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Eradication of British Columbia\'s Front License Plate

Eradication of British Columbia\'s Front License Plate

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Started by Anonymous 19 years ago
We, the Undersigned, petition the Province of British Columbia to revoke the current law requiring the display of a front license plate on passenger vehicles. We believe that there are significant benefits in not requiring front license plates and our reasons for this belief are briefly summarized in the paragraphs below. Firstly, eliminating the need for a front license plate will significantly reduce the Province\'s costs associated with production, storage, and accounting for the additional plate. In 2004 the province of Saskatchewan joined five other provinces who no longer require a front license plate - reportedly saving the government $370 000 per year, while helping to reduce insurance costs. See http://www.gov.sk.ca/newsnews... Secondly, the front license plate negatively affects the efficiency of the vehicle by interrupting the aerodynamics with the plate at the vehicle\'s primary point of attack. Further, many vehicles suffer further losses in efficiency with the front plate\'s blockage of large portions of the front air-intake of the vehicle, resulting in increased fuel consumption, and increased greenhouse emissions. Thirdly, unnecessary damage is sustained from minor bumper-to-bumper collisions, resulting from the front plate mounting brackets and bolts on passenger cars, which cause cracks and abrasions to the rear bumpers of the cars that they hit, which would otherwise be absorbed. This alone would save ICBC on thousands of claims per year, and reduce insurance premiums. Alberta, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan and the three territories use single license plates. With British Columbia\'s population greater than 10x that of Saskatchewan, the demonstrated tax savings for the Province would be millions of dollars per year, every year. In light of the cost savings for the Province, cutting greenhouse emissions, and other positive effects, we are asking that this law be repealed. Sincerely,

Updates

April 22, 2010

I checked the count this morning and saw we hit 250 signatures which is more than I ever imagined. This is all down to the effort you put in to spread the word. I am genuinely stunned that so many of you agree on this.

Reached 250 supporters

April 20, 2010

February 11, 2010

I am still honestly stunned by the number of people who have reached out to share their own experiences with damaged bumpers and airflow issues. It is clear that this is a conversation many of us have been wanting to have for a long time. I am just the person who typed this up but you are the ones keeping the momentum going.

Reached 100 supporters

November 16, 2007

November 14, 2007

I am honestly stunned to see how many people feel the same way about this issue because reaching a hundred signatures felt like a stretch when I started. If you can help get us over this immediate hurdle today then the officials we are approaching will have a much harder time ignoring us.

17 Comments

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Alan With
8 years ago Featured

I am strongly opposed to being required to have a licence plate on the front of my vehicle. Some of my vehicles have NO factory location to install one. Having to modify valuable collectable vehicles to meet this money grab by ICBC is infuriating. Please stop this stupid greedy initiative now. Attacking the residents of BC is not the answer! Instead you should be reigning in runaway ICBC management and overhead costs. I am so tired of ICBC's Sacred Cow status. Please stand up and say NO to this! Alan With

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Jim tosh
8 years ago Featured

There is no decent option to mount a front plate on my collector car and I would very much like to use a year specific plate on it like in other provinces .

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Jeff Speaker
8 years ago Featured

I agree, delete the front plate as the other provinces for obvious reasons...split bumper '71 Camaro. Most beautiful front end made super ugly with an add on lic. plate mount

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Ron Choquette
8 years ago Featured

Potential cost savings through the elimination of a front license plate are an obvious benefit to the Province. Front mounted plates are frequently damaged or pushed to an almost horizontal position by concrete parking bumpers or sidewalks, making them virtually useless for ID purposes. Replacement of a front plate requires the replacement of both, thereby incurring additional cost. Given that ALPR and OCR technologies are becoming more prevalent and effective tools for law enforcement and, apparently, are used primarily to scan rear plates, parked or mobile, they make a front mounted plate redundant.

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Wally Molett
10 years ago Featured

Alberta And Sask have no front plates. Why should we be different especially when most out of province vehicles dont have mounting locations?

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Daniel Jackson
10 years ago Featured

I just wish they would be fine with it displayed on the dash. It's supposed to be securely and unobstructed, what better place than behind glass where the chances of it being covered by dirt or mud are greatly reduced. Also safe from damage or theft.

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gerard hengeveld
8 years ago

Let's get rid of the front plate

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Joshua Nicolajsen
8 years ago

Provinces like Alberta have only one on the back and there is no promblem

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