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License Plates of the World
I've had this idea for awhile now. With the proliferation of license plates that each states now offers, you hear an some comments about how confused law enforcement officials are when attempting to identify which state a plate belongs to.
I have a simple solution. Each state receives a unique pattern of letters and numbers for their plates. For instance, CA might be AAAAA1, while Delaware would be A111111. This way the style of plate would have no bearing on determining the state it was from. The only glitch here is the vanity plate. I think doing something like adding the state abbreviation in half size letters would be the way to go. Or replace the first of seven letters with a V over an A for Virginia, etc.
Back to work.
I've had this idea for awhile now. With the proliferation of license plates that each states now offers, you hear an some comments about how confused law enforcement officials are when attempting to identify which state a plate belongs to.
I have a simple solution. Each state receives a unique pattern of letters and numbers for their plates. For instance, CA might be AAAAA1, while Delaware would be A111111. This way the style of plate would have no bearing on determining the state it was from. The only glitch here is the vanity plate. I think doing something like adding the state abbreviation in half size letters would be the way to go. Or replace the first of seven letters with a V over an A for Virginia, etc.
Back to work.
posted by Sean Foran # 5:57 PM 
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