Oklahoma Front License Plates?

[stile99]

Did I miss something, I can't find anywhere in that article the mention of requiring a front plate? Maybe it is just way too early this Monday morning.

NewsOK 'updated' the article.

"Posted: Apr 29, 2016 2:13 PM CST Updated: May 01, 2016 10:04 PM CST "

I wonder if someone got it through their head that trying to press for front license plates wasn't going to fly, so they changed tacks. If you watch the video, now they are trying to claim it will eliminate uninsured drivers. Cause, you know, the last time the plates were reissued it totally cleaned up that problem, and the time before, and the time before...

[Swake]

With 1.7 million registered vehicles in Oklahoma how are 143k uninsured drivers 26% of all drivers as the article claims?

[Bellaboo]

With 1.7 million registered vehicles in Oklahoma how are 143k uninsured drivers 26% of all drivers as the article claims?

People own multiple cars ? Crap I own 4...... and that's 2 too many.

[Swake]

People own multiple cars ? Crap I own 4...... and that's 2 too many.

Point, but do the math the other way, Oklahoma has four million people but less than 600k licenced drivers?

[Bellaboo]

Point, but do the math the other way, Oklahoma has four million people but less than 600k licenced drivers?

I just did a google search and came up with 2,452,000 licensed drivers in Oklahoma ?

[rezman]

" In all, the Council estimates the new license plates could add $9 million in revenue. The cost of making the new plates in the first place is still an unknown. "

How could they not know how much it would cost to make the new plates? Surely they know how much it costs to make one of the current plates, and they should know how much it costs for a run of 100, or 1000 and so on. How hard can it be?.

[Filthy]

How could they not know how much it would cost to make the new plates? Surely they know how much it costs to make one of the current plates, and they should know how much it costs for a run of 100, or 1000 and so on. How hard can it be?.

Well, you've got the cost of the actual license plates themselves. Then, you would have to add the "under the table" monies promised to the special interest groups and lobbyists that got the ball rolling in the first place.

[Tritone]

^^^What he said.

[BBatesokc]

Yeah, don't care for the thought of front license plates. I see it only as a way to further tax drivers via tickets.

FYI - I've been throughly amazed at how frequently cars a 'tracked' via tag scanner cameras that are privately operated (non law enforcement)

One of the databases my PI licenses gives me access to has a feature where you can seek out a vehicle by its tag number. The results show you every time a specific vehicle tag has been photographed - gives you the pic, the location on a map and the date and time. These scanners are mostly operated by asset recovery operations on a massive scale (think Uber for the repossession industry). In states with front and rear tags you get an overwhelming amount of location pics on a single vehicle in some cases.