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04-30-2014, 06:17 PM
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#1 | | Ready to be Man handled by RS!
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| B.C. License plate format change
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Beginning in June, new license plates in B.C. will go from a “000-AAA” format to a “AA0-00A” format.
The change is happening because ICBC is nearing the end of possible unique combinations for passenger vehicle plates, which means the introduction of a new format.
According to ICBC Senior Media Relations Advisor Adam Grossman, there was the consideration of going to a seven digit format like in Ontario and Alberta but it was deemed too costly.
“ICBC [...] found it would be a costly switch and would interfere with administrative systems for brokers that are built for the six character system. Seven character combinations would also require smaller numbers and letters, making plates harder for police to read.”
Because ICBC is intent on retaining the six-digit format due to cost considerations, it is assumed that when the “AA0-00A” format runs out, each character will again be shifted to the left, creating a “A00-0AA” format.
The original alphanumeric AAA-000 format was introduced in 1970 and the switch to the 000-AAA format was made in 2001. The new format is expected to last approximately eight to ten years.
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04-30-2014, 07:58 PM
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#2 | | 10psi aint enough...
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Wonder whos getting the BB0-00B?
Seriously though, cant believe we are at another format already. Seems like yesterday when it was reversed to number + alphabet.
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04-30-2014, 08:00 PM
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#3 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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smaller numbers and letters, making plates harder for police to read
| I hope someone from the police slaps the shit out of whoever at ICBC approved the Olympic plates then as fully 1/4 of those are completely unintelligible at any distance. Not to mention I've never had a problem reading any of the Ontario or Quebec plates while I was living out east and for memory retention a set of numbers and then letters or vice versa is better than 2-3-1... It's straight up because it's a "costly switch" in the software and infrastructure, not for the police.
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04-30-2014, 08:12 PM
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#4 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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why not just have 7 character plates. I see so many unique opportunities of having personalized plates
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04-30-2014, 08:20 PM
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#5 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by kkthind  why not just have 7 character plates. I see so many unique opportunities of having personalized plates | “ICBC [...] found it would be a costly switch and would interfere with administrative systems for brokers that are built for the six character system. Seven character combinations would also require smaller numbers and letters, making plates harder for police to read.”
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04-30-2014, 10:03 PM
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#6 | | MiX iT Up!
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Seriously does anyone care? As long as my premiums dont go up to subsidize anything unnecessary i'm A OK.
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04-30-2014, 10:33 PM
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#7 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Originally Posted by MarkyMark Seven character combinations would also require smaller numbers and letters, making plates harder for police to read.” | They say that, but that's not necessarily true. Ontario's letters and numbers are admittedly slightly thinner because they retain the crown in the center. That being said I personally don't find them appreciably less legible:
Quebec on the other hand doesn't have any flags or anything in the main area and the letters are the same size and are just as easy to read as any other plate, even in the 7 letter format:
Alberta doesn't count in my mind when it comes to legibility with any amount of letters as they use the lower contrast red on white instead of a darker colour. The thing is that for ham plates like mine BC already moves the flag to the corner so it shows where they could retain it and could easily still use a 7 letter plate allowing the exact same letters and spacing:
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nabs - Brianrietta are you trying to Mindbomber me? using big words to try to confuse me
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Babykiller - And next to that, there's a little dot called a period. It's not the stuff you eat out of your sisters gash, it's a handy little tool for breaking up sentences so they don't look like nonsensical retard garbage. | |
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05-01-2014, 03:37 AM
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#8 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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Originally Posted by Brianrietta They say that, but that's not necessarily true. Ontario's letters and numbers are admittedly slightly thinner because they retain the crown in the center. That being said I personally don't find them appreciably less legible:
Quebec on the other hand doesn't have any flags or anything in the main area and the letters are the same size and are just as easy to read as any other plate, even in the 7 letter format:
Alberta doesn't count in my mind when it comes to legibility with any amount of letters as they use the lower contrast red on white instead of a darker colour. The thing is that for ham plates like mine BC already moves the flag to the corner so it shows where they could retain it and could easily still use a 7 letter plate allowing the exact same letters and spacing: | who the fuck cares about license plates this much?
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05-01-2014, 04:26 AM
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#9 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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Lulz @ getting excited over a new license plate format.
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05-01-2014, 07:19 AM
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#10 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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We have been discussing this for months in this thread: http://www.revscene.net/forums/60041...plates-12.html
I know skinny said: Quote:
Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp Got to love it when people complain about new threads being posted, but don't bother posting their own... | But some shit just doesn't need its own thread. Especially stuff that is already being actively discussed in an existing thread.
Fragmentation of discussions and information is really annoying, having people discuss the same thing in multiple threads is really pointless.
This belongs in the License Plate thread, just like that thread about jeremy clarkson being a racist belongs in the TG thread.
EDIT: Also Vancity Buzz is like the anus of news sources.
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05-01-2014, 07:44 AM
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#11 | | NEWBIE ACCOUNT!
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Or we can all get personalized license plates!
I'm gonna get "DUDE"....anyone wanna get "SWEET"?  | |
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05-01-2014, 07:59 AM
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#12 | | I'll never be Diggy, no matter how hard I try
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Originally Posted by Brianrietta I hope someone from the police slaps the shit out of whoever at ICBC approved the Olympic plates then as fully 1/4 of those are completely unintelligible at any distance. Not to mention I've never had a problem reading any of the Ontario or Quebec plates while I was living out east and for memory retention a set of numbers and then letters or vice versa is better than 2-3-1... It's straight up because it's a "costly switch" in the software and infrastructure, not for the police. | I think you meant illegible?
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