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Digital license plates?

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Re: Digital license plates?

Post by MotorCityRadioFreak » Sun Oct 16, 2022 7:45 pm

Sounds like a government test pilot that will eventually be mandatory to once again financially punish the poor. No chance in hell I would ever support this.


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Re: Digital license plates?

Post by Rate This » Sun Oct 16, 2022 7:54 pm

MotorCityRadioFreak wrote:
Sun Oct 16, 2022 7:45 pm
Sounds like a government test pilot that will eventually be mandatory to once again financially punish the poor. No chance in hell I would ever support this.
A company came up with them. They are not there to financially punish the poor. Many of them drive without insurance or plates… effectively they punish themselves…



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Re: Digital license plates?

Post by Circle Seven » Wed Oct 19, 2022 10:22 pm

Rate This wrote:
Sun Oct 16, 2022 7:54 pm
A company came up with them. They are not there to financially punish the poor. Many of them drive without insurance or plates… effectively they punish themselves…
What would stop someone without insurance and plates from spotting another make and model like theirs, and display that car's plate number? It's not like the other car's plate would be reported stolen. If a cop ran the digital plate, it would come back legit. Almost sounds like a win/win as long as they don't do something stupid to get pulled over.



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Re: Digital license plates?

Post by MotorCityRadioFreak » Wed Oct 19, 2022 10:40 pm

It sounds like a corporate and hacker’s wet dream.


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Re: Digital license plates?

Post by Rate This » Wed Oct 19, 2022 10:43 pm

Circle Seven wrote:
Wed Oct 19, 2022 10:22 pm
Rate This wrote:
Sun Oct 16, 2022 7:54 pm
A company came up with them. They are not there to financially punish the poor. Many of them drive without insurance or plates… effectively they punish themselves…
What would stop someone without insurance and plates from spotting another make and model like theirs, and display that car's plate number? It's not like the other car's plate would be reported stolen. If a cop ran the digital plate, it would come back legit. Almost sounds like a win/win as long as they don't do something stupid to get pulled over.
I don’t think you set what it says… you have to pay for whatever is displayed I believe.



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Re: Digital license plates?

Post by Circle Seven » Wed Oct 19, 2022 11:04 pm

Rate This wrote:
Wed Oct 19, 2022 10:43 pm
I don’t think you set what it says… you have to pay for whatever is displayed I believe.
Take another look at the picture of the plate.
It's a tablet. I may be wrong. But I'm thinking it would be too awfully difficult to mount a similar sized tablet to the rear of your car and have it display whatever you want.



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Re: Digital license plates?

Post by Rate This » Wed Oct 19, 2022 11:46 pm

Circle Seven wrote:
Wed Oct 19, 2022 11:04 pm
Rate This wrote:
Wed Oct 19, 2022 10:43 pm
I don’t think you set what it says… you have to pay for whatever is displayed I believe.
Take another look at the picture of the plate.
It's a tablet. I may be wrong. But I'm thinking it would be too awfully difficult to mount a similar sized tablet to the rear of your car and have it display whatever you want.
Does this have any specific modifications for long lasting battery or weather proofing that might damage an iPad or something?



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