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On Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:00:34 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

That is not true at all in a state like Florida with about 100
different plate designs.

Actually, I am always surprised when I see a rear Florida plate on a
car. When we lived there, there were lots of cars with no plates or a
cardboard makeshift plate in the back window, or, funnier, a cardboard
sign in the back window announcing the plate had been stolen. If you saw
those same cars weeks later, the plates were still missing and the same
signs were in the back window.

It was a running joke...how do you tell if a driver is from Florida? No
license plates.

I agree. I call Florida "tags optional"
There is a trailer I see all the time around here with "lost tag"
pained on the back (no numbers) and when they repainted the
trailer.they just pained around the sign.

I believe it is because the tags are so cheap, it is not worth
pursuing people without them. Again pointing to the revenue aspect. If
you are in one of those northern states where tags are priced as a
percentage of the value of your car, they are very aggressive in
enforcement.

But LEO use the tags. They know all about you before they pull you over
because they've run your tag. As a matter of fact, I got pulled over one
time because the cop was one number or letter off. I knew I didn't do
anything wrong, and when the cop came up to the car, said, "stand up", I
did so, and he handcuffed me!!! Seems as though the tag similar to mine
was a wanted felon, so it was a felony stop for him. He ran the tag
number again because I didn't fit the description, plus me telling him
I'm not a criminal, and let me go, of course.