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Originally Posted by toastedsushi
what is the best way to bring attention/fix this issue as a community ?
i feel like the end goal would be getting the government to revise the MVA regarding modified cars, preventing unlawful/unwarranted VI's...
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I don't think there's a single best way to do this.
Instead, I'd imagine a campaign through bombardment on multiple channels, demonstrated by as many victims as possible, would work best.
I'm reminded of when TV shows used to get cancelled and rabid fans would mail things to TV studios to demonstrate truly how many people want their show resurrected. Over 20 tons of nuts were shipped to CBS as part of a campaign to save the post-apocalyptic series Jericho.
For instance:
- tweeting VPD Chief Palmer (@ChiefPalmer)
- Submitting a freedom of information request
- contacting McLaughlin On Your Side to describe the issue
- finding every email address on VPD's web site and BCC'ing them in a single email
Yes, a lot of it will annoy or irritate the recipient, but it'll also bring this issue to light to more people. FOI and emailing every VPD email address would have more rank and file and administrative city staff aware of this issue, which will have them asking questions to others why they keep getting these same requests. It has the ability to reach far beyond any auto enthusiast to get them talking; to have it register in their minds.
Beyond that, it helps to give yourself credibility. Aside from having pictures to prove your innocence contrasted to your quoted MVA regulations, you guys gotta just straight up talk like a Harvard-educated white man. I've been on RS for a long time, read a lot, so I'm used to how casual you guys post. But that casual talk doesn't help offer credibility when it counts, like for issues like this. That means cut the swearing, bullet your arguments, make concise points, and check your spelling/grammar.
Think about it like you're the manager sifting through resumes. You go through dozens, maybe hundreds for an open position. It's tiresome. You'll take any mistake in that cover letter or resume to exclude that person cause you know there's a lot more to sift through. That means fixing your typos and not using heatscore email addresses or IG handles (surprise, sending an email from
69mackdaddyluvs2fap@gmail.com doesn't help you at all). Same principle would apply to this. You don't want to give them any margin, inch, or excuse to write you off.
Just my 0.02.
edit: If you guys do start a organized campaign, I definitely wouldn't do it in this thread. I'd start a new one to focus on that topic specifically vs. this thread which seems to go several different directions.