California is the home to everything famous, fresh and exciting. It's the best coast west coast, the Golden State, undeniable, and of course always has something new and interesting to offer. Just recently, the California State Senate approved a bill with Smart Plate Mobile that is going to allow a pilot program to test electronic license plates. Literally, pretty soon there will be .5% of California residents driving cars with iPads on the rear of them. This may sound crazy, and maybe even a little bit exciting (admit it), but there certainly are questions that need to be addressed before it's made a common car quality.
It does sound rather cool to have digital numbers on the back of your vehicle.
"The young and restless of tech will be able to have their new 'TE$LA1' plate beamed directly to their car." says CNET.
One of the problems that need to be addressed before fully launching this program would be tracking. There are a good majority of people who really don't care about with what the government interferes, but the suspicious (and the guilty) could be uncomfortable driving with these license plates. Tracking will most likely be as easy as being accessed through a mobile data network, which will let the powers know where you are, at all times. It's clear that Smart Plate Mobile will have access to everyone's location. Even, possibly, the DMV too. You have to admit, even if you don't have anything to hide, that is a little scary.
But imagine what else would come with it. It sounds comical to be riding on the freeway and in front of you is a car with a plate that says "EXPIRED." And what fun would it be to see Ferraris with the word "STOLEN"?
The news of this isn't very popular yet and the amount of Smart Plate users hasn't even reached .5%, but it is very possible that digital and electronic license plates will be a mandatory piece of our future vehicles.
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