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posted by takyon on Sunday February 17 2019, @12:22AM   Printer-friendly
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Digital license plates now available as option for Arizona motorists

Arizona drivers now have another option for their license plates, one that the tech savvy will love - electronic digital plates.

The new plate option is called Rplate Digital License Plates. According to the Arizona Department of Transportation, they are LTE wireless connected devices similar to a tablet. The license plate number is constantly displayed, and the technology allows for added messages such as "invalid," "stolen" and other notifications if needed.


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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by fakefuck39 on Sunday February 17 2019, @06:53AM (3 children)

    by fakefuck39 (6620) on Sunday February 17 2019, @06:53AM (#802396)

    I don't see your point. you conveniently left out step 0. it's the police, already knowing the car is stolen, sending a signal to it's gps-transmitting radio to make the plate stolen. the only one who didn't think this through at all here is you.

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  • (Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Sunday February 17 2019, @04:24PM (2 children)

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Sunday February 17 2019, @04:24PM (#802531)

    You make the assumption that the system is set up and working as designed - which, experience shows, is often not the case. You also assume "the police" give a flying fuck. Sometimes you will need to involve people who don't have access to this magic high-tech system.

    Not that anything about these digiduhl license plates makes the slightest bit of sense, so we could sit here all day finding holes in the alleged use cases.

    • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Sunday February 17 2019, @11:44PM

      by krishnoid (1156) on Sunday February 17 2019, @11:44PM (#802670)

      I bet you could get the cops to care if you hack the plate to flash "DRUGS" in big red letters.

    • (Score: 0) by fakefuck39 on Monday February 18 2019, @03:27PM

      by fakefuck39 (6620) on Monday February 18 2019, @03:27PM (#802984)

      so let me get this straight - you Don't want your license plate to read "stolen" if your car is stolen, because some cops "don't give a flying fuck?" It's not for the cops retard. It's for the robber, who absolutely does not want to drive a car with a plate that says "stolen," and it's for me, who thinks a built-in license plate makes the car look better, and no longer needs to worry about putting a sticker on it every year.

      no one cares what you do on your farm tractor. most of the population has demand for this product, as do I, making it a good product.