FOX 35's Blog

We have more than enought tags, bet most Cops won't know a real tag from a fake..There are just tooooooooooooooo many

A license tag is a license tag -- a utilitarian object. It's meant to identify one's vehicle and the fact that one paid, essentially, a state tax on it. It's not meant to boost one's ego, reflect one's persona or advertise one's pet cause or private passion -- there are many other ways to do that without government involvement. If one's personality depends on a license tag, one needs to take a good, hard look at one's life. In the meantime, given the state of Florida's economy, crime rate and natural environment, the government has bigger problems to tackle than producing expensive vanity tags to cater to personal whims.

I even get confused with all these specialty plates. So I can imagine how the cops must feel. I say get rid of all the specialty plates except for the Challenger-Columbia plate. The only reason I say keep that one is because of the lives lost in the search for knowledge.

If the specialty plates are to be eliminated (which is not the case now), then ALL should be eliminated.
I have mixed feelings about them because I do like how they look and some motorists have them matching their vehicles. But it can get confusing at times and I can imagine what its like for law enforcement trying to do their jobs when it comes to identifying plates.
Its interesting how groups are able to get plates, I think. You can get a bunch of signatures and provide a (fairly reasonable, it's not a million dollars) amount of money and now, no matter how offensive your message is you can get it on a government involved specialty plate!
But really, with all this tightening of the belt in the gov't and with times getting a little tough for some of these organizations, maybe this is the way for them to raise money...

Dear Samus007, The reason you cannot have a license plate frame on your car is because FL law states that it is illegal to have one around your rear license plate. So once again it would take the government to change the law before folks could feel comfortable with the frame not giving them a traffic ticket. Just thought you might want to know!

I neither own or see the need for a specialty license plate. I've got a John Deere plate that I'll be putting on the front, it cost me about 6 bucs and once ! The specialty plates were a cash cow for the state, even though it was originally argued that it could make identification an issue. So it's a problem now ? Amagine that !

CentralFlaLady, WRONG its not illegal to have a frame around your tag as long as the frame doesnt cover up anything. The ones that you will get pulled over for are the big ones that cover up things like the county name you are from or the stickers for the year etc.

Being a retired Air Force vet. I have Air Force plates on my car.
The thing with the specialty plates is that a portion of the money you pay goes towards a good cause.

Now VANITY plates....that's just someone trying to compensate for their own shortfalls.
I say keep the specialty plates and cut out the vanity plates.

Why do we need to advertise we do something good?

I'd like to see the letters/numbers and colors of the plates stay the same, maybe change the Orange and add some more writing or something.

I have my US Air Force tag on mine and will keep it!!!

Even before I became unemployed...I would not own a specialty plate. The State I was raised in had 1 state tag, front and back. Coming to Fla. and discovering all these fees that come with bringing and owning a vehicle here, along with an extra fee for a special tag, is just plain greedy on the part of the state. I wanted no part of it then, and I certainly cant afford to be part of it now.
I agree get a bumper sticker.

I just make my own speciality tag out of cardboard and tape it to the back of the car. Why pay for a tag.

I think we need a speciality plate for our butts since the way the gas prices are always going up and we will be walking everywhere soon.