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Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by callumprentice »

dboreham wrote: post #108
callumprentice wrote: post #33

A few years ago, I set out to take a snapshot of a plate from every state. My rules were that I had to take it personally, it had to be a regular set of numbers and letters for that state - no vanities - and I had to be able to clearly see the whole thing. I’m down to 3 left to get - North Dakota, West Virginia and Delaware. It’s been more than a year since I caught the last one (South Dakota) so I’m not sure I’ll ev…

Yellowstone is the place to do this. You'll even see some European plates (on motorcycles).

Interesting - thank you.

Near the top of my bucket list too.

Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by Mountain_Skies »

blamazon wrote: post #4

Not sure if it's still this way but it used to be that in Georgia if you got the "save wild dolphins" plate, the first two letters of your plate would be 'EE' which is hilarious. (It's supposed to sound like the noise dolphins make)

The state tries to avoid plate number collisions by using prefixes on specialty plates but pretty much every in-state university president has plate number 1 with their school's design. The governor and leaders of each chamber of the legislature also get their own plate design with assigned number 1.

Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by hiatus »

cratermoon wrote: post #65
causality0 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, if I took out my gun and fired randomly at a crowd I'm never getting my carry permit back regardless of whether I actually kill anyone. Fuck drunk drivers.

> never getting my carry permit back 27 states don't require a permit. At all. Ponder that.

What point are you trying to make here? You think in states that don't require permits, the state cannot bar that person from owning firearms? Obviously the person you are responding to is referring states that issue carry permits.

Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by bobbylarrybobby »

Tarball10 wrote: post #55
runarberg wrote: post #30

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My opinion is that DUI should revoke your license. I know it is common in Europe where first offenders loose their license for a few months, and then it gets progressively longer. The USA has IMO a terrible system which punishes DUI drivers through the justice system regardless of if they caused any harm. This leaves people with pretty shitty lives and prevents people from calling the police on DUI drivers. They can…

Revoking their license does not stop them from driving.

No, but it opens up the path to actual jail time, which would get them off the road for good.

Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by rascul »

oakesm9 wrote: post #89
some_random wrote: post #35

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People usually drive their own car, and taking away someone's license can be life destroying in most parts of the country.

Wait, is it not possible to get banned from driving in the USA? For comparison the drink driving penalties are here: https://www.gov.uk/drink-driving-penalties

> Wait, is it not possible to get banned from driving in the USA?

Yes, it is. I think the bar tends to be a little higher though. Also there are often work exemptions.

Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by hiatus »

HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #104
spiderice wrote: post #6

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I’m just wondering why they’re allowed to drive at all after 3 DUIs.

Good lawyers, basically. Either that or it's a small town and they know the right people. I know someone who was woken up by a State Trooper, fast asleep in her vehicle on the side of the road, with the engine running so it was obvious that she fell asleep while driving. It was by far not her first DUI. I assume that she lost her license after that, but I do know that she kept driving.

> I know someone who was woken up by a State Trooper, fast asleep in her vehicle on the side of the road, with the engine running so it was obvious that she fell asleep while driving.

It doesn't sound obvious to me. If it was cold out, you would run the engine for heat for instance.

Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by rented_mule »

On a long road trip last year, we logged all the plates we noticed. That included all 50 states plus Guam, Puerto Rico, federal government, and diplomatic plates. The article missed those not issued by states. What we didn't expect, and what the article also misses, is that we saw several distinct plate designs issued by Native Americans. We saw them in multiple states, but more in Oklahoma than anywhere else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of...

Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by rootusrootus »

Scoundreller wrote: post #91
petepete wrote: post #74

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I wish we had something like this in the UK. More than 6 points on your licence and you have to drive a yellow car with a 1l engine or smaller.

Restricting vehicle size after a DUI would make a lot of sense. Same for “novice” drivers licenses. Lawmakers with poor understandings of physics think speed is the only factor in energy.

> Lawmakers with poor understandings of physics think speed is the only factor in energy.

Given that v is squared in the equation, their understanding of physics seems okay to me.

Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by rootusrootus »

hiatus wrote: post #117
HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good lawyers, basically. Either that or it's a small town and they know the right people. I know someone who was woken up by a State Trooper, fast asleep in her vehicle on the side of the road, with the engine running so it was obvious that she fell asleep while driving. It was by far not her first DUI. I assume that she lost her license after that, but I do know that she kept driving.

> I know someone who was woken up by a State Trooper, fast asleep in her vehicle on the side of the road, with the engine running so it was obvious that she fell asleep while driving. It doesn't sound obvious to me. If it was cold out, you would run the engine for heat for instance.

It may not be obvious she was in fact driving, but it'll get you a DUI charge every time. Hell, even if you're in the back seat sleeping it off you're likely to get a charge if you have the keys anywhere accessible (and sometimes, even if you don't).
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