Ontario’s newly-designed license plates just hit a speedbump. Call it Plate-gate. From a report:
A little background: The Canadian province’s new design was unveiled by the provincial government – led by center-right Ontario Premier Doug Ford – last year. Almost immediately, people started comparing the plate design unfavorably to a box of Q-tips. The plates also had a new slogan – “A Place to Grow” – which drew the ire of some critics, who preferred the previous “Yours to Discover,” which the plates had sported since 1982. Then there was the palette: Observers noticed that the new plates had the same blue color scheme as Ford’s Progressive Conservative Party.
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- But the real problems began once the plates went into use this month. “Has anyone else noticed that the newly designed @ONgov license plates are totally unreadable from distance at night?” tweeted videojournalist Andrew Collins on Friday.
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“Could be an issue for [Toronto] police forces in the future.” A Twitter user who describes himself as a police sergeant in Kingston, Ont., tweeted another photo with the same complaint the next day: “Did anyone consult with police before designing and manufacturing the new Ontario licence plates? They’re virtually unreadable at night.”
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