License Plate News

[kphoger]

Wisconsin has begun issuing special 'fleet' plates for cars, I saw two different ones while driving around Appleton today.  Interesting design element, in the smallest text that I have yet seen as a design element on a plate, they have "AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND" right below the normally sized state name at the top in an otherwise unadorned design (all black text and letters/numbers) and the word "FLEET" at the bottom.  I don't know if I would reject a car rental if the car did not have normal issue/design plates for the state that I am in.

FYI...  https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/related/acts/178.pdf

[tman]

Wisconsin has begun issuing special 'fleet' plates for cars, I saw two different ones while driving around Appleton today.  Interesting design element, in the smallest text that I have yet seen as a design element on a plate, they have "AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND" right below the normally sized state name at the top in an otherwise unadorned design (all black text and letters/numbers) and the word "FLEET" at the bottom.  I don't know if I would reject a car rental if the car did not have normal issue/design plates for the state that I am in.

Mike

I've seen a few around in the past few weeks.

The "America's Dairyland" is quite small on this new fleet design. I hope that this isn't a sign that the standard-issue plates are about to change, as I do like the farm scene and the decent-sized "America's Dairyland" at the bottom. While the current plate may be a bit dated (the font and graphics are certainly not fresh), I really do like it and wouldn't be happy to see it go.

Here's a picture of the new fleet plate I saw on Reddit:

[mgk920]

Wisconsin has begun issuing special 'fleet' plates for cars, I saw two different ones while driving around Appleton today.  Interesting design element, in the smallest text that I have yet seen as a design element on a plate, they have "AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND" right below the normally sized state name at the top in an otherwise unadorned design (all black text and letters/numbers) and the word "FLEET" at the bottom.  I don't know if I would reject a car rental if the car did not have normal issue/design plates for the state that I am in.

Mike

I've seen a few around in the past few weeks.

The "America's Dairyland" is quite small on this new fleet design. I hope that this isn't a sign that the standard-issue plates are about to change, as I do like the farm scene and the decent-sized "America's Dairyland" at the bottom. While the current plate may be a bit dated (the font and graphics are certainly not fresh), I really do like it and wouldn't be happy to see it go.

Here's a picture of the new fleet plate I saw on Reddit:

It might have been the cloudy, dreary and gray weather conditions, but the text on the ones that I saw yesterday looked black and not dark blue.    My current worry regarding any potential changes in the deign of Wisconsin's regular design license plates relates to the latest design of the state's driving license card that has been in circulation for a couple of years now, the prior ones looked like miniature versions of the license plate.

Mike

[JoePCool14]

Wisconsin has begun issuing special 'fleet' plates for cars, I saw two different ones while driving around Appleton today.  Interesting design element, in the smallest text that I have yet seen as a design element on a plate, they have "AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND" right below the normally sized state name at the top in an otherwise unadorned design (all black text and letters/numbers) and the word "FLEET" at the bottom.  I don't know if I would reject a car rental if the car did not have normal issue/design plates for the state that I am in.

Mike

I've seen a few around in the past few weeks.

The "America's Dairyland" is quite small on this new fleet design. I hope that this isn't a sign that the standard-issue plates are about to change, as I do like the farm scene and the decent-sized "America's Dairyland" at the bottom. While the current plate may be a bit dated (the font and graphics are certainly not fresh), I really do like it and wouldn't be happy to see it go.

Here's a picture of the new fleet plate I saw on Reddit:

This is the definition of over-simplified in my opinion. I think it could be worked into something decent. But this here is very generic right now.

Absolutely would take the current plates over this.

[SEWIGuy]

Wisconsin has begun issuing special 'fleet' plates for cars, I saw two different ones while driving around Appleton today.  Interesting design element, in the smallest text that I have yet seen as a design element on a plate, they have "AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND" right below the normally sized state name at the top in an otherwise unadorned design (all black text and letters/numbers) and the word "FLEET" at the bottom.  I don't know if I would reject a car rental if the car did not have normal issue/design plates for the state that I am in.

Mike

I've seen a few around in the past few weeks.

The "America's Dairyland" is quite small on this new fleet design. I hope that this isn't a sign that the standard-issue plates are about to change, as I do like the farm scene and the decent-sized "America's Dairyland" at the bottom. While the current plate may be a bit dated (the font and graphics are certainly not fresh), I really do like it and wouldn't be happy to see it go.

Here's a picture of the new fleet plate I saw on Reddit:

This is the definition of over-simplified in my opinion. I think it could be worked into something decent. But this here is very generic right now.

