Posted on 06/21/2010 4:27:54 PM PDT by swampfoxniner
It looks like Californians’ tax dollars aren’t going to plug any holes in the State’s budget, so now lawmakers are considering making all registered vehicles mobile advertising billboards without the permission of motorists.
The digital license plate scheme was hatched by [ http://dist26.casen.govoffice.com/ ]State Sen. Curren Price (D) with the expectation of generating advertising revenue that could reduce California’s $19 billion budget deficit. According to Curren, “We’re just trying to find creative ways of generating additional revenues.”
According to the [ http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15338527?nclick_check=1 ]San Jose Mercury, “The legislative analysis of SB1453 does not include estimates of how much revenue could be saved or gained from license plate advertising,” making one wonder if this is just another act first, think later initiative by the same lawmakers who drove the State’s economy in to the ground in the first place.
Obviously, there are a few concerns that come to mind when discussing illuminated license plates flashing advertising messages to motorists on the roads ...
Check out the rest at: http://nannystateliberationfront.net/2010/06/21/bankrupt-calif-to-pimp-your-rides-license-plate/
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let me guess... for a ‘fee’, you can get a normal plate and won’t have to look like a hood rat
As if we need something else to distract drivers on the road.
Is California one of the states discussing outlawing digital/electronic billboards?
Crazy is as crazy does.
And, given the typical competence of the Government, someone will find a way to hack the plates.
Imagine the fun when someone reprograms the plates into something pornographic or racist or otherwise. . . .
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