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crouchingliger
08-01-2008, 12:04 PM
http://static.newsok.biz/sites/newsok/images/web/plate1.jpg

LIL_WAYNE_4_PREZIDENT08
08-01-2008, 12:05 PM
I dont like them the whole "Native America" bit is getting a lil old an tired


Where do I get mine though?

okiebadger
08-01-2008, 12:13 PM
At the tag office. lol

Kerry
08-01-2008, 12:13 PM
That looks pretty cool.

LIL_WAYNE_4_PREZIDENT08
08-01-2008, 12:18 PM
Which one is it

I've seen 2 different plates in this thread alone

crouchingliger
08-01-2008, 12:21 PM
Sorry, posted the wrong picture initially.

LIL_WAYNE_4_PREZIDENT08
08-01-2008, 12:24 PM
Well I like the second one better anyway

Kerry
08-01-2008, 12:29 PM
The second one is even better than first. It is like looking through the Ford Center designs. Each one just gets better.

crouchingliger
08-01-2008, 12:29 PM
Here are the others that were being considered, apparently:

http://static.newsok.biz/sites/newsok/images/web/plate2.jpg

http://static.newsok.biz/sites/newsok/images/web/plate3.jpg

http://static.newsok.biz/sites/newsok/images/web/plate4.jpg

http://static.newsok.biz/sites/newsok/images/web/plate5.jpg

http://static.newsok.biz/sites/newsok/images/web/plate6.jpg

Kerry
08-01-2008, 12:34 PM
They should do all 7.

metro
08-01-2008, 12:34 PM
Is #1 the final design or what? When are they rolling them out or have they already?

roboticbrad
08-01-2008, 12:39 PM
I like it.

crouchingliger
08-01-2008, 12:42 PM
Oklahoma's New Plate Has Been Selected;
License Plate Number Retention Available

A new license plate for the State of Oklahoma has been selected!
Below is the new plate design that will replace all Oklahoma regulation license plates beginning January 2, 2009. The new plate features the Sacred Rain Arrow sculpture by Oklahoma artist Allan Houser (1914-1994).

Note: Special license plates that have designs unique to that plate type will not be affected by this redesign.

For Oklahoma motorists who want to retain their existing plate number, the 2008 License Plate Number Retention Program has been established. If your vehicle is currently registered in the State of Oklahoma, you have the option to retain your current plate number on the new plate being released in 2009.

Oklahomans who do not participate in the Plate Retention Program will receive the new plate at the time of initial registration or renewal of a current plate in calendar year 2009 at no additional cost.

The License Plate Retention Program is a limited time offer. You only have until November 1, 2008 to request your plate number retention. Once your retention request has been received along with payment, your new plate will be manufactured and mailed to you after January 1, 2009.

The cost of duplicating your existing plate number in the new plate design is $17.00. This includes the $15.00 retention fee plus a $2.00 mailing fee. These fees are in addition to any registration fees due at the time of the vehicle renewal.

The new plate may be displayed only on the vehicle that currently displays the license plate number being requested. It is intended as a replacement for that former plate and only for that vehicle. For the new plate to be mailed out in January, the vehicle must be currently registered. This means the vehicle must already have been registered for 2009 and display the 2009 registration decal.


Plate Retention Program 2008 (http://www.tax.ok.gov/newokplate08.html)

jbrown84
08-01-2008, 01:31 PM
I preferred #2 and thought that was the one that was chosen...

solitude
08-01-2008, 01:40 PM
I really like the plate. The design with the sculpture and sky on the left, instead of centered, is something different for Oklahoma. I like it.

John
08-01-2008, 02:20 PM
Guess I'll get another custom plate.

Not a fan, except for the font Oklahoma is in.

I liked the Will Rogers one, or the roping one best.

JWil
08-01-2008, 02:23 PM
I HATE the new plate. It's horrible. Where's the state color? (Green) And I'm a big fan of the Indian Shield... wish they could have just updated that somehow.

Anyway, I won't have that plate on my car. It'll be in the trunk. Instead, I think I'll get this:

http://www.tax.ok.gov/plates/okhist.gif

Or maybe they'll do an OKC Thunder plate. That would rock. They do for NASCAR so they better have an NBA plate.

MsProudSooner
08-01-2008, 02:29 PM
I like it. I was tired of the green.

