We’ve all seen them. Those small, rectangular sheets of embossed metal that never fail to bring an involuntary smile to the face. Or a slow shake of the head as we ponder the future of humanity. Yes, we’re talking about the increasingly popular phenomenon of “personalised plates” that seem to be adorning every second or third car on the road. The meaning behind the majority of these motorway monikers is innocent enough – they’re mostly a dull combination of the owner’s initials, year of birth, the age at which they first received the plate, etc. Yes, like a typical e-mail address, you can glean tiny morsels of sensible information from these handles, but sensibility is not what we’re here for today.
We’re here for the truly shameful plates. The ones that actually make you feel pity – real, human pity – for the cars that, through no fault of their own, are doomed to wear them around in public every single day (it must be humiliating).
But we’re also here for the truly ingenious plates. The ones that make you chuckle with delight, if only for a moment.
We think these little miracles are more than deserving of their own category here on if90. So, after much time spent sitting in the pipeline, we’ve finally flipped the switch on the newly-appointed PLATES section! We’ll be posting all our findings there from here on in. This is our tribute to the plates that, for better or worse, demand our respect.
If you have snapped a plate you think is worthy of being featured here, feel free to send it in. All visual evidence should be of authentic plates “in the wild”… that is, no doctored images or recreations allowed! On the other hand, if by some remote chance your plate has been featured and you’d like for it to be taken down, we’ll be happy (but also disappointed) to oblige.
With that said, let’s get this show on the road!