Absolutely would take the current plates over this.

There is no indication that Wisconsin is changing its plate design as part of the new plate replacement program.

[mgk920]

Wisconsin has begun issuing special 'fleet' plates for cars, I saw two different ones while driving around Appleton today.  Interesting design element, in the smallest text that I have yet seen as a design element on a plate, they have "AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND" right below the normally sized state name at the top in an otherwise unadorned design (all black text and letters/numbers) and the word "FLEET" at the bottom.  I don't know if I would reject a car rental if the car did not have normal issue/design plates for the state that I am in.

Mike

I've seen a few around in the past few weeks.

The "America's Dairyland" is quite small on this new fleet design. I hope that this isn't a sign that the standard-issue plates are about to change, as I do like the farm scene and the decent-sized "America's Dairyland" at the bottom. While the current plate may be a bit dated (the font and graphics are certainly not fresh), I really do like it and wouldn't be happy to see it go.

Here's a picture of the new fleet plate I saw on Reddit:

This is the definition of over-simplified in my opinion. I think it could be worked into something decent. But this here is very generic right now.

Absolutely would take the current plates over this.

There is no indication that Wisconsin is changing its plate design as part of the new plate replacement program.

I am not expecting any changes in the regular issue design in the foreseeable future, either.

Mike

[Ted$8roadFan]

Rhode Island has a new license plate:

https://www.atlanticsharkinstitute.org/licenseplate

[Flint1979]

At a traffic light in Saginaw there were 6 cars stopped me being one of them and we all had Water Winter Wonderland plates and had the tabs in the correct corner of the plate (lower right).

[ski-man]

Rhode Island has a new license plate:

https://www.atlanticsharkinstitute.org/licenseplate

I would love a sample plate of this one. Need sample as I would never take one off of someones vehicle.

[Ted$8roadFan]

Rhode Island has a new license plate:

https://www.atlanticsharkinstitute.org/licenseplate

And it's relatively popular, too, given RI's small size:

https://www.wpri.com/dont-miss/2700-ri-shark-license-plates-ordered-so-far/

[Ted$8roadFan]

Rhode Island has a new license plate:

https://www.atlanticsharkinstitute.org/licenseplate

I would love a sample plate of this one. Need sample as I would never take one off of someones vehicle.

Not sure if it's possible; to my knowledge, Rhode Island traditionally isn't good at giving out or selling samples. Perhaps the Atlantic Shark Conservancy might. 

[formulanone]

Rhode Island has a new license plate:

https://www.atlanticsharkinstitute.org/licenseplate

I would love a sample plate of this one. Need sample as I would never take one off of someones vehicle.

Not sure if it's possible; to my knowledge, Rhode Island traditionally isn't good at giving out or selling samples. Perhaps the Atlantic Shark Conservancy might. 

Can't wait to see the first one with BRUCE on it.

[Flint1979]

At last count on May 24th there were about 659, 000 winter water wonderland plates on the road and about 4.1 million pure Michigan plates on the road.

[Flint1979]

Here's one for the bad and ugly. Your tab is supposed to go in the lower right corner not in the center of the plate.

[hotdogPi]

I know of a taxi that has four visible stickers: 20/21/22/23. For those not familiar, registration is only every two years in Massachusetts. They can't continue it past four in a row, though; renewing it now would give them a 25 sticker, not a 24 sticker.

[Flint1979]

I don't know what's worse in the picture I posted. The tab being in the center of the plate or the ugly plate frame they have around it covering up the words Michigan and Wonderland. I'm going to go with the tab being in the center of the plate because you can remove the plate frame but now you just ruined a perfectly nice license plate there.

[Scott5114]

I don't know what's worse in the picture I posted. The tab being in the center of the plate or the ugly plate frame they have around it covering up the words Michigan and Wonderland. I'm going to go with the tab being in the center of the plate because you can remove the plate frame but now you just ruined a perfectly nice license plate there.

The Texas God does whatever They want, apparently.

[Flint1979]

I don't know what's worse in the picture I posted. The tab being in the center of the plate or the ugly plate frame they have around it covering up the words Michigan and Wonderland. I'm going to go with the tab being in the center of the plate because you can remove the plate frame but now you just ruined a perfectly nice license plate there.

The Texas God does whatever They want, apparently.

I guess so. I took the picture when I was stopped behind the car at a stop sign but as I was coming up the street behind the car I thought what in the hell is that orange thing in the middle of the plate? As I got closer I saw that it was the tab and thought that belongs in the lower right corner you idiot. I have seen people put them in the upper left corner on that plate a lot, this plate you are supposed to put it in the lower right corner.

