Text 16879, 79 rader
Skriven 2005-11-23 10:36:28 av Roy Witt (1:1/22)
  Kommentar till text 16841 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
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23 Nov 05 17:56, Carol Shenkenberger wrote to Roy Witt:

 CS> *** Quoting Roy Witt from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 CS>> One sparked an interest though I did not follow the full thread.
 CS>> Size of license plates on cars.  Seems from the messages that they
 CS>> are ?larger? in Europe?  Not sure i caught the thread right.

 RW>> They are larger in square inches (cm too). uro plates are 4.3 x 20.5
 RW>> inches, making them very oblong compared to our pretty much standard
 RW>> s of 6 x 12 inch plates.

 CS> You mean 'standard' as in USA plates are all the same and European
 CS> ones are not all the same I take it?

The EU plates are the same size, according to Vlist. That being the
shorter but longer rectangular plate in comparison to ours. Yes, American
plates from all 50 states are standardized at 6x12. Motorcycle plates are
too, but smaller by proportion.

 CS>   Asia ones vary too.  I'd guess most are about 1 inch 'taller' and
 CS> 1-2 inches 'less wide'.  Not a huge difference.

LOL! It is if you're trying to fit an American plate frame to it.

 CS>> I noticed the plates in OZ (Darwin is the only place i have been) so
 CS>> they may have been bigger but I didnt pay attention to it.

 RW>> Hmmm. Wishful thinking seems to show up in the Asian plates.

 CS> ;-)

 CS>> What is different in much of far east Asia is the lettering is a lot
 CS>> bigger and less of the plate is taken up with frills like 'state
 CS>> logo' or designs. They tend to plain larger letters that take up
 CS>> most of the plate so are more readable from a distance.  If they
 CS>> have 'personalized plates' with cute messages, I've not noticed any.

 RW>> Could have something to do with the poor eyesight that is accredited
 RW>> t the Asian race. Don't know if it's actually true, however.

 CS> It isnt.  Thats some odd stuff from WWII propaganda with the 'squinty
 CS> eyed thick glasses Japanese' fellow.

Yeah, I remember those posters.

 CS>   Reality is they tend to have slightly (slightly!) better eyesight
 CS> or are apt to not get glasses as early.  I suspect the lack of
 CS> glasses in some parts I have traveled, were due to cost factors so
 CS> you dont get them til you really really need them.

A study a few years ago in Hong Kong indicated that 88 out of 100 ethnic
chinese students in a local school had myopia (near sighted). While only
43 out 100 of the non-chinese students were found with myopia. Ethnic or
diet? The international scene was 66 out of 100.

 CS>> stickers go in the windows, not on the plates.

 RW>> I expect that to be next here in Texas. Insurance stickers on the
 RW>> windshield, I mean. We have the registration and safety inspection
 RW>> stickers there now.

 CS> Here, we have the JCI sticker for both JCI types (it's an inspection
 CS> and a tax and there are 2 stickers as they do not expire at the same
 CS> time).  Then there is the one that you place to show you have a legal
 CS> parking spot (required here to get a car if not Japanese).  There's 1
 CS> or 2 others of lesser note.  They are all pretty much small and clear
 CS> so you can see through them.
 CS>                                        xxcarol

In Illinois, they have the registration sticker on the plate, but in
Chicago, there's a city tax sticker that must be in the windshield. I
think it allows you to park on city streets where only city tax payers can
park. Not sure how that works.


Roy
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