‘Share the Road’ plates hit snag over design

[Updated: 7:05pm, 1/28]

Sources say that the DMV office in Salem has stopped issuing Oregon’s new “Share the Road” license plates.

According to an email I received from a reader, as of last Friday (1/25), the DMV has suspended all applications for the special plates “pending some sort of legal issue,” with the plates’ designer.

BTA spokesman Karl Rohde said they also received information from a volunteer who claimed to have heard the same thing from a DMV rep.

So far, I have been unable to track down the designer and/or other parties that would have more information.

*UPDATE: I have confirmed the information above and should have a full report and update by tomorrow (1/29) afternoon.

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Kronda
16 years ago

Well, I think it should be illegal for anything that ugly to be attached to a car…could cause and accident. Maybe they\’ll hire someone new to make a pretty one!

Miguelaron
16 years ago

i\’ll do it

Liz
Liz
16 years ago

Any idea how many have been issued? We haven\’t seen one besides the one on our car.

Axe
Axe
16 years ago

That\’s too bad. I just saw one today for the first time. Frankly, I\’ve seen uglier…

John Russell
16 years ago

Just take a look at Washington\’s share the road plate.
I vomit a little in my mouth every time I see one of those.

Dave
Dave
16 years ago

So are my new plates legit? I liked the design.

peder horner
16 years ago

Ack. I thought mine was in the mail…

Will
Will
16 years ago

Mine arrived today. Judging from the sequence, almost 8000 have been issued.

Disco D
Disco D
16 years ago

Not surprising, it looks like it was stolen out of some crappy clipart library.

Matthew
16 years ago

Mine just came in the mail this morning. Ugly? Better than \”my other car is a Hummer\”. Helping out the BTA is not such a bad thing either…

MattD
MattD
16 years ago

I love how people are complaining about the look of the thing and not happy about the fact that we actually HAVE a Share the Road plate.

I\’m sure we all have far more hideous cycling jerseys in our gear collection.

Ena
Ena
16 years ago

I agree with MattD. All our hard work is getting in people\’s minds. The state is working to help spread our message. I think that is awesome. And despite what others think, I like Washington\’s STR plate.

In my Buddhist practice, we teach that complaining erases good fortune. So, smile and find something to be thankful for and you will attract great things into your life.

Moo
Moo
16 years ago

I\’m just surprised that this thing has a \”designer\”…and even one willing to go public with some sort of issue over it.

Opus the Poet
16 years ago

Yeah, well we can\’t all have Lance on our plates like Texas does. Did you know that Lance is currently the only living person on a licence plate?

Huggy Bear
Huggy Bear
16 years ago

Thanks Ena #12, we like our STR plates here in WA.

themickeyd
themickeyd
16 years ago

Uh, not everybody in WA likes our STR plates. I thought Pastels went out with \”Miami Vice\”.

coral
coral
16 years ago

Still waiting for ours, we went in on Jan. 8th to apply. How long did they take to arrive?

Anon.
Anon.
16 years ago

I was about to jump on this but the lines at the DMV have been out of control with the proof of SSN issue.

Liz
Liz
16 years ago

Coral- It took just over 2 weeks to get ours. We\’d applied in person on January 2nd, got them in the mail on the 19th, I think.

Zach
Zach
16 years ago

And I just put my order in the mail yesterday 🙁

Huggy Bear
Huggy Bear
16 years ago

Sorry # 16, I like my WA. STR tag not we as stated. I bought the tag for the STATEMENT not the color.

dave b
dave b
16 years ago

I just received mine in the mail yesterday and put them on my truck today.

Wonder what thier fate is?

Washingston States Bike plates are nice.

coral
coral
16 years ago

hmm, i wonder if our application was put on hold then. It\’s been 3 weeks today since we went into the DMV.

peder horner
16 years ago

MattD #11:

\”I\’m sure we all have far more hideous cycling jerseys in our gear collection.\”

Not in my jersey collection!

Sincerely,

Style Man

Scott Mizée
16 years ago

Style Man….

sheesh… where\’s the manure spreader? We need to get that out in the pasture…
;-P

Scott Mizée
16 years ago

Looking forward to your updated story on this issue… jab jab…. nudge nudge…

yum, bikes...
yum, bikes...
16 years ago

So I guess I will take this off of my to-do list for now…. I saw my first plate on the road today, it was great! I wanted one!

Mike Lynch
Mike Lynch
16 years ago

Coincidentally, I was the first person to be issued a Share the Road license plate, just because I had to get one the first working day of January. Looks fine on my car I guess, but I wonder if I will have to excghange it or something.

peder horner
16 years ago

Scott: HA!

I\’ll see YOU on Sunday buddy.