[Scott5114]

I don't know what's worse in the picture I posted. The tab being in the center of the plate or the ugly plate frame they have around it covering up the words Michigan and Wonderland. I'm going to go with the tab being in the center of the plate because you can remove the plate frame but now you just ruined a perfectly nice license plate there.

The Texas God does whatever They want, apparently.

I guess so. I took the picture when I was stopped behind the car at a stop sign but as I was coming up the street behind the car I thought what in the hell is that orange thing in the middle of the plate? As I got closer I saw that it was the tab and thought that belongs in the lower right corner you idiot. I have seen people put them in the upper left corner on that plate a lot, this plate you are supposed to put it in the lower right corner.

In Oklahoma the moron thing to do is to alternate between the upper right corner, where it's supposed to go, and the upper left, which obscures the month/county sticker.

[chrisdiaz]

I don't know what's worse in the picture I posted. The tab being in the center of the plate or the ugly plate frame they have around it covering up the words Michigan and Wonderland. I'm going to go with the tab being in the center of the plate because you can remove the plate frame but now you just ruined a perfectly nice license plate there.

The Texas God does whatever They want, apparently.

I guess so. I took the picture when I was stopped behind the car at a stop sign but as I was coming up the street behind the car I thought what in the hell is that orange thing in the middle of the plate? As I got closer I saw that it was the tab and thought that belongs in the lower right corner you idiot. I have seen people put them in the upper left corner on that plate a lot, this plate you are supposed to put it in the lower right corner.

In Oklahoma the moron thing to do is to alternate between the upper right corner, where it's supposed to go, and the upper left, which obscures the month/county sticker.

Same for South Carolina, except on the bottom. Plates prior to 2017 had a month sticker in the bottom left and the year sticker in the bottom right. Since then, we have only been receiving a single month and date combined sticker, which is supposed to go in the bottom right. People still manage to put on the bottom left despite the explicit instructions.

[kalvado]

I don't know what's worse in the picture I posted. The tab being in the center of the plate or the ugly plate frame they have around it covering up the words Michigan and Wonderland. I'm going to go with the tab being in the center of the plate because you can remove the plate frame but now you just ruined a perfectly nice license plate there.

The Texas God does whatever They want, apparently.

I guess so. I took the picture when I was stopped behind the car at a stop sign but as I was coming up the street behind the car I thought what in the hell is that orange thing in the middle of the plate? As I got closer I saw that it was the tab and thought that belongs in the lower right corner you idiot. I have seen people put them in the upper left corner on that plate a lot, this plate you are supposed to put it in the lower right corner.

In Oklahoma the moron thing to do is to alternate between the upper right corner, where it's supposed to go, and the upper left, which obscures the month/county sticker.

Same for South Carolina, except on the bottom. Plates prior to 2017 had a month sticker in the bottom left and the year sticker in the bottom right. Since then, we have only been receiving a single month and date combined sticker, which is supposed to go in the bottom right. People still manage to put on the bottom left despite the explicit instructions.

aaaand... why should anyone care? Fees are paid, and proof is displayed....

[Scott5114]

Having two stickers displayed at once can make it hard to determine whether a registration is expired or not when a car goes whizzing past at 70 mph. To be sure, it's still less of a problem than when it happens in Oklahoma, where doing such a thing obscures actual information needed to determine whether the registration is valid or not (since the year stickers contain no month information).

[doglover44]

How many states are getting new plates this year ?

[kalvado]

Having two stickers displayed at once can make it hard to determine whether a registration is expired or not when a car goes whizzing past at 70 mph. To be sure, it's still less of a problem than when it happens in Oklahoma, where doing such a thing obscures actual information needed to determine whether the registration is valid or not (since the year stickers contain no month information).

Checking stickers in the 70 mph traffic must require vision much better than 20\20....

[Scott5114]

Having two stickers displayed at once can make it hard to determine whether a registration is expired or not when a car goes whizzing past at 70 mph. To be sure, it's still less of a problem than when it happens in Oklahoma, where doing such a thing obscures actual information needed to determine whether the registration is valid or not (since the year stickers contain no month information).

Checking stickers in the 70 mph traffic must require vision much better than 20\20....

The years are all color coded. If you know this year's sticker is blue, red stickers are potentially expired (obviously, this means you have to check the month sticker to see whether it is or not, and it's basically illegible from any real distance because Oklahoma is not well known for being run by people of great intellect). Of course, if you see a red sticker in the upper right because the idiot put the blue one on the upper left, that causes a problem.