Perhaps the ugliest car tag redesign in the nation has another possible woe

[jswordy]

Disclosure: I live in TN, and I actually see this as a feature and not a bug. But the tags are butt-ugly.

Are the new Tennessee license plates being sent to motorists across the state invisible to some license plate recognition cameras being used in some cities?

https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee...AGpRJGLjxDq9cZXHSYPkmjGQgwp25nnOWqNvlRvpFhATg
Here's what it replaces... quite a visual shock...

 

[winemaker81]

I actually see this as a feature and not a bug.

I agree!

About 20 years ago NC decided to replace the formerly blue lettered plates with red lettered plates, as they are visible from a farther distance. The taxpayers had to foot the bill, e.g., "Here's a new plate, replacing your perfectly fine old plate, and you have to pay out of pocket for it."

A few months later the program was scrapped, as while the plates are visible from a farther distance, they are less readable. Hundreds of thousands of plate had been printed by then, so it was decided to use up the stock. It took years ...

 

[jswordy]

I agree!

About 20 years ago NC decided to replace the formerly blue lettered plates with red lettered plates, as they are visible from a farther distance. The taxpayers had to foot the bill, e.g., "Here's a new plate, replacing your perfectly fine old plate, and you have to pay out of pocket for it."

A few months later the program was scrapped, as while the plates are visible from a farther distance, they are less readable. Hundreds of thousands of plate had been printed by then, so it was decided to use up the stock. It took years ...

I see you know the drill! The TN plate won a public design contest. Yeah. SMH. Sho nuff.

 

[cmason1957]

Misery went through the same nonsense a few years ago. Everyone complained about the silliness.

 

[jswordy]

Misery went through the same nonsense a few years ago. Everyone complained about the silliness.

Wife's a Mizzou grad. She has stories.

 

[cmason1957]

Wife's a Mizzou grad. She has stories.

I'm a Mizzou Grad as well. Stopped going to classes in 1980, graduated in 1981. Long story. My wife used to live in Columbia.

 

[jswordy]

Well, Tennessee has stopped production. I got one but the other vehicles will get whatever they come up with next.

https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee...ate-stops-production-of-new-tags-sources-say/

 

[Darkroom]

Ohio introduced a new license plate several months back. After introduction it was realized the plane was flying into the banner instead pulling it. They have corrected it before release but after starting production

 

[sour_grapes]

View attachment 84577
Ohio introduced a new license plate several months back. After introduction it was realized the plane was flying into the banner instead pulling it. They have corrected it before release but after starting production

And NC had a field day with that one!

 

[Neb Farmer]

View attachment 84580 The Ohio license plate plane and banner look to be correct, actually. The Kitty Hawk plane had the stabilizer in the front, and was what you call a 'pusher' plane. ( propeller in the back )

 

[sour_grapes]

View attachment 84580 The Ohio license plate plane and banner look to be correct, actually. The Kitty Hawk plane had the stabilizer in the front, and was what you call a 'pusher' plane. ( propeller in the back )

Yes, the image @Darkroom posted was the corrected version. See the original version in my post just above yours.