OKCTalker
08-01-2008, 02:32 PM
When did license plates become bumper stickers? How many plate choices do we now have? Anybody know?

jsibelius
08-01-2008, 02:37 PM
'S okay. I think the dream catcher thingy was more distinctive, but I don't hate this one. When I was in South Carolina, they had this yellow bird on theirs. I hated that one. I decided I was going to stay a Texas resident. Then I just moved back to Texas and made it official. Better all around.

I rather like the Native America slogan. Certainly better than "Oklahoma is OK." It's actually a good slogan and the state should really make good use of it. Come to think of it, they have been. Have you seen the Oklahoma tourism ads? Compared to the Kansas tourism ads? Ugh! The Kansas ads wouldn't be half bad if they had better music but ours are way better.

JWil
08-01-2008, 02:48 PM
Oh our ads are WAY better than Kansas ads. Those are horrible.

"Hey look... a mall... a park... another mall... some underground cave... a mall!"

Yeah, that place sucks. Ours are better. But we need to air them OUTSIDE of Oklahoma. haha

bornhere
08-01-2008, 03:30 PM
I didn't know anything about this. I think they all look great. I wish they had come up with a way to let each car owner choose his or her preferred design.

mecarr
08-01-2008, 03:43 PM
I actually like the new license plate.

CuatrodeMayo
08-01-2008, 03:56 PM
The chosen one looks like bad photoshop.

#2 is classy.

Thunder
08-01-2008, 04:48 PM
I don't like the sound of Native America. It just doesn't sound right.

I can just get the white tape, put over it, and write my own phrase. lol

blangtang
08-01-2008, 06:48 PM
why do we need new plates?

because 3M makes new digital plates with bar codes for the $6million appropriated in the last budget!

3M(TM) Digital License Plate System (http://tinyurl.com/5njntf)

Luke
08-01-2008, 08:05 PM
So they can watch us.

JWil
08-01-2008, 08:16 PM
Bar codes? Good jesus.

jbrown84
08-01-2008, 11:26 PM
The thing I don't like about it is the whispy clouds above the sculpture. It's like they just photoshopped a picture in, feathered the edge, and stuck it on there.

I'm glad they stuck with Native America though. I think it's a great slogan and one of the most original ones in the country. I like it as well as the alternate "America in Its Native State".

circuitboard
08-02-2008, 12:17 AM
I like the new licence plate. I always thought the current plate was childish and looked like a kindergarten project with the indian thingy in the middle. Don't really care for the "Native America" it's overrated, if we are going to say native america, then have a picture of a casino.

Oh GAWD the Smell!
08-02-2008, 12:32 AM
This irks me a bit. I'm not an Indian. I'm not a cowboy. I don't see many (real) cowboys and the only indians I see with any regularity are related in some way to a casino. I don't care about buffalo or roping either.

Get back with me when the plate design has nothing to do with the 1800's.

Yeah...I guess I'll be getting some other plates next year.

OKCisOK4me
08-02-2008, 12:33 AM
I'm down with the new plate. The picture being on the left is definitely nice--as I can't remember ever seeing an Oklahoma plate without anything in the middle or a setting sun down below the characters. Although I won't get it now--even if only $17--because I plan on purchasing a new car soon & from what I understand I would not be able to transfer the tag from my current car.

kevinpate
08-02-2008, 12:49 PM
When did license plates become bumper stickers? How many plate choices do we now have? Anybody know?

A long time ago, and the re are many, many choices.

See Special Plates (http://www.tax.ok.gov/sp1.html)
(there are even multiple choices under the Nascar link, and there are six colors for the personalized tags people dream up. It's enough to make you :dizzy: )

soonergal
08-02-2008, 02:46 PM
I like the new ones..just never cared for the green ones...so I am glad they are changing...guess I'll read the complete article and see when we will be getting them...
:Smiley199 :Smiley199

ShiroiHikari
08-02-2008, 03:29 PM
I dunno, I kind of like it. The old one's pretty boring.

SouthsideSooner
08-02-2008, 03:42 PM
I like the new look, as well.

I think it's an improvement over the old design.

jbrown84
08-02-2008, 04:50 PM
At some point are we required to get the new one, or is it just optional?

kevinpate
08-02-2008, 05:03 PM
I believe update happens automatically at the first renewal after this Nov 1 or Jan 1 of next year.

yukong
08-02-2008, 06:12 PM
At some point are we required to get the new one, or is it just optional?


