Number Plate News
Nancy A. Culp, a Prevention Specialist with Big Bend Regional Prevention Center, a component of DISC Village, Inc., visited the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, March 15 to encourage the public to purchase the Keep Kids Drug Free specialty number plates. Sheriff David Harvey, Captain Billy Jones of the Traffic Unit and Lt. Mike Kemp displayed the promotional tags and the sheriff said the tags will be placed on patrol vehicles in the coming weeks.
The Keep Kids Drug Free license plates are one of many offered by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles through the Tax Collector’s office. The tag was created by the state on July 1, 1998 and costs $25 on top of the regular registration fees.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is dropping its practice of issuing duplicate license plate numbers for different types of vehicles.
Agency spokesman Dennis Rosebrough says the BMV will make the switch to the non duplicate numbers by the end of this year.
The Indianapolis Star reports that previously the same numbers could appear on plates issued for a car, a pickup truck and a motorcycle.
Police officers in Indiana have known to record the type of plate along with the number when issuing a ticket, but Rosebrough says the duplicate numbers have caused problems with other states.
A new national database of vehicle identification numbers (commonly known as VINs) should go some way toward eliminating conmen, swindlers and ne’er-do-wells from selling cars without disclosing pertinent information to buyers. Where before buyers could be fooled by falsified salvage history or mileage readouts, the new database gathers all of that in one place under the control of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Created as part of the Anti-Car Theft Act of 1992, it mandated the creation of a federally controlled repository of VIN numbers to prevent car theft and fraud across state lines.
It wasn’t meant to take 18 years to fully get off the ground, but you know how things go at the highest levels of democracy. In fact, not only did it take 18 years, it took lawsuits brought by the non-profit groups Public Citizen of Washington, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety of Sacramento, and Consumer Action of San Francisco against the Department of Justice, which was the department charged with creation of the database.
As part of package of new number plates authorized by the General Assembly, supporters of Arlington’s own Washington Capitals will soon have the chance to proclaim their allegiance to the team.
Legislation patroned by state Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple (D-31st) was approved by both houses of the legislature as part of a broader agreement on new specialty number plates.
Some of the funds raised through sales of the plates will go to support the charitable arm of the hockey team.
Project: Gold Star was established by CalVet to raise money for the creation of a Gold Star Family number Plate in California. With this donation, CalVet’s Gold Star Family number Plate Program has reached a major milestone, with more than $110,000 of the $300,000 needed to make Gold Star Family number Plates a reality.
“These Families have endured a most painful sacrifice for the sake of our country,” said CalVet Secretary Roger Brautigan. “The state would like to show them our gratitude and support by initiating this program as soon as possible. We are counting on the public to offer their support.”
This presentation was attended by executive staff from the AMVETS Foundation of California, Gold Star Family number Plate Bill author Sen. Dave Cogdill, Assemblyman Paul Cook and family members of fallen service members. This presentation highlighted the accomplishments of the program and reaffirmed the need for future support. The AMVETS Foundation of California represents thousands of veterans in California and is dedicated to serving the needs of our state’s veterans and their families.
Jalandhar, March 15 (PTI) A VIP car registration number today fetched Rs 3.50 lakh to the District Transport Authority here.
The number PB-08BN-0001 was auctioned at Rs 3.50 lakh to a bidder identified as Ravnish Chadda, a resident of Rasta Mohalla, sources said.
The mag’s publishers say the app enables users to quickly search for details of the vehicle which should make car-buying decisions easier.
The Auto Trader Mobile iPhone App can provide make and model records as well as figures around the car’s performance and economy It also allows users to search for information on similar cars and dealers in the area.
A punter might spot a car they fancy and scan the number plate to find any similar models on sale nearby. The software uses GPS and Maps to help users to find their way to the nearest showroom.
Nick Gee, Director of Mobile at Auto Trader reckons, “Users will find the link between ‘real world’ and ‘digital world’ very compelling, providing a clear differentiator for mobile compared to other media.”
It’s been almost two years since an Orange County Register investigation revealed abuses of a confidential DMV program that allows government employees to evade traffic tickets.
And still, lawmakers have not been able to change how the program works, or eliminate it altogether.
State Assemblyman Jeff Miller, R-Corona, is the latest lawmaker to take a shot. He’s proposing legislation aimed at closing a loophole that can amount to a free pass on citations for the millions of motorists who have confidential number plates.
Assembly bill 2097 would require motorists who have confidential number plates to give the DMV up-to-date work addresses so that when they get a citation for speeding or double parking, police will know where to send it.
The burgundy beast comes complete with its own coffin and a number plate reading YRNEXT.
Mr Moloney, 24, said his passion for Fords began while working on friends’ cars as a teenager.
“I just thought it would be something different; a major head-turner,” he said.
“I actually bought it with the original books. It had been owned by a funeral parlour before I bought it.”
Mr Leggatt said the All Ford Club of South West Victoria hoped to keep expanding the event.
“The array of cars was different this year -? we had a bit of everything, which was fantastic,” he said.
Marylanders are rightfully proud of this state’s connection to the national anthem. When Francis Scott Key wrote what would become the anthem’s lyrics, he was drawing from his experience at the Battle of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
It’s a bit like knowing the “amber waves of grain” of “America the Beautiful” came from your backyard or the actual “oceans, white with foam” mentioned in “God Bless America” happened to be located along the Ocean City boardwalk. The War of 1812 may not get the press of other U.S. wars, but you can’t attend a baseball game without hearing about that one inspiring battle.
But such pride in our role is getting stretched a bit far in Annapolis, where lawmakers would like to rewrite Maryland vehicle number plates to add this sales pitch: “Home of Our National Anthem.”
Just because Maryland doesn’t currently have a slogan running between the bolt holes of its standard-issue number plates doesn’t mean we ought to have one, especially a version that doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
Like any proud parent of a 196-year-old that has gone off to accomplish great things, let us take pride in our role in the nurturing of the anthem, but not still claim it as some kind of live-in dependent.
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