Talk:Vehicle registration plates of Pennsylvania

New PA standard issue plate in 2025
New info for PA plates starting in 2025 ('25); info below - Governor Shapiro Unveils New Highway Welcome Signs & License Plates Celebrating Pennsylvania as the Birthplace of American Democracy - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania https://www.pa.gov/en/governor/newsroom/2024-press-releases/governor-shapiro-unveils-new-highway-welcome-signs---license-pla.html. Press Release Date Accessed 9-July-2024 @ 15:50 UTC-04:00 - Standard Issue Registration Plate - Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) https://www.dmv.pa.gov/VEHICLE-SERVICES/Registration%20Plates/Standard-Issue-License-Plate/Pages/standard-license-plates.aspx. See section on page titled, "New License Plates Coming in 2025" Date Accessed 9-July-2024 @ 15:50 UTC-04:00 - Sign up to be first to get one of the new license plates - Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) https://qualtrics.pa.gov/jfe/form/SV_3mZbspEe7QgV0F0. Form; Date Accessed 9-July-2024 @ 15:50 UTC-04:00 Sroth0616 (talk) 19:50, 9 July 2024 (UTC)


 * I imagine he'll introduce an optional "Get Sh*t Done" plate. Unknown0124 (talk) 23:52, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

ATC-347 on Bicentennial State '76 base not regular issue
The Bicentennial State '76 base plate with the number ATC-347 is a vanity plate. That format was not used by Pennsylvania until 1980. Bill S. (talk) 20:25, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

AAA-888 on 1986 base not regular issue
AAA-888 appears to be a vanity reissue of a 1977 base plate number which was issued in 1980.Bill S. (talk) 20:27, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

GBQ-7198 not regular issue plate
Pennsylvania has not used the letter Q on a regular issue plate since the Suburban issue of 1960-64. GBQ-7198 is either a computer-generated mockup plate or a counterfeit Pennsylvania license plate, as vanity plates use a standard plain dash separator while standard license plates use a keystone-shaped separator. Pennsylvania also does not use I, O, or since the website base came out, the letter U. Bill S. (talk) 20:32, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Apportioned plate image also incorrect
The apportioned license plate shown in the article was posted long before that number had become the reported high.

Also, it shows a 2-11 expiration sticker. All apportioned license plates in Pennsylvania expire in May. Bill S. (talk) 10:00, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

"Livery" and "Exempt" Plates Do Not Exist
There have been multiple edits to this article restoring or replacing images and descriptions for "Livery" plates and "No Fee/Exempt" plates. No such plate has ever existed in Pennsylvania, certainly not in the format pictured. These are fake images and, although arguably presented without malicious intent, obviously do not abide by WP guidelines for accurate and correct information. There are such plates in other states, but not Pennsylvania. Whilst these fake images are convincing, they are nonetheless fake!! Meldar667 (talk) 21:03, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Recent edits
--Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 18:43, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

There has been an edit war on this article recently.

On October 28, Meldar667 updated the article "to keep up with changes and/or updates of various styles". This edit seemed perfectly reasonable - since, according to LicensePlates.cc, apportioned truck plates in Pennsylvania have indeed reached the AG series, and dealer plates are indeed now being issued in a K12-345K format.

http://www.licenseplates.cc/highs.php?where=PA

Then, on November 23, I edited the article twice. The first edit involved giving each passenger serial format used since 1958 (including the all-numeric and five-digit, one-letter formats used repeatedly between '58 and '79) its own row in the corresponding table, and the second involved pointing out the most recent passenger serial issued. I made both these edits with the intention of bringing the article into line with other articles on vehicle registration plates of US states and Canadian provinces and territories.

For whatever reason, ALPCA 5632 did not like these three edits, and so he undid them on November 27. Because he did not give a reason, I thought his actions were along the lines of vandalism - so I undid these actions.

Thus began the edit war. Sixteen days later, it still hasn't been resolved.

I have to admit, I don't really see anything wrong with the three edits that ALPCA 5632 does not like. Reasons were given for all three of them, and they were made with the best of intentions.

