Re: License Plate

[steveb@newkla.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

> needs a new plate, the registery now gives them two plates.  The reason
> for the switch over (according to a  state Trooper) is that it makes it
> easier for a hit and run victim to identify the car that hit them by
> allowing them to view the plate before they are hit.  Just my $.02.
> 
> 	Andrew
> 

YEAH RIGHT!  I'm gonna be able to read & remember that license number as 
I pass between the wheels!  Tha's a good one!  Maybe they expect to get 
an imprint of the number from your legs!  The real reason is so that the 
photo-RADAR they have can get your license number along with your mugshot.  
Welcome to 1984 Andrew!  BTW, the state of California has issued two 
plates for cars for as long as I can remember, and the law requires that 
both be displayed ... but they don't enforce the law very rigorously so 
some anarchistic scofflaws (not ME of course!) leave the front plate off 
to improve the aerodynamic characteristics of our low-Cd cars.

Steve Buchholz^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HAnonymous