severalkittens@ani.social to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 5 days agoCalifornia Is About To Run Out of License Plate Numberswww.thedrive.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: california@lemmy.world
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minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoIf you don’t have time to get a photo you probably don’t have time to get the make. I’ve seen plenty of hit and run news reports where the witness just says “dark colored SUV”. License plates need to be easy for humans to read and remember.
minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoRandom number plates are still likely to reduce the number of possibilities to just a few, likely visually distinct, cars.
If you don’t have time to get a photo you probably don’t have time to get the make. I’ve seen plenty of hit and run news reports where the witness just says “dark colored SUV”.
License plates need to be easy for humans to read and remember.
Random number plates are still likely to reduce the number of possibilities to just a few, likely visually distinct, cars.