Yes, after Jan 1, when you renew your tag (In whatever month the renewal is required)...you will receive the new tag design. And unless you go and pay $17 prior to Nov 1 (I believe) you will get a new tag number. If you go to the tax commission web site and reserve your old number, you will be mailed a new tag in January or so with your current number. But by Jan 1, 2010, everyone will have the new tag. I guess there will be a few after Jan 1, 2010 that will still drive on the old tag until they get caught with an expired tag and their car gets impounded.

Dar405301
08-02-2008, 11:35 PM
i like the new design. it could have been better, but it could have been much worse (like the setting sun design from the 80s). oklahoma is long overdue for a redesign. hopefully, it will not take so long to redesign their plates in the future.

okiebadger
08-03-2008, 08:02 AM
i like the new design. it could have been better, but it could have been much worse (like the setting sun design from the 80s). oklahoma is long overdue for a redesign. hopefully, it will not take so long to redesign their plates in the future.

Why do we need frequent redesigns? We have people throwing tantrums when a house in one of the historical districts wants to install thermal windows to save energy, but seem to demand that tags change frequently. Why?

PapaJack
08-03-2008, 08:34 AM
Why do we need frequent redesigns? We have people throwing tantrums when a house in one of the historical districts wants to install thermal windows to save energy, but seem to demand that tags change frequently. Why?

Please define "frequently." I think once every twenty years or so is not frequent, unless you are a Century Plant.

Are the Urban Design Patrons throwing tantrums about license plates?

Its obvious you don't like the new plates, but why be coy about your motives?

I like the new design, and I wasn't born in Oklahoma, and I haven't a drop of Native American blood in me. Vanity license plates are simply voluntary taxes, the same as lottery tickets. But the lottery has a bigger payoff.

"A fool and his money are soon parted."

okiebadger
08-03-2008, 11:44 AM
Its obvious you don't like the new plates, but why be coy about your motives?

Actually, I do like the new plates at least as well as the old ones, and it was not my intent to be coy about anything. I do believe that, when we have a chance to improve a product, we should make the necessary change to incorporate the improvement. I see no reason for change just for the sake of change: because we are "overdue for an update." In this case, if a barcode will assist law enforcement then I am in favor of including a barcode, and new plate will be great. My observation is the same as the one I make to my wife's request to rearrange the living room furniture; is it really going to be better or are we doing this just because it has been awhile since we last changed it? Why change just for the sake of change?

jsibelius
08-03-2008, 04:40 PM
Actually, the reflective "paint" (or whatever that is) wears off the license plate after about eight years. When I moved here a couple of years ago, I asked how often the plates had to be replaced (Texas requires it every six years), and the clerk at the tag agency looked at me like I had just grown a pair of horns. There are a lot of license plates out there that seriously need replacing, and not just because you can't see them at night - you can't see them at all! This is how the state will know everyone has new plates. I just hope they have, or will have, passed a law requiring regular replacement. It's going to get expensive if everyone's plates have to be replaced all at once. It's a lot cheaper if we're on a 6-year rotation.

PapaJack
08-03-2008, 08:45 PM
My observation is the same as the one I make to my wife's request to rearrange the living room furniture; is it really going to be better or are we doing this just because it has been awhile since we last changed it?

Good point.

However I believe changing the plates adds fun to those family vacation games on the road. Have you ever noticed how many different non-specialty plates Pennsylvania has? Must be at least six.

Does anyone remember when OK changed plates every year, alternating between red and white and orange and black? Now that really sucked.

BG918
08-04-2008, 07:25 AM
It's pretty good. I'll think I'll pass though and get the OU plate instead.

http://www.tax.ok.gov/plates/ou.gif

Bobby821
08-05-2008, 09:19 AM
I personally do not see the need to be changeing license plates. They will probabbly be some cheap plastic plate or a thin lightweight metal plate not the durable heavy ones we have now that last. Leave it alone and keep them like they are now or go back to what they did in the 70's where everyother year switch between red painted letters and number and green painted letters and numbers that are stamped into the metal not just silkscreened onto a piece of plastic. crap crap crap thats all these new plates are.

okiebadger
08-05-2008, 09:33 AM
Good point.

