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Flock delenda est, but why are any states even using both 0 and O in license plates in the first place?
by crooked-v 6mo ago
Flock delenda est, but why are any states even using both 0 and O in license plates in the first place?
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 6mo agoThat's what I was thinking. You can see in one photo on the article that the O is squared off, and the zero is rounded, but it still seems ripe for confusion.
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- mordechai9000 6mo agoI believe, in my state, similar looking characters are considered identical for vanity plates. I assumed this applied to state issued plate IDs as well, but maybe not. It's hard enough trying to read a license plate on the road without throwing in confusion over B vs 8 and O vs 0.
- spuz 6mo agoYeah this is a problem even without technology. I believe the UK does not use the letter O in standard registration numbers so it cannot be confused with 0.
- tzs 6mo agoFor normal plates this should not be a problem. Normal Colorado license plates have the format XXX-XNN where Xs are letters and Ns are digits. Someone getting 0 and O mixed up when entering a plate into a database should not cause false matches. It should only cause false mismatches. I'd guess then that it must be vanity plates in these incidents. The state should fix that by not allowing a vanity plate to be issued that only differs from another vanity plate by 0/O changes. (Maybe also filter out 1/I changes).