The most inept provincial government we've had since the last time to Cons were in charge. An absolute embarrassment.
Ontario's new license plates have a problem: you can't read them
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Re: Ontario's new license plates have a problem: you can't read them
#62Had the good fortune today to drive behind two cars, side by side, one sporting the old license plate and the other the old one. I could only read the old, white background plate but not the new blue one. And that was in broad daylight. Anyone claiming that the blue plates are perfectly readable has either never seen them in action or is downright lying. Incredible that vehicle plates are a political issue but there…
It is apparently not illegal in Ontario to put these very, very dark plastic covers over your plates either, making them so dark that they're barely legible unless you have your nose on that car. Including the (now) old design. Really, all you can see is a dark, smoked, grey rectangle where the plate is. I'm amazed this is legal.
Yep, add a layer of salt in winter and the plates are often completely, 100% not readable even if you're standing 2 feet from them in broad daylight, leaning over to try to discern the characters.
It's not legal. Your plates have to be legible. But much like many other portions of the Traffic Act, it's unenforced, so it's not really a "law" per se, more like a suggestion.
Re: Ontario's new license plates have a problem: you can't read them
#63Had the good fortune today to drive behind two cars, side by side, one sporting the old license plate and the other the old one. I could only read the old, white background plate but not the new blue one. And that was in broad daylight. Anyone claiming that the blue plates are perfectly readable has either never seen them in action or is downright lying. Incredible that vehicle plates are a political issue but there…
It is apparently not illegal in Ontario to put these very, very dark plastic covers over your plates either, making them so dark that they're barely legible unless you have your nose on that car. Including the (now) old design. Really, all you can see is a dark, smoked, grey rectangle where the plate is. I'm amazed this is legal.
There isn't some sort of generic law that says "license plates must be clearly visible"?
Re: Ontario's new license plates have a problem: you can't read them
#64Ridiculous situation: MPP Lisa Thompson defends new Ontario licence plates. Video clip from Question Period, she calls previous license plates "Liberal plates". https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/f5xbtt/mpp_lisa_th...
The previous plates, and every other plate re-launch in Ontario, were under Conservative governments.
Re: Ontario's new license plates have a problem: you can't read them
#65Side note: why did Ontario voters go from one Ford to another? Did they think, I loved the previous Ford except for the drugs and debauchery? Why does name count for so much in elections? Sigh
The story goes that urban Toronto didn't vote for Ford, but the suburbs and the rest of the province is who he was targeting and they really responded to his populist platform. And there are enough people not living in Toronto DT to win him the election.
Re: Ontario's new license plates have a problem: you can't read them
#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yep, I can take plates off of relatively anycar I see, preferably the same make, model, and color. Skip tolls, red lights, kill anyone, be a get away vehicle, collect parking tickets practically do anything I want where I didn't want to be identified by my license plate. License plates unless they're permanently affixed to cars is a bit outdated. Identifying license plates on the vehicle should be more permanent. Sim…
Paint a QR code of the VIN on the front and back bumpers at the factory. Done.
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Re: Ontario's new license plates have a problem: you can't read them
#67Things I can’t understand:
- Why North America doesn’t adopt European-style plates instead of the tiny, squished ones they have
- Why license plates are allowed to act as regional advertisements for local states and provinces rather than identifiers
- Why Canadians keep the Ford family in power
Re: Ontario's new license plates have a problem: you can't read them
#68The concept of physical license plates is completely outdated anyway.
Yep, I can take plates off of relatively anycar I see, preferably the same make, model, and color. Skip tolls, red lights, kill anyone, be a get away vehicle, collect parking tickets practically do anything I want where I didn't want to be identified by my license plate. License plates unless they're permanently affixed to cars is a bit outdated. Identifying license plates on the vehicle should be more permanent. Sim…
>Identifying license plates on the vehicle should be more permanent. Similar to the VIN. Otherwise if they can be changed so easily they're kind of pointless. They operate on good faith.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
What part of the car identifies the car in the days of diy repair and replacement of almost any part on the car?
Re: Ontario's new license plates have a problem: you can't read them
#69> The plates also had a new slogan – "A Place to Grow" – which drew the ire of some critics, who preferred the previous "Yours to Discover," which the plates had sported since 1982 Both are just as corny as they are useless in a license plate. Why put in novelty stuff? License plates are for identification, and should serve solely that function.
"A Place to Grow" - It's a pretty transparent move to encourage cannabis growers to set up shop in Ontario.
Re: Ontario's new license plates have a problem: you can't read them
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is apparently not illegal in Ontario to put these very, very dark plastic covers over your plates either, making them so dark that they're barely legible unless you have your nose on that car. Including the (now) old design. Really, all you can see is a dark, smoked, grey rectangle where the plate is. I'm amazed this is legal.
There isn't some sort of generic law that says "license plates must be clearly visible"?
There probably is, but the police has better things to do than enforce traffic laws in Toronto (Ontario?) apparently.
Really, the joke goes that if you want to kill someone in Ontario then do it while driving your car. It's even better if your victim is on a bike. Then you get a 500$ fine and back at the wheel. "Woops, didn't see them" is a valid defense, no matter the circumstances.