to the DMV, which helps improve
efficiency by reducing manual data entry and decreasing the
administrative burden on the DMV and dealership staffs. With
approximately 130,000 temporary tags issued annually, this
drastically reduces the amount of time taken per tag issued.
Guy Winer, General Manager of Winner Ford Dover, explained that, "The
new system will help us out tremendously and improve the integrity of
the temporary tag issuing process. It will also be great for consumers
because it's an instant transaction process."
I.G. Burton BMW of Milford was one of the dealerships that piloted the
new system. Burton's Finance Manager Rick Marine said about the program, "I
love it!It speeds up the sales process, is very organized, and
we no longer have to search through a lot of paperwork and temporary tag
forms. I would never want to go back to the old system."
A key safety feature of the new temporary tag system provides state law
enforcement agencies the ability to identify - in real-time - any
vehicle owner authorized to operate on Delaware roadways driving a
vehicle with the new temporary tag. This confirmation offers enhanced
security for Delaware motorists by reducing the risk of fraud. The
temporary tags will also no longer be handwritten, but printed,
therefore establishing visual conformity and increasing the
legibility of information.
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Source: Delaware Interactive