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Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by NoMoreNicksLeft »

Scoundreller wrote: post #3

A relative had an immigrant colleague that was intrigued by different US license plates. One day their manager had one that had a new colour scheme that he never saw before. The intrigue overtook him and in a big group he had to ask how he got this new beautiful plate. And how could he get one themself? Turns out the state required you to “wear” this license plate after your third DUI or something. Oops. Edit: looks…

I'm concerned with the "in Ohio, first time OWI offenders are required to stay in jail 3 days"...

Like, post-conviction? Or are they punishing before conviction here? It's sort of fucked, considering that there are several medical conditions commonly mistaken for drunk driving.

Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by rootusrootus »

Scoundreller wrote: post #3

A relative had an immigrant colleague that was intrigued by different US license plates. One day their manager had one that had a new colour scheme that he never saw before. The intrigue overtook him and in a big group he had to ask how he got this new beautiful plate. And how could he get one themself? Turns out the state required you to “wear” this license plate after your third DUI or something. Oops. Edit: looks…

That's interesting. Ohio's party plates are similar to Oregon's old yellow plates (which are still used for some niches, including official vehicles). The red font is different, but some of those party plates have very dark red numbers.

Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by msm_ »

SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #84
nunez wrote: post #73

> Yes, license plates are still made by cheap prison labor in most states. 80% of all license plates issued in the U.S. today were made by state prisoners, with only 12 states opting out of the practice. According to a 2022 ACLU report on prison labor in the U.S., many states offer no pay at all to prisoners, while the average hourly wage across the country was between 13 and 52 cents per hour So slavery's not dead,…

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." 13A A. I guess I'm confused you ever thought it was dead. B. The license plate programs are optional, and as I understand it most work details are a desirable distraction from the all encompassing boredom of pr…

A: Easy mistake to make. Let's take google results for "abolished slavery":

> When did slavery end around the world?

> After centuries of struggle, slavery was eventually declared illegal at the global level in 1948 under the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Mauritania was the last country to officially abolish slavery, with a presidential decree in 1981.

This is also what I was taught at school. Most people in my European country probably know that "legal" slavery (for example debt bondage) still happens in third world countries, but I'm almost sure most don't realise slavery is legal in the US too.

Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by VK538FY »

Scoundreller wrote: post #88
runarberg wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I think in Europe you’re a lot less likely to get charged with a DUI. Rare to see random checkpoints, and generally rare to have non-automated “mobile” enforcement of traffic rules in Europe (in my US, Canadian, French, German and Croatian driving experience). Heck, in France most collisions don’t even involve police while they’re generally a mandatory report in US/Canada. If you get a DUI in Europe, you were probabl…

My anecdotal experience is the exact opposite! I'm from some unpopular Canadian province and live in Switzerland. Lots of random controls in CH. I watch a lot of French television where they at least pretend to do the same in France, sort of the Gendarmes de Clermont-Ferrand. Anyway. I've also been a passenger in a car in Germany and the driver was controlled randomly. Now, in my wasted youth in a former capital of Canada, I wasn't once controlled when I should have been.

Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by NoMoreNicksLeft »

nunez wrote: post #73

> Yes, license plates are still made by cheap prison labor in most states. 80% of all license plates issued in the U.S. today were made by state prisoners, with only 12 states opting out of the practice. According to a 2022 ACLU report on prison labor in the U.S., many states offer no pay at all to prisoners, while the average hourly wage across the country was between 13 and 52 cents per hour So slavery's not dead,…

If this is "slavery"... why should anyone care? The idea that they can be forced to work without pay bothers you, but that they can be forced to live in a cage doesn't?

Re: All of the vehicle license plates available in America

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Post by deathanatos »

ezfe wrote: post #51
Ekaros wrote: post #9

As coming from country with actually working IT, I always wondered about those year and month tags... I get my yearly tax directly as bill to my bank...

My car's tax is an annual bill, as you describe. That's not what the tags are for though, the tags are registration tags indicating your plate is active. In Massachusetts, it's $30/yr for active registration and the plate cannot be renewed without active insurance, etc. So, if you fail to renew your insurance then you won't get a new registration sticker and your plate will eventually be easily identified as lapsed.…

> In Massachusetts, it's $30/yr for active registration

… plus the excise tax. (A variable-rate tax rather loosely based on the value of the vehicle.)

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