At 04:13 AM 2007-10-18 -0600, Nate Duehr wrote:
Interestingly, all of them also have a bar code on them nowadays, but I've never seen an officer use a laser reader or anything like that to scan them. I think it's just there for authentication if the plate is made fraudulently, but I don't know. It's also badly positioned, so that many license plate holders partially cover it.
That might only be there for use when the plates are issued to the vehicle owner. And also for any inventory checks.
Up here in Alberta the registration paper printed on the computer and the year/month stickers also have bar codes on them for tracking purposes. Also our registries are now privatized so you have your pick of dozens of places to go in the larger cities and even villages of four or five hundred people usually have a registries office. That same office might also have a credit union teller and/or post office and/or insurance agent and/or travel agent. With one or two people with all the hats.
To stay slightly on topic our ham plates are free except for the service charge. You still have to pay the $50 per year registration fee of course. The vanity plates are $250.
Tony
