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Originally Posted by ken0042
Do we need 7 digits on the new plates? With 6 digit plates there are 17 million combinations. Take away some that cannot be used (like FAG) and let's call it 15 million. The reason we are running out now is that we have been using the same plates for 30 years. If we change up the plates every 15 years we can stick to 6 digits.
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They can't re-stamp an old unused number until the old plate is turned in (which I imagine would build up over time taking away a lot of plate numbers). Also they don't use I O or Q so there's a whole bunch of combinations gone.
edit: my bad, it looks like they never re-stamp numbers.