Smart license plates hitting California roads

License plates are receiving technological makeovers.

[CHL]

Stop putting "Smart" on things that are working perfectly fine for hundreds of years!

[gta_]

Who tf wants to pay a $7 monthly fee for that when a metal license plate does the job perfectly

[anybleepinusername]

This is a solution looking for a problem.

[Bburner]

1:25 -- "I can't pull that off"... Yeah right! You just didn't yank it hard enough.

[Breakerisaac]

$699 plus fees wtf is wrong with the DMV im staying old school and i like it that wae

[mitchd]

Total waste of money. Idiotic idea. I wouldn't pay $1 for such junk.

[hithere]

How come no one is taking about the $700 price tag???

[wearefreesd]

DMV trying to up their extortion tactics.

[moreclips]

Forfeit your privacy even more and get tracked absolutely everywhere you go. Look at the bridges and you’ll see some have transponders to scan everyone going through.

[colinj]

I'll stick with the old school system

[Peasbeuponyou]

Why does the news feel like they need to promote bad ideas? Who paid for this infomercial?

[magnuscamper]

This is so dumb what is to stop a vandal from taking an emergency glass breaker and wreck the thing and electronics can malfunction. I'll take steel plates any day.

[adrianleap]

I’m going to buy one a put a SWITCH on the cable where it powers so i can turn it off when i go through TOLLS. It will actually save me some money!

[Cobra_]

vandals are going to have a field day smashing these screens

[MytubeI]

The plate cost $699 PLUS a $7 monthly fee!?? For what??

[chanchopanza]

$600 plus $84 annually plus tags, Ill keep my ugly one, thank you very much

[IMRadishMan]

$699 plus monthly fees? I will stick to my metal thank you very much. At least they wont charge me an extra monthly fee on top of the taxes I pay

[acortez]

What makes you think the kid napper or criminal will keep them on?

[sarateubert]

This is so dumb. There was nothing wrong with license plates in the first place. If anything, the metal license plates have numerous advantages over the digital ones. If you get in a fender-bender or accidentally back up into something, the digital plate will get destroyed. Also, I'm not sure if they mentioned how waterproof it is, but water and digital screens do not mix. Seals degrade, and all it takes is just a few drops to fog up the screen and render it useless if a person lives in a rainy or coastal area or even washes their car. Also, some places get really hot or really cold, screens couldn't handle that. And finally, the digital plates are a major liability because they would be far less visible than the metal plates which have reflective paint on them, making them easier to read especially at night. A MAJOR disadvantage of the digital plate being that they would be extremely difficult or nearly impossible to read from a distance, unless you view it from the right angle, or even be too dim to be read if it is bright outside, similar to other digital screens. And god forbid it ever breaks, shorts out or malfunctions This completely destroys the entire basis for this product. What's the point of having a license plate that tells you if a car is stolen etc. If you can't read any of it?! I know this was a long post, but i didn't even mention the obvious problems like it getting stolen, fees etc. Already mentioned in previous comments.

[yeboscrebo]

Please stop, California, just please stop!