Would you ever wonder if your license plate has a zero, or the letter O?

[tbm5690]

Zeros and Os here but it's obvious what it is since standard plates are sequenced with 3 numbers followed by 3 letters... Ex. 079 CVT or 582 GOB. It's a zero in the first example and an O in the second.

 

[kurusii]

Well, this is as good of a first post as any I suppose:

https://xkcd.com/1105/

 

[Allaned]

I just received a vanity plate, and it dawned on me, the shape of the "O" is exactly the same as the letter zero (all 3 of our cars have a zero in their plates). It is very narrow and resembles an oval. I expected a letter O to be stockier and wider.

So I looked at these things to determine I do in fact have a letter "O."

1. The application said to put a slash through a zero, to indicate that you are requesting a zero. It stated this twice. I did not have a slash on my application.
2. I know that in PA, the letters are shorter than the numbers, so I measured the height of my "O" and it was 2 3/4". When I measured the zeros on the other plates, they are clearly taller.
3. I went to the personalized license plate lookup tool, and looked up my plate with the letter O. It said the plate was previously issued and not available. When I inserted a zero in place of the O, now it was available. Believe it or not, it is hard to determine on a physical registration, that was sent!

When I went for a bike ride, I must have scanned over 500 plates--I was hoping to see a plate in standard configuration that had a letter O, and a zero, to be able to see the contrast. Our standard plates have 3 letters, 4 numbers. Did not see a single plate that had the letter O in the letter prefixes.

If I were independently wealthy, I'd order a personalized plate, O0O0O0O -- I would be able to see this plate in my hand, and that would show the difference!

Oh, my!

 

[Zee09]

 

[reemoeMO]

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That is oh-A zero, zero, zero, zero.

 

[opus1]

I've seen Iowa plates with a slash through the 0 on the plate.

On a somewhat related topic, I wish Kia still made the Rondo. I'd buy one, in blue, and get a vanity plate reading "ALA TURK"

I now return you to the regularly scheduled thread, already in progress.

 

[Patman]

In Ontario the regular issue plates don’t use the letters O, I or V anymore but they don’t have any restrictions for vanity plates.