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Arizona Drivers Can Now Use Digital License Plates

posted by takyon on Sunday February 17 2019, @12:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the epapers-please dept.

realDonaldTrump wrote in with a story about digital license plates:

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: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday February 17 2019, @09:44AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday February 17 2019, @09:44AM (#802441) Journal

    TFS doesn't exactly say so, but it implies that the consumertard has control over the messages displayed. Some messages could be useful. "Help, I'm being carjacked" or kidnapped, or similar. "Help, I'm having a heart attack". "Help, my husband's farts are killing me!" "Dim your lights fuckwad!" "Undercover vehicle, don't pull me over 'cause I'm on official business" "My other ride is an F-22" and a myriad of other important/meaningless nonsense.

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