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California Is About To Run Out of License Plate Numbers (www.thedrive.com)

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Just changing to a new numbering system when they run out.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago

They're switching from 0AAA000 to 000AAA0. When that arrangement runs out they've still got A000AAA, AAA000A, AAA0AAA, and 000A000. Then they can start using letters and digits in pairs or fours. By the time they run out of everything cars won't have license plates, or won't exist, or neither will we.