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I recently noticed that the State of Illinois has changed the font of the *stamping* on license plates.
The design is the same, but the stamped text is a bit thinner and the glyphs are blockier.
I am surprised how much this change is bothering me, to be honest. It has never occurred to me how much that is a defining feature. The first one I saw I assumed had to be fake!
But - I'm relieved they're still being stamped.
Shame on all the states that just print them now. Cheapskates.
@TechConnectify Yeah, but look at all the REALLY COOL plates you can get in Arizona now! Seriously, I do think some are awesome and it's an easy way for the state to make money.
Now if only the other states could catch up and get rid of the front plate too!
I'd like to see something replace plates altogether. They have a lot of flaws.
@weiln I disagree so hard on the front plate thing.
Several hit-and-runs get solved every year because the front plate fell off and was left at the scene. I really do not understand the aversion to putting another $1 piece of metal on the front of your car other than aesthetic preferences, and when we're dealing with machines that can kill people aesthetic preferences like that can go eff allllll the way off.
@TechConnectify @weiln My issue with the front plate when I had one was it messed with the sensors on the car. I spent a lot of them researching to find an option that would not block adaptive cruise control and collision avoidance sensors. I found one that mostly worked, but when it was raining I would get constant false positives, which was distracting and led me to stop trusting the alerts, or simply turning them off. This made my car less safe.
@undergroundbeef @weiln That's a problem with the design of the car though. Surely you see that?
Somebody at that car maker did not think through what's going to happen with a front plate bracket.
@TechConnectify @weiln That’s fair, and as I think back, it was my initial conclusion as well. The move to that state wasn’t exactly something I wanted, so it was easier to fault the rules of the state I didn’t choose than the car I did choose. Buying a new car seemed like it would be an extreme solution to a rather silly, but annoying, problem. Moving out of the state was a more pragmatic solution for me. Thanks for the reminder of the root problem, I lost sight of it over time.