Number Plate News
If you live in Connecticut, the next time you peel and scrape that registration sticker off your windshield will likely be the last.
Starting Aug. 1, motor vehicle registration stickers in the state could be moot, thanks to a decision by state lawmakers earlier this year.
In 2006, the Department of Motor Vehicles responded to numerous thefts by switching the placement of registration stickers from rear license plates to inside windshields. Soon, in what some say is a cost-saving measure, the department plans not to issue stickers at all, according to a notice sent to police officials statewide.
Local police say that’s a bad deal for crime-fighting and road safety. The absence of registration stickers will make enforcement more difficult and add to the slew of unregistered, uninsured drivers in the state, they say.
In Stratford, a large number of the drivers stopped for operating unregistered vehicles are caught due to the stickers, color-coded by expiration year for easy detection, said police spokesman Capt. Kenneth Bakalar.
“You could just look at the car,” he said. “If you saw it out of date, then that justified a stop immediately.”
Bakalar said a lack of such indicators, especially in towns where the random running of license plate numbers is frowned upon, “will make it much easier for people to hide the fact that (a car) isn’t registered.”
For an extra $30 minimum donation per year (plus a one-time fee of $10 the first year for plate transfer) you can display one of the plates and show you care about Minnesota’s natural resources. Every dollar generated through the sales is matched with private donations of cash or land. The money goes to the Reinvest in Minnesota Critical Habitat Program. It will be used to preserve key wildlife habitat like wetlands, prairies and forests. Revenue generated by the plates (more than $25 million) has helped buy over 10,000 acres of critical habitat open to the public for hunting, hiking or wildlife-watching.
Last month the DNR and The Trust for Public Land announced the purchase of 200 acres on Dead Lake near Perham in Ottertail County. Dead Lake is the state’s largest natural environment lake at 8,000 acres. The 200-acre purchase was added to the existing Dead Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) for 875 acres consisting of miles of shoreline and adjacent uplands.
Law should be same for everyone. North Gujarat’s Mahesana district police chief Raju Bhargav proved this point true on ground.
Bhargav was coming back to Mahesana from Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s Vijapur function in the evening, where near Mahesana district panchayat building, he spotted two police persons riding on a bike with red and blue color fancy number plate.
Doing overtake, Bhargav’s car stopped that bike. Bhargav himself inquired the police persons and came to know that a police man, owner and driver of the bike was crime writer of Mahesana taluka police station. Bhargav ordered to fine a police man for fancy number plate and also asked concern police inspector Bhatt – superior to that bike rider police man – to take action for not following law and keeping fancy number plate.
You may have noticed them during your travels around town, cars with Connecticut license plates supporting the state’s greenways. The plate displays a green road and trees that are intended to raise the awareness about the importance of greenways in Connecticut. But what are greenways and why should the state be advocating them? The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) says that “greenway systems offer an exciting opportunity to reestablish connections between the State’s natural and cultural resource base and its people.”
But Connecticut greenways are more than just a license plate. In my opinion they are a shining example of the state’s successful efforts over the past two decades to acquire and preserve open space land. If you have ever hiked a trail in Connecticut there’s a good chance you were experiencing one of the state’s greenways.
Connecticut’s greenways program was established in 1995 by the General Assembly. Public Act 95-335 created the Connecticut Greenways Council, which has the responsibility of designating greenways around the state. Members of the council are appointed by the Governor and legislative leaders, and most have backgrounds in trail and greenway development.
The GDN published a report on June 8 about the introduction of new number plates for vehicles in Bahrain. It said for one year up to June 20, 2011, the plates will be fitted free of charge.
However, this appears to be factually incorrect as there is a BD7 charge.
Since the subject is of great public interest, it would be advisable for the GDN to publish a correction so that people get the right information.
On April 1, the Department of Motor Vehicles introduced the new New York state number plate, “Empire Gold”.
The plate features navy blue writing against a yellow background with a navy decal of New York state located in the middle. The design is a revival of the old blue-and-yellow color scheme that made up various New York plates from the 1960s to the 1980s.
There has been a great deal of opposition to the new number plates, from the colors to the additional fees the DMV planned on charging for them.
When the new “Empire Gold” plates were introduced, drivers were alerted that they would be required to renew their licenses at an escalated fee of $25, which is $10 more than the original renewal fee. If they wanted to keep their original plate numbers, an additional $20 fee would be required. However, the DMV revoked this policy as a result of strong opposition from New York residents.
Both styles of number plates are available for purchase, “Empire Blue” the blue and white plates will be available until supplies run out. Despite many New Yorkers’ distaste for the new yellow and navy blue plates, the previous “Empire Blue” design has overstayed its welcome in comparison to past plates. The “Empire Blue”, which features the New York City skyline and Adirondack Mountains, has been the passenger issue plate since 2001, making 2010 its ninth year in place. Most plates in New York’s history lasted no more than five years; in the early 1900s, they changed on an annual basis.
New York was the first state to require license plates on automobiles in 1901. These early plates were made with the owner’s initials and were personal, rather than state-issued plates. The first stateissued plates were required in 1903 by Massachusetts.
The agency rejected an application from a man in Halmstad in June for a number plate with the letters SS as the apparent connection to Nazi Germany was considered to risk offending road-users.
“Personal registration plates captures the attention of others – a good idea for you to show who you are!,” agency writes on its homepage, but it seems that Gestapo-themed plates are not alone in being perceived to cause offence by administrators.
Names such as Sexyboy, My BMW, Come On, HEINEKN, and Beetle have also fallen foul of the agency in recent months, the news website has reported.
“Proposals may not cause offence,” Tanya Celik at the agency told GP.se.
According to transport agency guidelines the process to apply for a personal number plate takes about ten days and costs 6,000 kronor ($784).
The plates must be between two and seven characters, including spaces, and can be made up of a combination of letters and numbers.
“If you want to use a combination which corresponds to a product or company name then you should contact the trademark holder and received written consent,” the agency writes.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal signed off on legislation to make a prestige license plate honoring the Super Bowl champions, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
It’s uncertain when the specialty tags will be available to the public, according to Rep. Jeff Arnold, who sponsored the bill.
The hope is that they’ll be ready by September for the kickoff of the regular season.
The Texas legislature is getting creative with your “ride” to raise money for the state without raising taxes and fees.
From burgers and bearkats, to warriors and wildcats, more than two dozen new specialty numberplates are soon to be available in Texas.
A group called My-Plates is working with the Texas DMV to increase not just the “cool” factor on the roads, but also state revenue.
The numberplates start at $55 a plate.
Since the company started selling in November, Texans have bought about 16,000 of them for total sales of $3,500,000 dollars.
For Red Raider fans, you might have seen Texas Tech tags out there.
My-Plates reps say they’re currently designing a full-color, modernized version, which should be ready by October.
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles will begin today issuing 39 specialty plates in a size suitable for motorcycles and small trailers.
The smaller plates include all of the fundraising versions and those for veterans, Purple Heart recipients and Gold Star families. Fees are the same as the large plates, except for the Prison Industry Fee, reduced by 50 cents because motorcycles need only one plate.
Nevada specialty license plates have raised $27.6 million for charities since 1998.
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