Alaska drivers only need single license plate with new law

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Alaska drivers will only need to display a single license plate on the backs of their personal vehicles thanks to a new bill signed into law last week. For large commercial vehicles, the single license plate will be up front.

that it will halve its annual license plate costs by giving out one per driver, saving the state of Alaska $332,000 per year.the change, saying front license plates are “cumbersome,” and that some car models don’t support them. The association also wrote that front plates can interfere with new safety radar systems.

Alaska State Troopers Capt. David Wilson told legislators that drivers not having a front license plate “is definitely a violation that we don’t ticket very often.” “I strongly feel the potential cost saving is far outweighed by the decrease in efficiency and effectiveness of public safety, and the increased danger to our police officers,” Conkling said through written testimony.

Ending the rear license plate requirement for commercial vehicles was drafted by Sen. Robb Myers, a North Pole Republican, who works as a truck driver outside of the legislature. He said that the front plate is the one used when trucks are weighed and that the rear plate is less important because “most of the time, it’s not in a position that’s easy to see, anyway.”

 

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so when a commercial truck is driving in a way that endangers traffic we'll have to call it in with literally no identifier. Beyond stupid.

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