Symbols on License Plates? Proposed Mass Bill May Make them Law
A bill in the Massachusetts State Senate could change the look of state license plates with the inclusion of symbols for easier identification.
"Did you catch the license plate?" That question is normally one of the first asked by police and 911 responders when a crime involving a motor vehicle is reported. Too often, according to supporters of a proposed law that would change the Massachusetts license plate system, callers reporting a crime either fail to catch the whole plate number or can only remember a portion of it. Senate Bill 1798, also known as Molly’s Bill, would direct the state issue license plates that combine the traditional letters and numbers already used with "universal, easily distinguishable symbols, such as triangles, squares and other geometric shapes," according to a release from State Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr's, R-Gloucester, office. The bill is …
