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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

You can have non-alphanumeric characters on license plates? What do the cops do if they need to catch you? Do they put out an APB for emoticons?

[–] markz@suppo.fi 26 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Like the guy with the NULL plate who got all the tickets for which no number could be found.

[–] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 10 points 23 hours ago

Truly a tragic tale.

This username means you also get "mentioned" a lot in big chatrooms where people post code/logs

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 19 hours ago

Honestly, as annoying as that'd probably be, it'd also be great. You could likely argue any ticket was a mistake.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I read an article once about a guy who got a NO PLATE licence plate and ended up being automatically blamed whenever a cop wrote in that a car had no licence plate. I wonder what 0X00000 would do.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I think that's what I was actually thinking of but I mixed it up.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

They both seem equally plausible. "NO PLATE" would be officers writing it in, and if they left it blank the computer would turn it into NULL.

I bet "BLANK" could cause similar issues

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Little Bobby Tables got his driver's license.

[–] azi@mander.xyz 24 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Use the cyrillic letter А on your licence plate instead of the latin letter A. All your speeding tickets would be mailed to someone else

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It seems that everybody who doesn't know Cyrillic thinks that Д is the Cyrillic A...

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 points 23 hours ago

They already consider similar looking letters as the same. If someone has the license plate "OOPS" , if you try and register "00P5" it will say it's taken.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

Meanwhile, the guy in ~~the slave labor camp~~ prison making your license plate: "Alright, thats an A, I'll key in an A here"

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

You do know the cyrillic A is just А(serbian) or А(russian)??

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 day ago

Or the 🅰️ emoji

[–] HBK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think you can? But, you can use a space and add an equal sign sticker instead

[–] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 points 23 hours ago

It might depend on the state, but I think anything other than registration stickers in the designated spot could count as a defaced license plate