However I believe changing the plates adds fun to those family vacation games on the road. Have you ever noticed how many different non-specialty plates Pennsylvania has? Must be at least six.

Does anyone remember when OK changed plates every year, alternating between red and white and orange and black? Now that really sucked.

I remember when new metal plates were issued yearly and alternated between black on white and white on black. They used all numerals with the prefix number identifying the county of issue in order of population. Okla Co.was 1, Tulsa Co. was 2 and, although it is hard to remember back that far, Muskogee Co. was 3. What a furor there was in the year that Muskogee county had to yield the 3 to Comanche Co. I have to say that the decal system is better.

BG918
08-05-2008, 12:41 PM
I'm probably the only one who wishes we put county names on our license plate like they do in Iowa, Tennessee, and a couple other states. I know the first letter is your county except for Tulsa and Oklahoma (and maybe Cleveland) counties where they ran out and now it's X or Z. My old Explorer was registered in Tulsa as TGV back in 1996, and then when I got my new VW in Tulsa it was ZUB. Go to smaller counties though like Stephens for instance and you'll see S_ _ everywhere...

okiebadger
08-05-2008, 12:57 PM
I like the Oklahoma system of tagging as a state function. When you move anywhere withing the state, your tag remains valid until its expiration. In some states, when you move to a different county you must re-register your car, which sucks. I like our system better.

edcrunk
08-05-2008, 11:28 PM
i like it a lot! i wouldn't be embarrassed having that on my car.

AxXiom
03-05-2009, 01:14 AM
Where is the bar code?

"Also at this meeting, the representative from the Department of Public Safety stated that their only remaining concern would be that the fonts used for display of the assigned license plate numbers and letters be established in a method by which law enforcement personnel could clearly distinguish the difference between such letters and numbers"

http://www.oksenate.gov/publications/issue_papers/budget_taxes_economics/license_plate_task_force.pdf

Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR; see also other names below) is a mass surveillance method that uses optical character recognition on images to read the licence plates on vehicles. As of 2006, systems can scan number plates at around one per second on cars travelling up to 100 mph (160 km/h).[citation needed] They can use existing closed-circuit television or road-rule enforcement cameras, or ones specifically designed for the task.

Automatic number plate recognition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_number_plate_recognition)

Pilot Program 2003 Investigation

the MLPR system has potential benefits for law enforcement, the insurance industry and auto insurance policyholders; these benefits must be balanced against the privacy rights of the public
Privacy Investigation: The Toronto Police Service's Use of Mobile Licence (http://www.accessandprivacy.gov.on.ca/english/pir/mun/mc030023.htm)

woollyboogers loose in the OK State House?
InsurNet or Dragnet

Gotta love the litlle bar code (bottom right) on the new tags!

Smokin Joe
03-06-2009, 04:39 PM
They should have put that on our State Quarter instead of the bird...

http://www.usmint.gov/images/mint_programs/50sq_program/states/OK_winner.gif

Joe

grantgeneral78
03-06-2009, 08:12 PM
The new tags are horrible!

Bunty
03-06-2009, 09:10 PM
They should have put that on our State Quarter instead of the bird...

http://www.usmint.gov/images/mint_programs/50sq_program/states/OK_winner.gif

Joe

Yeah, the state should be known by it's people, not it's state bird.

OKCisOK4me
03-06-2009, 10:02 PM
I just got mine in the mail today!!! I'm a happy camper. Looks soooooooooooooo much better than the old plate!

CaptDave
03-07-2009, 10:46 AM
They should have put that on our State Quarter instead of the bird...

http://www.usmint.gov/images/mint_programs/50sq_program/states/OK_winner.gif

Joe

Indeed...ours is one of the lamest state quarters. It could have been truly unique given the interesting history and Native American influences we have. I think it was a missed opportunity to showcase something really good about my adopted state.

so1rfan
03-07-2009, 11:09 AM
SincE WheN DiD OklahomA StarT CapitalizinG ThE FirsT AnD LasT LetteR ?

OKCisOK4me
03-07-2009, 11:58 AM
Indeed...ours is one of the lamest state quarters. It could have been truly unique given the interesting history and Native American influences we have. I think it was a missed opportunity to showcase something really good about my adopted state.

At least it's not a picture of the state rock...

soonerguru
03-07-2009, 02:26 PM
Lame.