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Post by inuvik on Jun 30, 2008 15:42:24 GMT -5
Yes, I am a bit of a geek--I love license plates, their designs, their slogans, and seeing ones that are from far away! I thought of this this weekend. Put where you were, and where you saw a license plate from that was quite far away. If you can remember the slogan, share it too! They are neat. I'll go first. In BC (Beautiful British Columbia), I have seen Nova Scotia (Canada's Ocean Playground). In Alberta (Wild Rose Country), I have seen Illinois, Maine, and South Carolina. In California, I have seen BC. Here is a list I found of license plate slogans in the US--of course, not sure if they are true. mistupid.com/facts/page050.htmAnd Canada's: www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/License-Plate-Slogans-of-Canada-116615.htmlI remember the contest that the Edmonton, Alberta paper had mocking Sask's plate, mentioned in the article--I loved "Yours to drive through"  |
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Post by hoosier on Jul 2, 2008 19:01:23 GMT -5
Wouldn't you know that everything I saw (or noticed  ) were from here but today I did see one from Nevada. |
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Post by shmeep on Jul 3, 2008 8:17:39 GMT -5
Maryland's slogan is really Drive Carefully? THAT'S nice and boring. But it's boring in a way that amuses me so really it might actually be interesting.
My favorite is Washington, DC's Taxation Without Representation. It's so bitter. I mean, how silly is it that the people living in our nation's capital have no senators? They have congressional representation, but no votes even in congress. It's crazy. Those license plates say it all.
I've never seen a Maryland plate that says Drive Carefully, but I'll be on the lookout. The slogan I see most often wasn't on the list. It shows a picture of a crane (the bird, not the thing that keeps collapsing in NYC) and the slogan is "Treasure the Chesapeake." I like that one. I think mine is just plain but maybe I'm just terribly unobservant.
I see cars from all over out here, but most of them are from Virginia, DC, Maryland, Delaware, etc. I drove to New Jersey last week. It took me three hours and I passed through four states. Coming from California, it still always amazes me that you can so quickly be in other states around here. I used to drive for a day and would still be in California.
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Post by bump on Jul 3, 2008 11:55:58 GMT -5
Coming from California, it still always amazes me that you can so quickly be in other states around here. I used to drive for a day and would still be in California. I've marveled at the same thing the times I've driven to the northeast. When I lived in South Florida, it would take 8 hours just to get to the FL-GA state line. On a similar topic, how many license plates do other states have to choose from? Florida has 108 different plates ( www.flhsmv.gov/dmv/specialtytags/) and you do see most of them on the road. |
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Post by rducasey on Jul 3, 2008 15:57:27 GMT -5
Coming from California, it still always amazes me that you can so quickly be in other states around here. I used to drive for a day and would still be in California. Rhode Island is so small that we can actually drive from the northernmost town, to the southernmost town (Woonsocket to Westerly) in about an hour. And we are also known to be kind of funny about our license plates. We love the low numbered plates, and they are often handed down from generation to generation. Our Plate is CY15, and it at one time belonged to my husband's great Uncle Cy, who was born in 1920. Someday my kids will be flipping a coin for it. Most people try to have their intitials and 2-3 numbers. I can honestly say that I know the license plates of all my friends and families. The plates say Ocean State. I found this article which sort of explains it. Rhode Islanders have an odd relationship with their license plates. Some have been known to pay large amounts of money or trade political favors for a low-numbered plate. Some plates are even passed down from generation to generation. Vanity plates are also inordinately popular. It's speculated that, in a state where everyone knows everyone else, a "special" license plate is the most prestigious of status symbols. Low-numbered plates show that your folks had cars waaay before anyone else. |
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Post by mlm828 on Jul 3, 2008 21:43:35 GMT -5
When I was a kid, I thought the license plates from Tennessee were cool, because at that time they were in the shape of the state (a parallelogram) instead of the usual rectangle.
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Post by hoosier on Jul 5, 2008 16:49:27 GMT -5
Well, yesterday while traversing the big city of Terre Haute (yes, I finally had a day off and actually got out of town!) I saw one car from Georgia and one from Wyoming.
This year we have 3 plates to choose from (at no extra charge)--one with the emblem from the state flag (personal fav and the one I chose), a hold-over from last year "In God We Trust" or one with Lincoln in honor of his birthday. The plate I have has no motto but they usually say "Hoosier State" or "Back Home Again in Indiana". There are several specialty plates which you can order but they do cost more. I'm just happy to have a new plate this go-around instead of just replacing the little sticker. I hate to pay $100+ for something hardly bigger than a postage stamp!
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Post by Chris on Jul 7, 2008 19:19:25 GMT -5
In Denmark we get to see license plates from all over Europe. I've seen cars with plates from Finland in the North to Italy in the South, from Hungary in the east to Holland in the west and even plates from the UK. I've also seen cars with plates from Iceland and from the Faroe Islands here. A few times I've even seen cars with US plates in Denmark. No Canadian as far as I remember. We don't do slogans on license plates over here. Danish license plates look like this:  Buses and trucks has plates with a yellow background. It's also possible to buy vanity plates but they are quite expensive and not very common. - Chris |
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Post by inuvik on Jul 8, 2008 11:17:38 GMT -5
It's also possible to buy vanity plates but they are quite expensive and not very common. Vanity plates are quite common here. I like them if they are funny. The best one I ever saw was from when I was a kid: H B 4 U T (scroll down if u don't get) Age before beauty |
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Post by Chris on Jul 8, 2008 17:16:55 GMT -5
Vanity plates are quite common here. I like them if they are funny. The best one I ever saw was from when I was a kid: H B 4 U T (scroll down if u don't get) Age before beauty Good one!!!!  No sense of humour here - vanitiy plates usually have company names on them or the drivers name, not much fun  - Chris |
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Post by hoosier on Jul 16, 2008 19:03:13 GMT -5
I saw one from Tennesse today and it had the face of a black bear on the left hand side but I was too far away to read any slogan. I thought it was one of the better looking ones I've seen.
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Post by Chris on Sept 21, 2008 17:10:46 GMT -5
I saw a 1970s Cadillac convertible with US plates on my way to my horse the other day. - Chris |
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Post by inuvik on Sept 22, 2008 0:18:23 GMT -5
I saw a 1970s Cadillac convertible with US plates on my way to my horse the other day. - Chris Wow! That takes the cake so far for distance!  |
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Post by Kasman on Sept 22, 2008 15:13:08 GMT -5
I saw a 1970s Cadillac convertible with US plates on my way to my horse the other day. - Chris I think I can beat that. I have a somewhat blurry photo of the California plate on a car that my daughter took through the windscreen on the way back from our trip to Melbourne last year. We followed this particular vehicle for quite a distance. |
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Post by hoosier on Sept 22, 2008 18:44:02 GMT -5
Talk about good gas mileage! ;D
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) were from here but today I did see one from Nevada.
