Calif. license plates might go digital, show ads

[kpatz]

Came across this article on Yahoo!

Calif. license plates might go digital, show ads - Yahoo! News

If it comes to pass, maybe someone will figure out how to hack it to prevent camera tickets?

[Sector_15504]

i see so many ways with tampering with this....

[The Chariot]

Government needs to stay out of the advertising business. You'll pay for the extra cost of producing the plate... and they'll make the money.

[lugnuts]

some of the comments are great like this one for example:

That is effing ridiculous. Here's an idea: QUIT SPENDING SO MUCH!

Why is that when we have less, we budget accordingly, but when our state needs more money they reach further into our pockets?

Get rid of free breakfast and lunch in schools. Get rid of cheap college tuition for illegal aliens. Quit giving away free education to illegal alien children. Cut way back on welfare. Deport ALL illegal aliens and their offspring. Sell Sacramento's private jets. Although Arnold is only accepting $1 per year as salary, he's still overpaid. He now gets .50

Take Pelosi, Waxman, and Boxer and leave them at Alcatraz indefinitely, that would save us a fortune alone. Feed Feinstein to them a little bit at a time, that would be an additional savings. Immediately kill all of those on death row, there's another large savings... and kill Manson too, he's been getting a free ride for far too long. Throw the ACLU out of California by dragging each and every one of their USA hating attorneys behind Arnold's Hummer. The amount those dullards cost us in frivolous lawsuits each year is astounding and the red streaks left on the pavement would serve as a warning to other anti-USA, subversive freaks.

OUTLAW ALL SANCTUARY CITIES AND ARREST THEIR MAYORS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

And finally... bulldoze every block of the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco, send all of their Leftist inhabitants to Boston and DC, and start a wonderful new rebuild.

And their ya' have it, the budget deficit will be a thing of the past.

You're welcome

and this one:

I bought the car, I bought the plates, I paid the registration and some idiotic politician thinks he's going to finance his vote buying schemes with MY PROPERTY. See you in court and I'll make it a point to donate to whoever is running against you.

[Lucky225]

Government needs to stay out of the advertising business. You'll pay for the extra cost of producing the plate... and they'll make the money.

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People v. Kirby (1940), 38 C.A.2d Supp. 768, 770

Edit:

http://www.lawlink.com/research/CaseLevel3/16962

It further appears that defendant's application for 1939 registration and license plates was seasonably made (23 January), that he then paid the full amount of the registration fee and vehicle tax and that the division of motor vehicles of the state in a few days forwarded to defendant the certificate of registration which was properly displayed in his car at the time of his arrest and certain proposed license plates bearing the identifying number shown on the certificate and also bearing the words "California World's Fair '39." Immediately upon receipt of such plates defendant returned them to the division of motor vehicles, stating that they were not acceptable to him, that they did not bear the inscription required by section 156 of the Vehicle Code, that he did not wish to display advertising on his automobile without compensation and demanding that plates be issued to him without the advertising matter thereon. The division of motor vehicles declined to issue or provide defendant with any plates other than those originally tendered.

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It will be remembered that section 237, above quoted from, and which defendant has been found guilty of violating, in so far as it is pertinent here, predicates the offense only on failure to display license plates "when and as required by this code." The license plates so required by the code are described in section 156 (b) as follows: "Every license plate shall have displayed upon it the registration number assigned to the vehicle for which it is issued, together with the word 'California' or the abbreviation 'Cal.' and the year number for which it is issued." There is nothing in the slightest degree uncertain or ambiguous in the foregoing language prescribing what shall be shown on the license plates. That language is obviously both inclusive and exclusive and it applies to every license plate. The department of motor vehicles had no more authority or right to require defendant to display, with or without compensation, a license plate advertising the California World's Fair than it had to compel him to carry a banner or make oral speeches advertising the fair, the climate, prunes, oranges or a political party. It was clearly the duty of the department to furnish defendant with license plates "as required by this code" and he could not be compelled to display unauthorized plates. To hold otherwise would be to authorize the taking of his property without due process of law and would countenance an unwarranted invasion of his personal liberty.

While awaiting the receipt of proper plates defendant, exactly as required by the statute, displayed the plates issued to his vehicle for the preceding year. Thus, instead of proving a violation of the law, the stipulated facts, as above stated, show that defendant fully complied with it.

The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded to the municipal court with directions to enter a judgment of not guilty.

Shaw, P. J., and Bishop, J., concurred.

[StlouisX50]

Horrible idea!

[GreenRadar]

yeah that is not the greatest idea to come out of the US government, probably not the worst but certainly not the greatest.

At least one person admits it about revenue

"We're just trying to find creative ways of generating additional revenues," he said. "It's an exciting marriage of technology with need, and an opportunity to keep California in the forefront."

[Lucky225]

yeah that is not the greatest idea to come out of the US government, probably not the worst but certainly not the greatest.

At least one person admits it about revenue

"We're just trying to find creative ways of generating additional revenues," he said. "It's an exciting marriage of technology with need, and an opportunity to keep California in the forefront."

Government needs to stay out of the advertising business. You'll pay for the extra cost of producing the plate... and they'll make the money.

x2,

People v. Kirby (1940), 38 C.A.2d Supp. 768, 770

Edit:

People v. Kirby 38 Cal.App.2d Supp. 768

It further appears that defendant's application for 1939 registration and license plates was seasonably made (23 January), that he then paid the full amount of the registration fee and vehicle tax and that the division of motor vehicles of the state in a few days forwarded to defendant the certificate of registration which was properly displayed in his car at the time of his arrest and certain proposed license plates bearing the identifying number shown on the certificate and also bearing the words "California World's Fair '39." Immediately upon receipt of such plates defendant returned them to the division of motor vehicles, stating that they were not acceptable to him, that they did not bear the inscription required by section 156 of the Vehicle Code, that he did not wish to display advertising on his automobile without compensation and demanding that plates be issued to him without the advertising matter thereon. The division of motor vehicles declined to issue or provide defendant with any plates other than those originally tendered.

..

It will be remembered that section 237, above quoted from, and which defendant has been found guilty of violating, in so far as it is pertinent here, predicates the offense only on failure to display license plates "when and as required by this code." The license plates so required by the code are described in section 156 (b) as follows: "Every license plate shall have displayed upon it the registration number assigned to the vehicle for which it is issued, together with the word 'California' or the abbreviation 'Cal.' and the year number for which it is issued." There is nothing in the slightest degree uncertain or ambiguous in the foregoing language prescribing what shall be shown on the license plates. That language is obviously both inclusive and exclusive and it applies to every license plate. The department of motor vehicles had no more authority or right to require defendant to display, with or without compensation, a license plate advertising the California World's Fair than it had to compel him to carry a banner or make oral speeches advertising the fair, the climate, prunes, oranges or a political party. It was clearly the duty of the department to furnish defendant with license plates "as required by this code" and he could not be compelled to display unauthorized plates. To hold otherwise would be to authorize the taking of his property without due process of law and would countenance an unwarranted invasion of his personal liberty.

While awaiting the receipt of proper plates defendant, exactly as required by the statute, displayed the plates issued to his vehicle for the preceding year. Thus, instead of proving a violation of the law, the stipulated facts, as above stated, show that defendant fully complied with it.

The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded to the municipal court with directions to enter a judgment of not guilty.

Shaw, P. J., and Bishop, J., concurred.

[spartcus]

Anything to get more money we are being rape.

[Maestro]

I will tell the state the same thing I tell car dealers when they want to put their name on my car, my mobile advertising fee is $500 a year, if you want me to advertise for them they need to pay me.