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Colorado Central Magazine

How troopers see your tags

Sidebar by Ed Quillen

License Plates – March 2000 – Colorado Central Magazine

One reason for the new license plates is to make life easier for law-enforcement; peace officers say that faded old plates are hard to read, as are the recent 3-letter 4-numeral plates that crowd the symbols together.

Aside from the obvious things, like speeding or running a stop sign, what inspires a cop to take a hard look at your license plate?