Of course, any one edit on Wikipedia can be disliked by one or more users - regardless whether or not a reason is given for this edit. But if there is an edit you do not like, and you want to undo it, then is it not better to give a reason in the edit summary when undoing it? (Unless the edit in question is a genuine act of trolling - in which case, a reason isn't quite as necessary, as it goes without saying that the user who made the edit is intending to annoy others.)

I'm not actually claiming that ALPCA 5632 is a troll, mind. Nor do I intend to drive him away from this article, or from Wikipedia altogether.

But I would like this dispute to be resolved in a way that will satisfy everyone involved. Bluebird207 (talk) 16:05, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Hey, you two "disruptive Editors"
To and, KNOCK IT THE HELL OFF!!! We didn't trade one dispute for another. ALPCA, buddy you're on the fast track to a WP:BLOCK if you don't start conversing immediately. Just a friendly warning. Either stop the edit warring or I'm happy to fire off the next WP:AN and ping some very unforgiving Admins. --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 04:14, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * And to ALPCA 5632 - one really doesn't have to be an ALPCA member to edit this article, or indeed any other article on vehicle registration plates of US states and Canadian provinces and territories. Bluebird207 (talk) 10:42, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

Pennsylvania ending registration stickers in 2016
Is it worth mentioning on this page that Pennsylvania will be doing away with plate stickers after 2016?

Article from PennDOT: http://www.dmv.pa.gov/VEHICLE-SERVICES/Title-Registration/Pages/Registration-Stickers.aspx

130.49.235.177 (talk) 13:40, 5 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I believe it is worth added in the wiki somewhere (granted my reply is 8 years [in 2024] after the announcement). Sroth0616 (talk) 19:56, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

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 * 1943 PA license plate.jpg

Amateur Radio License plate
Would this image be a valid example of an optional Amateur Radio registration plate issued by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania?

Thanks,

-- Skater 2015 TALK CONTRIBUTIONS 02:34, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Share the Road with Bicycles plates
I'm going to assume on the optional plates list. I tried to go to one of the external links, but I got a fake virus warning. -User:DanTD (talk) 17:54, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * 2017 Pennsylvania License Plate.png

Pennsylvania ATV license plate
Hello, this is B.edit24. I recently got an ATV license plate, but I need 2 questions to be answered first. — Preceding unsigned comment added by B.edit24 (talk • contribs) 16:09, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) Am I allowed to put ATV plates on this page?
 * 2) If so, is it ok if I use this image?

Highest Passenger Baseplate
I noticed when going through the revisions history when people would update the highest current issued passenger baseplate it seems as though they are updating it with what they have seen in the wild. I just wanted to point people in the direction of the PennDOT webpage that | shows availability for vanity plates. Here, you can type in a plate number and it will tell you if it has been issued yet. This is because PennDOT doesn't want to issue duplicate passenger baseplates and vanity plates. I just used this tool and with some trial and error discovered the most current plate is LWX-0299. Hope this helps! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lunarminivan (talk • contribs) 18:26, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
 * There are also sites such as LicensePlates.cc, which give not only the latest high passenger serials but many of the latest high non-passenger serials too (Motorcycle, Truck/Commercial, Trailer, Apportioned, etc.).
 * Granted, these sites are not *quite* 100% reliable, as unusually high serials are recorded on them from time to time (whether these are being issued out of sequence, or are mis-sightings). But I'd say they're reasonably close to this percentage - the people who run these sites *are* genuine license plate enthusiasts, as are the vast majority of the other people who contribute to them. Indeed, many of these people are members of ALPCA, and some even contact their state's/province's plate-issuing authority (like PennDOT) on occasion.
 * Just more options when looking for the highest serials issued, folks. ;) Klondike53226 (talk) 18:41, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Just got a new one a few weeks ago: MKN-2386. Robhmac (talk) 08:24, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

AAD-0047 on 1999 base is fake
As this article documents, the serials issued for the 1999 base (blue letters on reflective white) started with DAA-0000. This image for AAD-0047 uses the keystone as a separator, which is not used on vanity plates. My very first plate was ACZ-5557, and that was on the August 1991 base (yellow on blue). So, this is either a computer-generated mockup plate or a counterfeit Pennsylvania license plate. Robhmac (talk) 08:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)