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About 18 months ago I was driving on the 101 near Mountain View, headed north at 10pm or so, when a white Mercedes with no plate zoomed past me. I was doing 70,

by novum 17y ago

About 18 months ago I was driving on the 101 near Mountain View, headed north at 10pm or so, when a white Mercedes with no plate zoomed past me. I was doing 70, it must have been going over 100. Always wondered if that was Steve.

umjames 17y ago
That was a prototype iCar. Crap, I've already said too much. They'll be after me now.
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defen 17y ago
I'm confused...is it a well known thing that Jobs' car has no plates? Is that legal?
- CamperBob 17y ago
  Surprisingly, yes. In California, apparently, there is a provision in the motor-vehicle code that allows 'celebrities' (for some definition of 'celebrity') to drive around without license plates.
  - jakez 17y ago
    won't driving without a license plate just single you out as a celebrity then?
    - CamperBob 17y ago
      Yes, but the stalker/paparazzo/divorce attorney won't know which celebrity.
- novum 17y ago
  It's a common rumor that Jobs doesn't have plates on his car. This article speculates that it's not legal, but Jobs (or his staff) just pays the $250 fine if he's ever ticketed for it. Some of the comments also speculate that Jobs' car has suffered repeated vandalism due to people stealing his plates, and that the DMV has made an exception for him. http://www.iphonesavior.com/2008/09/steve-jobs-barc.html http://www.iphonesavior.com/2008/09/steve-jobs-barc.html
  - rms 17y ago
    In Pennsylvania, you can look up summary offense level driving/parking tickets for everyone via a convenient online form. I tried looking Jobs up, but California seems to wisely keep such information off of the internet. Edit: There are 5 random cases with Steve Jobs in San Mateo that are the matter of public record, but California seems to keep all traffic information off of the internet. Compare to PA where a parking ticket doesn't go on the internet, but driving without a license plate does.

by novum 17y ago

umjames 17y ago

That was a prototype iCar. Crap, I've already said too much. They'll be after me now.

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defen 17y ago

I'm confused...is it a well known thing that Jobs' car has no plates? Is that legal?

CamperBob 17y ago
Surprisingly, yes. In California, apparently, there is a provision in the motor-vehicle code that allows 'celebrities' (for some definition of 'celebrity') to drive around without license plates.
- jakez 17y ago
  won't driving without a license plate just single you out as a celebrity then?
  - CamperBob 17y ago
    Yes, but the stalker/paparazzo/divorce attorney won't know which celebrity.
novum 17y ago
It's a common rumor that Jobs doesn't have plates on his car. This article speculates that it's not legal, but Jobs (or his staff) just pays the $250 fine if he's ever ticketed for it. Some of the comments also speculate that Jobs' car has suffered repeated vandalism due to people stealing his plates, and that the DMV has made an exception for him. http://www.iphonesavior.com/2008/09/steve-jobs-barc.html http://www.iphonesavior.com/2008/09/steve-jobs-barc.html
- rms 17y ago
  In Pennsylvania, you can look up summary offense level driving/parking tickets for everyone via a convenient online form. I tried looking Jobs up, but California seems to wisely keep such information off of the internet. Edit: There are 5 random cases with Steve Jobs in San Mateo that are the matter of public record, but California seems to keep all traffic information off of the internet. Compare to PA where a parking ticket doesn't go on the internet, but driving without a license plate does.