California Runs Out of License Plate Number Combinations
Episode 2 min 22s

California Runs Out of License Plate Number Combinations

Send us a text and chime in! California drivers will soon be seeing a different sequence of letters and numbers on newly issued license plates after the state reached the end of a format used for more than four decades. The California Department of Motor Vehicles has exhausted the available combinations under its familiar seven-character passenger vehicle plate sequence, which consists of one number, three letters and three numbers. The format began in 1980 with 1AAA000 and reached the end of...

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