{"id":8971,"date":"2017-07-06T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=8971"},"modified":"2017-07-06T01:04:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T06:04:25","slug":"iowas-going-to-have-mismatched-plates-for-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2017\/07\/iowas-going-to-have-mismatched-plates-for-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa’s going to have mismatched plates for a DECADE?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The DOT is finally going to look at a new license plate design<\/a>. That’s…fine, I guess. Iowa ended up being on the front end of the light-blue-at-top-gradient-to-white style that spread across the country. IIRC, the design \u2014 the first not to be a solid color \u2014 didn’t particularly please anyone. But it’s the planned implementation, which could start next year<\/a>, that I have a problem with.<\/p>\n

In the 1979, 1986, and 1997 rollouts, when Iowa went to registration stickers for extended periods, the entire state had its plates replaced over a year. But this time the DOT won’t<\/em> automatically replace everyone’s plates, but roll them out on the 10-year replacement cycle. That’s really stupid. That means that for a decade, we will have two presumably very different styles out on the road, both valid. In fact, in 2020, you would see four<\/em> variants:<\/p>\n