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Ontario man left 'powerless' after 'ISIS' licence plates made him a target

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Shouldnt this be in romper room?
It's generally about a motorcycle plate.

I believe the staff asks the system for a random plate for you; one is automatically assigned and registered. Doing it a second time requires another fee.
 
No moving goal posts - Service Ontario outlets are independent contractors.
If you get some pusillanamous peckerhead behind the counter who refuses to give you a different plate and you need it right now would you pay the extra $60 ?
Just asking , you know, for a friend...

What would I do?
I would escalate the problem to the manager of the branch.
If that did not get results and I felt there was a real problem with the plate, I would pay the 60 dollars for a replacement but have the manager sign a document stating that they were declining my request for a different plate and their reasoning for doing so.
I would then contact the MTO.

....but this is all irrelevant because this is not what happened.

Any other random questions?

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I read the whole story , and yes it’s unfortunate. I also read vanity plates have been issued the possibly should not have with Punjabi and urdu wording that nobody at service Ontario understood. How the heck should service Ont staff be fluent in a multitude of foreign language?
So unfortunate that this fellow , with a middle eastern background got an Isis licence plate, but after being accosted several times as per the article , he could have solved this for $59 dollars .
If I got a plate that said , PAWG ( phat ass white girl ) , and I could fix that for $59 before some dude invited me to a sleazy motel, I’d get on that .


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Maybe a point.

On the other hand:
Every free-to-play, online, mobile, candy crush, etc, game can have a script that automatically denies any name that's deemed inappropriate (OR any perceivable combination)
Why can't the SO plate issuing system do the same?
 
Maybe a point.

On the other hand:
Every free-to-play, online, mobile, candy crush, etc, game can have a script that automatically denies any name that's deemed inappropriate (OR any perceivable combination)
Why can't the SO plate issuing system do the same?
Because we got people from all over the world here speaking any language you can imagine.

Do you see any issues with plate CEKC-690, for example?
 
Someone must have a lot of spare time on their hands to go on and on, or risk getting killed, in regards to an issue that has a $60 solution. I bet the guy paid $500 - $800 bucks for ATGATT to prevent injury or death from an accident that might never happen. $60 is 3 - 4 fast food meals out or half a tank of gas in your SUV. Get a life.
 
No but I'm not as fast or as smart as an AI algorithm 🤷‍♂️
I believe they do have something in place, you would have to be very careful how you instructed the AI or it would just ban everything.

If SO put a policy in place that you get one refusal for an inappropriate plate per registration, it would solve the whole 'I find this offensive' without someone just refusing until they drew a plate they liked.
 
First sentence:
"An Ontario man who fled Afghanistan amid the threat of a militant takeover says his life was endangered multiple times because of a licence plate resembling the word ISIS that he never asked for and that the province refused to change until he was nearly killed."

Maybe read the whole story and not just the headline ?
They didn't force him to keep the plate, they wouldn't give him an alternate for free. Pay the $59, keep the isis plate so it can't be issued to someone else.
 
I've recently got 2 new plates. The clerk had a stack of them behind her, and reached for the one on top. I asked if I could pick a different one from within the pile both times. "No problem. Pick one you like."
My Dad was pretty happy when they gave him this one, way back.

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I've recently got 2 new plates. The clerk had a stack of them behind her, and reached for the one on top. I asked if I could pick a different one from within the pile both times. "No problem. Pick one you like."
My Dad was pretty happy when they gave him this one, way back.

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SO doesn't normally give a crap which plate you take (within reason, don't waste too much time). I think the problem with this person was dealership got a plate so there was no free mechanism to switch it out. You need to pay to get another number.

Ir's ashame that that plate is YOM. Makes it hard to use. Paint is in great shape (relatively).
 
I've got two of them. There were originally three; two on the front fender of his 1949 Ariel Square Four (hence the extra holes) and one on the rear. I'm pretty sure I gave one away. He did alright back in 1960 as well.

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I once tried to get different variations of Baggsy. They weren't having it.
 
Remember the game show about reading license plates? I am terrible at reading plates!
 
Remember the game show about reading license plates? I am terrible at reading plates!
Sometimes it hard as hell to understand. Sometimes it’s easy.

Guy in a C43(?) AMG was ripping through traffic last week. Right lane, left lane, HOV lane and around….

Very easy to remember ‘IHODLBTC’.
 
What if his plate got “vandalized” and became unuseable. Would SO replace it for free or a nominal fee lower than $60 ?


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What if his plate got “vandalized” and became unuseable. Would SO replace it for free or a nominal fee lower than $60 ?


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I dont think so. They wont even replace all the peeling B series plates for Free. Only a limited subset have a long warranty, the rest have something like a year and after that, cops will give you a ticket for a bad plate but you have to pay for SO to give you a new one.
 

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