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Perhaps each new plate issued should include the state abbreviation in one of the corners (such as CA for California)
by stevewodil 7y ago
Perhaps each new plate issued should include the state abbreviation in one of the corners (such as CA for California)
- thaumasiotes 7y agoIt's possible but not necessary. License plates already feature non-overlap -- a standard California plate is 2AAA222, while a New Mexico plate is AAA222. Neither template can be confused for the other.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> License plates already feature non-overlap No, they don't. > a standard California plate is 2AAA222, while a New Mexico plate is AAA222. And the New Mexico AAA222 pattern is currently shared with Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, one of the optional Michigan designs, Mississippi, one of the Montana designs, some Nebraska plates, North Carolina, the Northern Mariana Islands, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Vermont, and the US Virgin Islands. To be fair, only NC, OK, and PR share NMs use of a dash between the alpha and numeric portion.
- aidenn0 7y agoVirginia used to issue in that pattern, with a dash between. Then they ran out and added a 4th digit. However, there are plenty of VA plates still around with the old pattern.
- thaumasiotes 7y ago>> License plates already feature non-overlap > No, they don't. Yes, they do. I described an example of it, and you agreed. I didn't say they don't feature overlap.