{"id":754,"date":"2010-07-08T08:44:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T08:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=754"},"modified":"2010-07-08T08:44:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T08:44:52","slug":"number-plate-history-celebrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/08\/number-plate-history-celebrated\/","title":{"rendered":"Number Plate History Celebrated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>On April 1, the Department of Motor Vehicles introduced the new New  York state number plate, \u201cEmpire Gold\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The plate features navy blue writing against a yellow background with  a navy decal of New York state located in the middle. The design is a  revival of the old blue-and-yellow color scheme that made up various New  York plates from the 1960s to the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a great deal of opposition to the new number plates, from the  colors to the additional fees the DMV planned on charging for them.<\/p>\n<p>When the new \u201cEmpire Gold\u201d plates were introduced, drivers were  alerted that they would be required to renew their licenses at an  escalated fee of $25, which is $10 more than the original renewal fee.  If they wanted to keep their original plate numbers, an additional $20  fee would be required. However, the DMV revoked this policy as a result  of strong opposition from New York residents.<\/p>\n<p>Both styles of number plates are available for purchase, \u201cEmpire Blue\u201d the  blue and white plates will be available until supplies run out. Despite  many New Yorkers\u2019 distaste for the new yellow and navy blue plates, the  previous \u201cEmpire Blue\u201d design has overstayed its welcome in comparison  to past plates. The \u201cEmpire Blue\u201d, which features the New York City  skyline and Adirondack Mountains, has been the passenger issue plate  since 2001, making 2010 its ninth year in place. Most plates in New  York\u2019s history lasted no more than five years; in the early 1900s, they  changed on an annual basis.<\/p>\n<p>New York was the first state to require license plates on automobiles  in 1901. These early plates were made with the owner\u2019s initials and  were personal, rather than state-issued plates. The first stateissued  plates were required in 1903 by Massachusetts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 1, the Department of Motor Vehicles introduced the new New York state number plate, \u201cEmpire Gold\u201d. The plate features navy blue writing against a yellow background with a navy decal of New York state located in the middle.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-xs btn-info read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/08\/number-plate-history-celebrated\/\" role=\"button\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-reg-plate-news","category-world-number-plate-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}