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California Is About To Run Out of License Plate Numbers (www.thedrive.com)
submitted 5 days ago by severalkittens@ani.social to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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Just changing to a new numbering system when they run out.

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[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The confusion can be avoided with the right font. It works fine in the EU afterall

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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In the US, number plates are in Highway Gothic which is designed to maximise legibility at a distance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_Gothic?wprov=sfla1

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago

That's ironic. Few countries have less readable plates.