Why do pickup trucks in LA have seven digit license plates?

I aspire to this level of boredom

Little known regulation:

6 numbers, 6 inch wang
7 numbers, 7 inch wang
etc.

My plate has 4 numbers.

If the lift/level kit is over 4" they have to have 7 digits.

To be fair, when thinking about the one and only place on earth that could possibly have the answer, it's this page...

Avoid:

Always been that way. Truck I had in the eighties was T609287.

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Why do so many baws in LA drive pickups?

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Most would be just fine with a mid-size Ranger type truck.
We all have toys to haul.



WTF is this?

I had a truck back in the day with a 6 digit plate. (It’s what the DMV gave me when I bought it.). I was coming home from offshore through the thriving metropolis of Pollock, LA and the local PD pulled me over.

You could see it on his face, he thought he bagged his 1st grand theft auto charge. When he asked why I had a 6 digit plate instead of a 7, I told him that’s what the DMV gave me when I bought it. He said “well they gave you the wrong one!” I replied, “Has anyone ever won an argument with the DMV?” He laughed and let me go.

Best part of this story was my license was suspended at the time, but he never asked for it and I didn’t automatically divulge those details.

I know, CSB.

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I remember several years ago, the state went from a seven digit license plate system to six digits (3 characters, space, 3 characters).

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More than several. It was changed 31 years ago in 1993.

In 2016 they changed AAA 000 to the new format 000 AAA.

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Most would be just fine with a mid-size Ranger type truck.
We all have toys to haul.

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Probably will be my next truck now that my kid hauling days are nearing an end. I use my bed a fair amount but I'd be fine in a Colorado or Tacoma these days.