Why do some states require front and rear license plates? (insurance, inspection)
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Yeah Texas has some ugly plates now. Hopefully, they'll wise up soon and drop the inspections and front plates to be more freedom oriented like other Southern states.
This is another question along these lines here but why do some states have the counties on the plates? I know Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Kentucky and Mississippi do and have always wondered why
This is another question along these lines here but why do some states have the counties on the plates? I know Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Kentucky and Mississippi do and have always wondered why
Ohio adopted this about 30 years ago. Originally, the county name was spelled out, but then they went to stickers in the corner of the plates that have the number of the county. Perhaps this is because the place where the county name sticker went is often obscured by license plate frames. The counties are numbered by alphabetical order, so 85 = Wayne county.
As to why they identify vehicles by county, I do not know.
County id's are good for middle to smaller states as to help them narrow down where the car is registered. Some states still use county codes, such as Idaho, where police can look at 1A, or 2C, and know immediately what county the vehicle is registered in. Montana, and others still do this. It is more difficult in larger states, and Florida is somewhat an anomaly in showing the county on the plate, but it is not universal throughout the state, (why do I not find that surprising?). Washington State gave up on county codes decades ago.
County id's are good for middle to smaller states as to help them narrow down where the car is registered. Some states still use county codes, such as Idaho, where police can look at 1A, or 2C, and know immediately what county the vehicle is registered in. Montana, and others still do this. It is more difficult in larger states, and Florida is somewhat an anomaly in showing the county on the plate, but it is not universal throughout the state, (why do I not find that surprising?). Washington State gave up on county codes decades ago.
More states do this than you'd think. Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee all do this, Indiana used to do it, but now they have a set of numbers that correlate to the counties, they're in alphabetical order correlation.
Thanks for that. Yeah, I'm a license plate geek too, and it is fun to decipher the codes among different states. I lived in Illinois for awhile in the mid-2000's but could never figure out their numbering system. An odd mix of all numbers and some letters/numbers. I wish someone could explain their system, but knowing Illinois government, unlikely.
This is another question along these lines here but why do some states have the counties on the plates? I know Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Kentucky and Mississippi do and have always wondered why
Yes they all do seem to have the county on them. I don't know the reason. Maybe its an expression of doing their own thing. I don't know. Here in Florida you have your choice of county, In God We Trust or you can have Sunshine State on the Plate. Then of course there are all the different Vanity Plates. So many I don't know how the Police can identify its a Florida Plate. At least in other states. I just have the Sunshine State plate. That slogan has been on Florida Plates for many decades. I'm not interested in advertising anything else on a plate.
You want vanity plate confusion? Or even standard plate confusion? Try Montana. They must be #1 in the country for different plates, tons of vanities, and also they allow standard plates from atleast three, maybe four different eras! You really get a variety of plates in Montana. The state police must be going crazy with all these.
You want vanity plate confusion? Or even standard plate confusion? Try Montana. They must be #1 in the country for different plates, tons of vanities, and also they allow standard plates from atleast three, maybe four different eras! You really get a variety of plates in Montana. The state police must be going crazy with all these.
Ohio does not require you to purchase new plates unless the old plates are illegible. I buy new plates with each new vehicle, about every 6-7 years. There are a variety of designs in use. I am not sure how often the license plate design is changed.
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