When people see vanity licence plates, it’s hard not to roll your eyes. This individual is determined to make a statement with their very greatest licence plates ever, rather than settling for a random combination of letters and numbers like the rest of us. “Oh, look at me, everybody!”
At least in some cases. There are some who use humorous licence plates to boast about their riches and lack of humour, while others use this small space for advertising to make us laugh.
Simply said, any form of roadside entertainment is sure to be appreciated during a lengthy car trip, isn’t it?
Despite efforts by the DMV and other car authorities to maintain decorum and eliminate the appeal of creative licence plate designs, these individuals have discovered a way around the system.
This list showcases the finest examples of creative licence plates, featuring dad jokes, Pokemon and even riddles!
Read on to see a list of the top licence plates, and then share your thoughts with us in the comments!
#1
Chrysler Capital reports that iron plates covered with porcelain enamel were the first to be issued by the state. The only state that continues to sell a porcelain plate is Delaware. The porcelain variant starts at $110.
“Because the fragility of the porcelain plates made them impractical, manufacturers experimented with replacement materials such as cardboard, leather and even pressed soybeans.”
#2
In 1928, the first graphic licence plates were manufactured in Idaho. The image featured a potato, as befits Idaho.
The first personalised licence plate was made in Pennsylvania not long after that in 1931. A statement from licenseplates.tv reads, “As Americans became more prosperous, custom or official vanity license plates became very popular.”
“The increased fees for custom, personalised or vanity official licence plates have earned the states hundreds of millions of dollars and a great source of tax revenue for education (colleges), wildlife conservation and other projects.”
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#4
These days, licence plates are mass-produced by governments that use inmates as cheap labour, with the exception of three. Except for Alaska, Hawaii, and Oregon, all of which use privately held factories to make their state licence plates, the rest of the country follows suit.
The US Postal Service does not show or require licence plates on its vehicles.