# Digital License Plates **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 21, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565 "2018-06-21T05:01:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565/1 "2018-06-21T05:01:02Z")
New tech is fine to a point but paying $700 plus an $8 monthly fee on top of licensing/registration taxes for a vehicle license plate is not in my budget! > **[The digital license plate is finally here. This is what it can do.](https://www.circa.com/story/2018/06/20/products/the-digital-license-plate-is-finally-here-this-is-what-it-can-do)** > > Rplate trades metal and stickers for a black-and-white, 4G-connected, e-reader-like screen. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 9:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565/2 "2018-06-21T09:28:31Z")
That’s really cool. Too bad in about 6 weeks some 9 year old will figure out how to hack it to say whatever they want. I can’t wait until it is mandatory and I buy a car for $1000 and the registration and tag fee is north of $700. YIPEE !! ---
**Author:** ![boilerengtn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/boilerengtn/32/6955_2.png) [@boilerengtn](https://community.cartalk.com/u/boilerengtn)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565/3 "2018-06-21T10:11:06Z")
Another instance of a solution trying to find a problem. ---
**Author:** ![tom418](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/da6949/32.png) [@tom418](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tom418)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565/4 "2018-06-21T13:31:05Z")
> [@PvtPublic](#): > > I can’t wait until it is mandatory and I buy a car for $1000 and the registration and tag fee is north of $700. YIPEE !! Shhhhhh! You never know what bureaucrats could be reading your post (you know, instead of them “working”) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565/5 "2018-06-21T13:37:00Z")
Too risky! I can see a black market device that changes the plate number. Great for thieves. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565/6 "2018-06-21T17:52:41Z")
Sounds like a nightmare for police when plates are busy displaying messages rather than plate numbers. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565/7 "2018-06-21T18:04:24Z")
100% guaranteed someone’s gonna hack these things and make them display porn. ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565/8 "2018-06-22T15:25:29Z")
Yes. I see no advantage. I am still capable of applying new stickers every 2 years. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565/9 "2018-06-22T15:46:33Z")
The advantage is for the company making them and the state. Eliminate the manufacture of plates and stickers, remove all the labor of managing the entire process flow and still charge the same amount for registration. Win-win-lose. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565/10 "2018-06-22T15:53:48Z")
I don’t buy vanity plates, organization plates, or save-the-whatever plates. Thes plates aren’t going on my cars. If someone else wants to buy them and advertise Alfred E. Neuman for president, that is their prerogative. ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565/11 "2018-06-23T16:22:02Z")
I don’t understand why I am required to have a front license plate. It’s ugly, creates aerodynamic drag, and many states don’t require them. Of course they are essential for the questionably legal revenue generating cameras and radar guns love them. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/digital-license-plates/119565/12 "2018-06-23T20:08:22Z")
I think it I should all about vehicle identification. It costs very little to manufacture two plates, and almost all of the registration fees go to anything but buying the plates.