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Panel hears push for EZ ID license-plate symbols and other plate reforms to boost identification
Summary
Supporters urged the committee to adopt S.2451 (EZ ID), a program adding easily recognizable symbols to plates to help witnesses and law enforcement, and discussed related proposals on duplicate plates, distributor plates, and tinted plate covers; proponents cited endorsements from police groups and public-safety advocates.
Witnesses told the Joint Committee on Transportation that license-plate design can be changed to help witnesses and law enforcement identify vehicles more quickly.
Gary Richard and Jay Gardner urged favorable consideration of S.2451, the EZ ID bill, which would incorporate simple, universally recognizable symbols (for example, a star or diamond) into registration plates to improve human recognition. Gary Richard…
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