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It is for this reason New Mexico license plates have “New Mexico, USA” on them. For those not aware, every state simply puts the name of the state on their lic
by jonnybgood 6y ago
It is for this reason New Mexico license plates have “New Mexico, USA” on them. For those not aware, every state simply puts the name of the state on their license plate but New Mexico adds ‘USA’ to theirs. The only state that I believe does this.
- technothrasher 6y agoI believe they started that in the late 1960's. Not all of the plates have USA on them. The standard yellow plates do, but the alternate "centennial" plates don't. Also, some of the specialty plates do and some don't.
- mauvehaus 6y agoIn a rather unfortunate coincidence, Ohio started issuing yellow plates with red text to people with too many DUI convictions a decade or so back. You don't often see plates from NM in OH, but when you do, it's a bit confusing.
- rhplus 6y agoThis seems... wrong? The driver is not the car and vice versa.
- selimthegrim 6y agoI think these cars usually have breathalyzer interlocks by that point. Some of my cousin's family members have had those plates.
- bregma 6y agoNot only that, but such a thing is probably illegal in the USA [0]. Someone needs to take it all the way through to the SCOTUS, although being forced to wear a scarlet letter as a form of public shaming has been ruled on before, if I understand correctly. [0] https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/constitution-check-is-shaming-a-legal-form-of-punishment-for-crime https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/constitution-check-is-sh...
- ericmay 6y agoFWIW I can’t recall seeing one of these plates in 10+ years. I have seen them before, though. Part of my family is a little, uh, rough, and when someone would get these in the past we’d say “oh so and so got their party tags”. So I’ve always remembered them as party tags... lol.
- theandrewbailey 6y agoOne of my dad's friends called them "party plates", and that was over 20 years ago. https://thenewswheel.com/a-bit-about-ohios-scarlet-letter-plates-for-dui-offenders/ https://thenewswheel.com/a-bit-about-ohios-scarlet-letter-pl...
- ericmay 6y agoWas looking through the comments and saw this. Glad I'm not alone in remembering these. We called them "party tags" instead of "party plates", though. I wonder how many people remember that being a thing in Ohio.