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2. Vanity plate - Wikipedia

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   In some states and provinces, optional plates can also be vanity plates and are a choice of motorists who want a more distinctive personalised plate. However, the maximum number of characters on an optional plate may be lower than on a standard-issue plate. For example, the U.S. state of Virginia allows up to 7.5 characters (a space or hyphen is counted as 0.5 character) on a standard-issue ...

3. Vehicle license plates of the United States - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, vehicle registration plates, known as license plates, are issued by a department of motor vehicles, an agency of the state or territorial government, or in the case of the District of Columbia, the district government. [1] Some Native American tribes also issue plates. [2] The U.S. federal government issues plates only for its own vehicle fleet and for vehicles owned by ...

4. Vehicle registration plate - Wikipedia

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   A vehicle registration plate, also known as a number plate ( British, Indian and Australian English) or license plate ( American English) or licence plate ( Canadian English ), is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes. All countries require registration plates for road vehicles such as cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Whether they ...

5. United States license plate designs and serial formats

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   License plate numbers are usually assigned in ascending order, beginning with a starting point such as AAA-001. Thus, an observer familiar with the sequence can determine roughly when the plate was issued. In a few cases, numbers have been assigned in descending order. For example, when Virginia switched to seven characters for its standard issue in 1993, numbers beginning with AAA-1000 were ...

6. Automatic number-plate recognition - Wikipedia

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   Automatic number-plate recognition can be used to store the images captured by the cameras as well as the text from the license plate, with some configurable to store a photograph of the driver. Systems commonly use infrared lighting to allow the camera to take the picture at any time of day or night. [1] [2] ANPR technology must take into account plate variations from place to place.

7. Vehicle registration plates of California - Wikipedia

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   In 1956, the United States, Canada, and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at 6 inches (15 cm) in height by 12 inches (30 cm) in width, with standardized mounting holes. [7] The ...