New rhode island license plates

He said a Providence advertising company, Luminous Creative Agency, volunteered to design some possible options, including dark blue plates with golden anchors and one featuring an image of the Independent Man statue that stands atop the State House. Buttie said a new license plate would help promote Rhode Island.

Walter R. Craddock also agreed that a design competition with public involvement could help generate interest in the new plate. Craddock, a former Cranston police chief who spent 26 years in law enforcement, said that identifying unregistered vehicles is more difficult if new plates look similar to the old ones. DiPalma, a Middletown Democrat, said it was encouraging that McKee included the license plate reissuance in his proposed budget, and he said the one-year wait will give the state time to adopt a new design.

Edward Fitzpatrick can be reached at edward. Follow him on Twitter FitzProv. We need to resist the temptation to add lighthouses, quahogs, and the meaningless Ocean State motto. A license tag is, ultimately, for identification and is not a mini-billboard.

The sailboat plate looks like a high school poster: the split state name, the trite use of stars and stripes, and the clunky drawing of the graceless sailboat. A license plate, like a classic example of industrial design, such as a steam locomotive, a Cord, or a perfectly weighted chef's knife, must be simple and devoid of superfluous ornament. Similarly, our next license plate should be a strong statement, without any embarrassing chamber of commerce boosterism.

If such restraint is impossible in our super tacky age, perhaps we could at least offer the option of retro license plates. California has done this successfully; car owners can secure the gold-on-black plates from the s. The black on an industrial metal finish is one of the handsomest car tags ever. Simple, elegant, no-nonsense. This would be my choice for the new and ideal Rhode Island license plate.

A non-reflectorized tag would be less expensive to manufacture, and the state could forgo the purchase of the digital machines. What would this say about Rhode Island? It would announce that we are self-assured and have a refined sense of design. What more do you need to say? Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.

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