Florida proposes a new KKK friendly vanity license plate to honor Sons of Conferderate Veterans

 

 

If the Sons of the Confederate Veterans get their wish, Floridans can be driving around with all 5 flags of the Confederate Army proudly displayed on their vanity license plate.  The group has to show the state of Florida that there are 30,000 Floridians in support of this vanity license plate in order to take the enxt step in getting it passed. 

John Walker Adams, a Son of Conferdate Veterans states “Public support has been overwhelmingly positive.” 

Read article here.

 

Obviously, this is a charged topic that I gave this blog title, but I don’t care. 

 I do understand the whole “it’s history, not hate” cry that Confederate supporters often belt.  It’s not those guys that bother me.  I am bothered by the people who have never picked up a history book and proudly support the confederacy as a means for racial suppression.  Having lived in the South, Mississippi to be exact, I personally watched the KKK march down the street of a major city road proudly chanting hate cries and waving their Confederate Flag all while being escorted by black police officers. 

Many of the Son of the Confederate Veterans feel this vanity license plate is literally a driving history lesson and not representing hate.  Call me ignorant, but when I see the Confederate I don’t see heritage- I see hate.  Hell- if the plate is about history then why don’t they just put a noose on the vanity plate too.  I can’t even imagine the vanity license plates that “slip” through the State of Florida’s approval process.

Hmmm… how about KKK4LIF or HANGIN maybe WHT PWR?

  This could get UGLY.

“Scarlett Letter” DUI License Plate in Washington

It’s the Scarlett Letter all over again.  Republican State Senator Mike Carrell is pushing for a new law requiring all convicted of a DUI in Washington State be forced to sport florescent yellow license plates on the front and back of their vehicles.

“I believe shame will keep people from doing it. Looking at somebody who is driving around with a fluorescent yellow license plate should be a good reason for others to decide ‘I don’t want to have my neighbors knowing that I’m a drunk,’” said Carrell.

The new proposal calls for anyone convicted of a DUI and your caught driving with out your “special plate” could face misdemeanor charges.

Mother’s Against Drunk Driving group is not backing this law because they feel there is no scientific evidence to support that this tactic will reduce those driving under the influence.  M.A.D.D. activist Jeri Mallory, who lost her niece nearly a year ago feels that “sometimes shaming people is not the right thing to do.”

The new proposed law would require offenders to be burdened with the “Scarlett Letter” license plates for one year.  Exceptions made if it’s a work vehicle.

Anyone from Ohio knows that this law has been in affect in their state for already 4 years.

My question is: Can someone customize their DUI license plate? 

Corvette turned into an American Flag! Wave On…Wave On…

Hmmm…were do I begin on this one?  Let’s start with this-  I come from a long and strong lineage of military veterans, so by nature and my upbringing I happen to be a very patriotic man. 

Patriotic enough to paint my car the American Flag…eh “How about No Scott!”

My Blackberry Curve 2.0 Megapixel Camera DOES NOT do this paint job justice.  As much as I want to say this thing was a bit too much, the paint job was nicely done and was incredibly vibrant and rich. 

Obviously from the photos, you can tell there were some undocumented workers very busy creating this upholstery nightmare but I will let that go simply because of the patriotism displayed.  Other than the interior, I really liked the car. It reminded me of a 1992 mini truckin’ interior with lots of overstuffed upholstery.

Notice the custom license plate which reads “WAVE ON”.  It’s obvious what our guy here was trying to accomplish but went all out on some areas and in my opinion neglected or skimped on others. 

Do I love it? No. 

Do i like it  to show America her flag waves proudly personified through an old Chevrolet Corvette?  Absolutely! 

Corvette owners-thumbs up or down on this Corvette custom license plate ?

 

$14 Million Dollar World Record for Most Expensive Vanity License Plate in UAE

 

We touched on the last auction in which the Emerald Hotel in Abu Dhabi hosted a charity license plate auction in which the number “5″ sold for millions.

This time they auction was for the highly desired vanity license plates simply reading “1″.  It was a heated battle in which moments after the plate went up for auction there were 6 wealthy business men all battling to take home this highly coveted vanity license plate.

The winning bidder was Saeed Al Khouri who took his new number “1″ vanity license plate home for a whopping $14,000,000 or Dh25.2 million.  He broke the record of his own cousin who was also one of the bidders for this plate.  The cousin, Talal Ali Mohammad Khouri, also a prominent business man owns the former record setting plate number “5″.

Read more here.

Shaq Custom license plate? Shaq just traded to the Phoenix Suns!

Just announced.  Shaquille O’neal has been traded to the Phoenix Suns.  Below is an except taken from an article from azcentral.com.  In honor of Shaq’s arrival a friend of mine found this custom license plate out of California who obviously is a Shaq fan and submitted it to the site. 

“The Suns have completed the trade that will bring center Shaquille O’Neal to Phoenix in exchange for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks.O’Neal passed his physical exam to the Suns’ satisfaction this afternoon and a trade call was placed with the league to make the trade official. Marion and Banks, who remained in Phoenix this afternoon, still have to pass physicals with Miami in the next 72 hours or the Heat could rescind the deal but that is highly unlikely at this stage.”

 

“Golden Auction” will break the world record for most expensive license plate Feb 16th in Dubai.

As many of you now know from my previous Dubai Custom Plate blog, I featured a link to a video with highlights from the auction.  Dubai businessman, Talal Ali Mohammad Khouri, paid millions for license plate numbers “5″ and “7.”

It has been estimated at this point that the wealthy business man will be willing to pay in the excess of 15 to 20 million dollars to secure his vanity license plates that proudly displays the number “1.”

Stay tuned for more info as bring you the update on the “Golden Auction”

Creative 350z Custom License Plate : ZEUL8R

ZEUL8R: What is it about the letter “Z” that just makes custom 350z plates so damn cool?  It’s hard to mess up a Z plate if you play off the letter like this one did.  Another respectable example of a great custom license plate. 

Thanks Z Driver.

I wish I could have nabbed a better picture for the viewers.

Super Tuesday for Texas License Plates? Texans your e-vote counts!

More like Super Week.  Since Texas has been running out of 6 digit number and letter combinations they recently decided to do two things: add the famous 7th digit to the license plates and give Texas the opportunity to vote on the new license plate.  Voting is only for one week and started at noon yesterday and ends at noon this Monday (2.11.08).  Here is a quick glimps of what the new license plates could possible look like.

 To cast your vote for the new Texas License Plate visit the Texas Department of Transportation e-vote page.

 

New York Giants fans now offered NFL Super Bowl Championship Custom License Plates

 New York Giants fans have had the ability to get custom license plates since 1993. 

Today the governor’s office announced a special-edition license plate to commemorate the team’s Super Bowl win.  The license plate will carry the same cost as the traditional or non-championship version. Click here for a link to the NY DMV to order your New York Giants Championship Custom Licence Plates or call the Custom Plates office : (518) 402-4838

UPDATE: New England Patriot fans “forced” to order new vanity license plates after Super Bowl loss

I was curious how this story would end.  On Sunday, I featured a link about a couple from New Hampshire that ordered Ne England Patriots Vanity License Plates in honor of what many predicted to be the NFL Super Bowl winners. 

Fate had other plans for the New England Patriots and Bob and Jeanna Agri’s custom license plates.

An update from the Union Leader features and interview after one of America’s biggest football upsets in NFL history.  I applaud Bob and Jeanne for their commitment to their team.  The new custom license plates of these NE Patriots fans will now read “18&0“

He is hanging the origional “NE19&0” cusotm license plates in his office.