Editing Talk:1105: License Plate



In New Jersey (USA), the laws allowing personalize license plates specifically disallows plates in the format of a standard plate.

Wouldn't this idea be more effective (theoretically) with 0's and O's (that is, zeroes and capital O's)? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 15:58, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Many localities disallow one or the other for specifically that reason.  In my locality, the letter O is not allowed in *ANY* license plate, not even the randomly assigned ones, so AAN-999 would be followed by AAP-000, rather than the expected AAO-000.  Although at a quick glance, a capital Q looks similar to a number 0. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.243|199.27.128.243]] 23:37, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Shouldn't this be comic 1111? Only 2 weeks to go. --[[User:Xkpd|Xkpd]] ([[User talk:Xkpd|talk]]) 19:32, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

The last line of title text should have been 'Clever girl'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO5wryDdEI0 --[[Special:Contributions/69.120.249.184|69.120.249.184]] 19:34, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Discussing this comic over chat with a friend...
A: I thought he actually robbed the banks..and she pre-emptively ratted him out. Apparently, an alternative interpretation is that she committed the robbery. Which one of the two is it?
B: She robbed the banks.
A: Well, you can just fake any number plate. Why bother faking his unusual one specifically? Unless, she's a sadist of course...
B: Just 'cause he leaked his plans to her 
A: lol #LessonsToBeLearnt #NeverTellWomenAnything
B: Agreeeed!

::I don't think she FAKED his plate, I think she bought another personalized plate with a different combination of 1's and I's which the police just assumed was his because of his already existing reputation as the guy committing crimes with the 1's and I's license plate. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 14:10, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

:::I was of the impression that he actually committed the robberies, and that the "clever"-ness was in getting him to admit that he was with his car (instead of his car being stolen or borrowed.)  --[[Special:Contributions/193.150.8.123|193.150.8.123]] 15:13, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

::::I thought he had only committed the one crime (vandalization) and the police tricked him into admitting it by accusing him of 5 other fake crimes.[[Special:Contributions/38.118.83.250|38.118.83.250]] 19:58, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Um, I'm pretty sure the license plate office specifically forbids use of certain characters BECAUSE of their ambiguity. Like, I and O are not allowed in PA because of their similarity to 1 and 0. So this comic lives in the realm of fiction where they haven't thought of that already. --[[User:Tustin2121|Tustin2121]] ([[User talk:Tustin2121|talk]]) 16:35, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

: This prohibition happens in my place, and it also notes that each license plate must contain at least one number as some local people were not familiar with English letters. --

Just after this ran, I saw a photo (on some internet "funny photo" site) of a car with an actual New Your state license plate made up of only Bs and 8s (e.g. "B88BB8B") for a similar effect.

I saw a BMW with license plate "I1IIIII" a day or two after this ran. 17:45, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

If they were ever brought to court in the US, assuming they were both driving the same type of car, they would be able to provide enought mutual reasonable doubt as to which one of them had done it. [[Special:Contributions/67.41.79.164|67.41.79.164]] 03:37, 16 June 2013 (UTC)


I played a game called Everybody Edits, where the 5 and S were the same. nobody could perform the /kick command on me >:D {{unsigned ip|‎184.11.73.88}}

Owning a car with a number plate is not considered a crime in Britain. I would have thought even if a non-sequitur is permissible in the US, it only applies to dark skinned people?[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 19:52, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Is it just me, or are the lines in this comic really thick? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.122.102|162.158.122.102]] 00:37, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

The explanation suggests that they flagged the plate when it was registered, and Megan in the title text used a false plate.  Could it be that they didn't automatically flag the plate, but Megan warned the police about him, and thus no false plate was needed? {{unsigned ip|172.70.230.53}}

Interesting fact: confusing similar letters/numbers would not be possible in many countries in Europe, Africa and Asia, because they use the german "FE-Schrift"-Font for license plates. This font is explicitly designed to avoid similarities between different letters and numbers: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift Wikipedia: FE-Schrift] [[Special:Contributions/162.158.203.55|162.158.203.55]] 15:36, 6 January 2023 (UTC)