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Started by Alex, February 04, 2010, 10:38:53 AM

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Scott5114

Quote from: Bruce on May 18, 2013, 05:30:05 PM
Washington State will be offering new Seahawks and Sounders license plates for $40 beginning January 1, 2014, with proceeds going to three local charities.

Source - Announcement Video

Here are the actual plates themselves:




WASHINGTON in Arial and the number in Helvetica?? :barf:

Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 17, 2013, 08:10:39 PM
awesome background.  what's with the shit font?

Typical Oklahoma plates use Series C digits with some sort of squared-off font for the letters.
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TEG24601

Quote from: Scott5114 on July 17, 2013, 11:58:33 PM
Quote from: Bruce on May 18, 2013, 05:30:05 PM
Washington State will be offering new Seahawks and Sounders license plates for $40 beginning January 1, 2014, with proceeds going to three local charities.

Source - Announcement Video

Here are the actual plates themselves:




WASHINGTON in Arial and the number in Helvetica?? :barf:

Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 17, 2013, 08:10:39 PM
awesome background.  what's with the shit font?

Typical Oklahoma plates use Series C digits with some sort of squared-off font for the letters.

It is the new, more legible fonts that WSDOL has been using on the newer printed (instead of stamped) plates.
They said take a left at the fork in the road.  I didn't think they literally meant a fork, until plain as day, there was a fork sticking out of the road at a junction.

agentsteel53

Quote from: Scott5114 on July 17, 2013, 11:58:33 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 17, 2013, 08:10:39 PM
awesome background.  what's with the shit font?

Typical Oklahoma plates use Series C digits with some sort of squared-off font for the letters.

that must just be the mockup, then.  I know the fonts you refer to on the actual plates; hopefully these new ones will use those fonts as well.
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Takumi

Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

maplestar

Quote from: Takumi on July 20, 2013, 07:03:43 AM
A bill has been introduced into Virginia legislation to require only a rear plate. Here's hoping it passes.
http://www.insidenova.com/news/local/northernva/state-bill-calls-for-one-license-plate-instead-of-two/article_754d9eaa-5493-11e2-9568-0019bb2963f4.html

I'm guessing it won't, since the article is dated January 1st and the year's General Assembly session has finished already.

CentralCAroadgeek

Prince Edward Island will be doing a general reissue in September to these new license plates.



This will replace all current PEI plate types on the road, with many older plates suffering legibility problems.

Alex


formulanone

Quote from: Alex on August 27, 2013, 11:24:29 AM
'Sweet Home Alabama' license plates to be phased out on Jan. 1

I'll be of two minds when I go to register my car soon; I kind of like the current plate, but the new one looks nice too.

Although, it appears the example above is slightly harder to read from a distance.

jwolfer

Quote from: Alex on August 27, 2013, 11:24:29 AM
'Sweet Home Alabama' license plates to be phased out on Jan. 1

The new general issue starting on January 1, 2014:



isnt there another song that mentions Alabama that can be incorporated?  will there still be county codes

DaBigE

It was announced late last week that Wisconsin's sesquicentennial license plates (1998) and red character standard issue plates should be nearly gone from Wisconsin highways by the end of next year: Official DMV notice (with images)
"We gotta find this road, it's like Bob's road!" - Rabbit, Twister

catch22

Michigan's latest specialty plate featuring the Mackinac Bridge, announced some time ago, finally goes on sale today:

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130829/METRO05/308290051/Mighty-Mac-license-plate-gets-makeover



vtk

I call shenanigans on the angle of the sun. That would have to be a sunset near winter solstice to be even close, and then wouldn't the straits be frozen?
Wait, it's all Ohio? Always has been.

agentsteel53

Quote from: vtk on August 29, 2013, 11:07:33 AM
I call shenanigans on the angle of the sun. That would have to be a sunset near winter solstice to be even close, and then wouldn't the straits be frozen?

anticipation of global warming.  there should probably be a gator in that drawing.
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vtk

Another pedantic nitpick: if the sky is bright orange, the water not appear blue. It would be a dimmer shade of the same orange hue.
Wait, it's all Ohio? Always has been.

Alps

Quote from: vtk on August 29, 2013, 03:22:47 PM
Another pedantic nitpick: if the sky is bright orange, the water not appear blue. It would be a dimmer shade of the same orange hue.
Anticipation of pollution.

agentsteel53

Quote from: Steve on September 02, 2013, 11:28:39 AM
Quote from: vtk on August 29, 2013, 03:22:47 PM
Another pedantic nitpick: if the sky is bright orange, the water not appear blue. It would be a dimmer shade of the same orange hue.
Anticipation of pollution.

a thin sheen of some oil on the water surface that causes orange light to reflect blue?  eek; I thought "the eastern seaboard going underwater" and "piranhas in Baffin Bay" was bad enough...
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cpzilliacus

KNX Radio: Bill Would Let Calif. Test Digital License Plates

QuoteState officials could set up a pilot program to test digital license plates under a bill advancing through the Legislature.

