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In January 2012, the Texas legislature inadvertently removed the penalty for driving without a front license plate. As a result, the law required front and rear license plates on passenger vehicles, but stated no penalty for non compliance. Realizing the mistake, the legislature eventually reinstated the $200 fine in September 2013. [42]
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. [4]
Formats for license plate numbers are consistent within the state. For example, Delaware is able to use six-digit all-numeric serials because of its low population. Several states, particularly those with higher populations, use seven-character formats of three letters and four digits, including 1ABC234 in California, 1234ABC in Kansas and ABC-1234 (with or without a space or dash) in Georgia ...
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A ZAZ-966, with a Hungarian "T-plate" in 1972. An L-plate is a square plate bearing a sans-serif letter L, for learner, which must be affixed to the front and/or back of a vehicle in many countries if its driver is a learner under instruction, or a motorcycle rider with provisional entitlement to ride restricted motorcycles.
Texas: Utah: Vermont: Virginia: Washington: West Virginia: Wisconsin: Embossed black serial on yellow plate; "WISCONSIN" at bottom, slogan at top; month of expiration at bottom left, debossed "68" at bottom right AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND: A12-345 AB 1234 Coded by month of expiration (A) Revalidated for 1970 with black on orange stickers. Wyoming
County-coded. Front and rear plates required. Minnesota: Embossed black numbers on waffle-textured silver plate; "MINNESOTA" embossed in narrow black block letters centered at top. 12-345 123-456 1 to approximately 871–000 "CENTENNIAL" embossed in narrow black block letters centered at bottom, with "1849" to the left and "1949" to the right.
In 1907 the District of Columbia joined the list of states providing license plates to vehicle owners, and the prestate era began in Illinois and Missouri. There were now 11 states and territories that were issuing license plates and 18 other states requiring owners to provide their own license plates. [1] [2] [3] [4]