This new design is better than the current red triangle plate but nothing spectacular either.
#2017 ohio license plates designs license#
Ohio has had series of terrible license plates. Georgia used to also have a great plate with the peach, what they have now, however, is atrocious. Florida plates are classic and instantly recognizable as Florida. I appreciate a bold design that is pulled off well. I don’t have the exact source, but somewhere a study was conducted that showed a states license plate design was correlated to tourism or that State tourism officials believe a colorful or attention grabbing plate increases people interest in a state for possible visits. The most recent change to Wisconsin license plates happened only a short while ago in April of 2017 where the ID numbers of newly issued plates began to have a fourth number added on due to the massive volume of. Also, the system used to issue license plates underwent many changes. It was easily recognizable and readable from a distance. They changed sizes, colors, shapes, and designs many times. The "Sunburst" plate was the best, with the red bar across the top, the blue bar across the bottom, the dark blue characters across the white middle, and the sun in the background being recognizable as the sun, while still not being too conspicuous. As for the new Ohio plate, who's going to appreciate the city skyline, the airplane or the corn field from a distance? The "Beautiful Ohio" plates had the same problem, and honestly, the design and color scheme were so muddled that it took a few years to even identify them quickly.Īt least the "Ohio Pride" plates are recognizable with the red triangle, though the collage of words in the background is unnecessary since they can't be read from a distance. If you see a plate with a dark blue bar across the top, a gold bar across the bottom, and dark blue characters across the plain white middle, then you know instantly that it's a Pennsylvania plate. If you see a plain white plate with black characters and a star in the top-left corner, then you know instantly that it's a Texas plate. Simpler is better, especially since the whole point of a license plate is identification. Strickland(2011), one of the first initiatives he announced was a redesign of the plates and Driver's Licenses.( the Licenses at the time had a 'Salmon' (Pink) strip across the top that was supposedly hard to counterfeit. As far as license plate design goes, if you have to take a close look at it to recognize and appreciate the details, then the details are unnecessary. the top one you linked, the 'Beautiful Ohio' plate, Was Designed by Frances Strickland, the First Lady of Ohio at the time (Governor's wife). As much as people bash the Texas and Pennsylvania plates, at least they're instantly recognizable and readable from a distance, which is how they're supposed to be. It's a license plate, not a damn billboard. In fact, it's just a more colorful version of the "Beautiful Ohio" plate. It's another busy, design-by-committee license plate.