Sounds like another excellent reason to change your own oil. Many lube places end up putting inferior filters on vehicles anyways, and if you do it yourself, you can know that good oil and a good filter went on the car.
> drivers are also asked to check a box if they wish to have their name and address "withheld from the list the department sells."
> About 2.5 million Wisconsin drivers didn't check the box to withhold their information. By not doing so, those drivers allow the DOT to sell their information on a monthly basis.
> [...]
> In 2010, the DOT made $22,250 selling driver record files.
Wisconsin sells the personal information of 2.5M drivers for a mere $22k. If that emissions information is not reported to insurance companies, I'll eat my hat.
The DOT made $22,250 for all sales during 2010, which corresponds to 89 sales.
(It's nice not having a car anymore.)