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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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I don't think plate design has anything to do with it. By your theory, if it's being called in it they have to add an extra step for calling a new or old plate, and change the database for CPS/RCMP. Calling in a plate for a potential emergency I'd think they'd want as few variables as possible to ensure speed, efficiency, and to eliminate possible errors. Photo radar would now need some sort of image detection to determine the same number on a new or old plate vs. what I assume is some form of OCR recognition used now (no idea, but I'm guessing that's an automated system). Can't imagine duplicate numbers being used just because the background picture changes.
That being said, it still bugs me they didn't just reverse numbers/letters first before adding another digit.