Monday 29 February 2016

Custom Front License Plates, More Than Just Vanity

By Andrew Foster


People are concerned about labels. That is a painful truth that they do not mind to admit. Everything they own needs to reflect the type of person they are. Or at least, they want their material things to convey their convictions. Most often than not, they do this through personalizing almost everything they can, including the plates on their vehicles.

This is seen in everything they own, that they want personalized. These days, you rarely see cars without custom front license plates. This proves to be true, in places such as Reading, Pennsylvania. The fascination for vanity plates, as they are sometimes called, does not end.

Our fascination with them will never stop, although the messages, and the type of culture it gives off, may change. You sometimes wonder what drives someone to do this, or how important people consider it to be. That is understandable, since the rest of this country is pretty much doing the same thing.

Other times, it is a message you need to put across, a cause you support, anything you might be proud of. You can apply for this at any Secretary of State branch office. When approved, these license plates are mailed to you within 45 days. It comes after receiving a receipt for pending approval on a chosen combination, which is six to eight characters.

Vehicles tagged as utility are not eligible for this. When personalizing, you will pay for it, plus your registration fee if you made this after renewing your car registration. There is also an initial thirty dollar service fee.

People like to express themselves. In this country, there are about nine million motor vehicles with customized plates. Psychologists say this is not just because of vanity. This would be something much more complicated than that, in a good way.

They have found a good place in the world of art, when you come to think about it. This is also because, reportedly, there are more than nine million people in the country, to date, that had opted for them. The market for it gets bigger, as other countries followed suit.

The low number ones signify prestige. People would go thinking you are somebody, or that you know someone very, very important in the society. Sometimes, you use it to attract members of opposite sex. This is a screaming 6 to eight character that does not limit itself by the letters or numbers alone. There is more to the message than just the combination.

Sometimes also called as vanity plates, this type of thing can boost self esteem. It serves as a mission statement and an extension of your identity as a person. That is not just vanity. That is an introduction you give yourself for those who need them on the road. It is also like having twitter on your car, only you are limited to putting six to eight characters. Depending on the design, that can already mean so much.




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