QuoteThe Assembly approved SB806 by Democratic Sen. Ben Hueso of San Diego, which would authorize the Department of Motor Vehicles to evaluate alternative license plates and registration cards.

QuoteA legislative analysis of the bill says replacing current plates and registration cards with wireless devices could reduce processing and mailing costs. Privacy advocates have raised concerns that digital plates could allow government officials to track motorists.
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SidS1045

Quote from: cpzilliacus on September 04, 2013, 12:40:46 AMPrivacy advocates have raised concerns that digital plates could allow government officials to track motorists.

Gotta love it.  With all the myriad methods available to track motorists now, they're all bent out of shape about one more.  That ship sailed years ago.
"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." - Edward R. Murrow

MDOTFanFB

Quote from: catch22 on August 29, 2013, 08:43:27 AM
Michigan's latest specialty plate featuring the Mackinac Bridge, announced some time ago, finally goes on sale today:

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130829/METRO05/308290051/Mighty-Mac-license-plate-gets-makeover




Well, it took two weeks, but one has been finally sighted out in the wild, starting out in the "AAA-(random three-digit number)" series, similar to the old blue plates in 2005 when Michigan started that combo. I wasn't expecting it at all.

catch22

A bill is working its way through the Michigan legislature to "age out" plates after 10 years and to explore a "digital plate printing method."

Detroit Free Press link:  http://www.freep.com/article/20131015/NEWS06/310150075/Michigan-bill-requires-replacement-of-old-license-plates

KEVIN_224

#620
Quote from: iwishiwascanadian on July 15, 2013, 05:44:29 PM
I've noticed that Connecticut has changed their license plate format.  It's been 123-AAA for as long as I can remember but now its 1ABCD2 with no spaces or anything.  I'm not fond of it at all. 

At least you don't have this Connecticut plate:



Yes, it's very real. My brother saw it in the lot of his work place! :D

On a side note, Connecticut finally allows 7-digit plates, but only if it's a vanity plate.

Road Hog

With a 1ABCD2 format, that'll last for a good while before it's time for seven digits. I suspect you probably went a lead letter a year with the 123AAA, judging by the size of the state. Replacing 10 digits with 26 alphas will extend this series out accordingly.

Dr Frankenstein

#622
Sylvain Gaudreault, the Minister of Transportation of Québec, announced today that the province may start emitting vanity plates by September 2015.

Until then, I think that they're the only state in North America not offering them. Correct me if I'm wrong.

(English)
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Quebec+allow+drivers+vanity+license+plates/9450168/story.html
(French)
http://www.lapresse.ca/le-quotidien/actualites/201401/30/01-4734028-immatriculations-personnalisees-au-quebec.php

EDIT: Added article in English.

formulanone

#623
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on November 06, 2013, 07:06:05 PM



Yes, it's very real. My brother saw it in the lot of his work place! :D

"Preserve The Sound" :-D

Quote from: jwolfer on August 27, 2013, 05:46:48 PM
Quote from: Alex on August 27, 2013, 11:24:29 AM
'Sweet Home Alabama' license plates to be phased out on Jan. 1

The new general issue starting on January 1, 2014:



isnt there another song that mentions Alabama that can be incorporated?  will there still be county codes

Seen three of these so far, and it seems the traditional county codes are intact.

corco

#624
Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on January 30, 2014, 02:56:13 PM
Sylvain Gaudreault, the Minister of Transportation of Québec, announced today that the province may start emitting vanity plates by September 2015.

Until then, I think that they're the only state in North America not offering them. Correct me if I'm wrong.

(In French only for now; the announcement was about an hour ago)
http://www.lapresse.ca/le-quotidien/actualites/201401/30/01-4734028-immatriculations-personnalisees-au-quebec.php

Wyoming barely does. Personalized plates still have the county number and bucking horse, so you're only allowed four characters. They must be pretty rare, I think. I had intended to tell you that Wyoming didn't allow them, because I don't recall ever seeing one in two years of living in Wyoming and 11 years of living in surrounding states.

https://www.dot.state.wy.us/home/titles_plates_registration/specialty_plates/Prestige_Plates.default.html



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