Colorado's Claim to Fame

[zenkonami]

I do agree that Colorado's default plate is one of it's claims to fame, though. It's a great and identifiable plate, even if it doesn't technically represent half the state, it does represent most outsiders' perception of the state.

I think most people who don't live in the same region as say New Jersey, North Carolina or Washington state probably wouldn't recognize their plates at a distance, but Colorado's seems highly identifiable. Note: I probably do have a bias on that perception myself, however.

[McGowdog]

Originally Posted by jazzlover

... but have had the Zia symbol on them probably longer than Colorado has had the mountains...

Really? For millions of years?

Originally Posted by jazzlover

...the design is actually required to be on the plate by state law..

Is it also a Wyoming state law for them to drive like Hee Haw's when they drive up and down the Front Range in Colorado?

Originally Posted by jazzlover

...Law enforcement hates that--it's virtually impossible to tell if a vehicle is a Colorado vehicle if it has one of the specialty plates until one is practically on top of it...

Then they ought to hire me! I can tell from way back, especially if I'm out of state and see another one.

Originally Posted by vegaspilgrim

...I agree, the specialty plate thing gets ridiculous.

Come on now! Don't you think the prison inmates get bored enough? Could you imagine doing the old white on green... and the trucks that were all green? Got to spice it up a little bit.

[treedonkey]

Originally Posted by McGowdog

Is it also a Wyoming state law for them to drive like Hee Haw's when they drive up and down the Front Range in Colorado?

How exactly does a hee haw drive?

[Sockeye]

Originally Posted by jazzlover

Two of Colorado's neighboring states have long-running license plate designs. New Mexico's plates have changed some over the years, but have had the Zia symbol on them probably longer than Colorado has had the mountains. Wyoming has had the cowboy on bucking bronco (affectionately called "Cowboy Joe" by many Wyomingites) on the license plate since 1936--the design is actually required to be on the plate by state law.

I love the "original" Colorado plate design, but Colorado has gone absolutely insane with "specialty" plates--over 100 different designs with umpteen different colors. Law enforcement hates that--it's virtually impossible to tell if a vehicle is a Colorado vehicle if it has one of the specialty plates until one is practically on top of it.

Good ol' Plain Jane Colorado plate:



2009 Wyoming plate



Traditional New Mexico plate:



All very good designs.

I'd like to see only the Plain Jane Colorado plate and this one as options.

[Katiana]

The Olympic training center in COS.