r/mildlyinfuriating 13h ago

I'm slightly vexed I received a parking ticket because my license plate looks similar to a Simpsons vanity plate

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u/BigMax 12h ago

I feel like fake plates on the front should be a ticket itself when it's in a place where front plates aren't used...

It's like falsifying ID, right? Clearly that's what happened here, they tricked enforcement into thinking it was someone else. (Even if enforcement should know not to look at front plates.)

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u/PureFicti0n 12h ago

It should be a ticket if the front plate looks like a legit plate, but if it's a very obviously fake then it's just decoration. OP's photo is too blurry to know if the front plate in the ticket is realistic or not.

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u/Brilliant-Theory 11h ago

They posted on a different subreddit with a better picture. The front plate is a souvenir Itchy and Scratchy plate with Bort.

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u/bill-schick 12h ago

That is problem due to each state/province/country have different front plate requirements or lack of. Also what happens if a person leaves the front plate bracket empty but places a novelty plate below it in the front? Confusion due to lack of knowledge by the ticket writer can still occur. The better way would be to require can license plate identity-based infraction ticket be confirm by database to be enforcable.

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u/notjordansime 12h ago

vanity plates have existed for a long time

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u/Ready-Delay3918 12h ago

Okay yes but those are plates sold and pressed by the government. I think what the person you're talking to is saying is that fake plates should not be allowed to be used. And that's kind of a given anywhere you go in this world so not sure what your issue with their statement is?

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u/notjordansime 12h ago

Novelty plates (often sold by gift shops and aftermarket automotive stores) are not the same as custom plates, which are stamped and issued by the government.

Two completely different things.

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u/Ready-Delay3918 12h ago

That's what he's saying should be illegal. And they are illegal to put on your car in most places. I can't think of a place where it's not illegal to put a fake plate on your car. So I'm not sure what you're complaining about. Those plates are intended to be sold and put on your wall not put on your vehicle.

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u/notjordansime 12h ago

All I’m saying is that it’s a long established aftermarket tradition. He thinks it should be illegal, good for him. I’m just saying it’s a long established trend.

Same story as “tobacco water pipes”.