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"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada) 07/07/2016 at 21:26 • Filed to: LICENSE PLATES! HOW EXCITING, ALBERTA, CANADA

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These aren’t actually Alberta’s new veteran plates. These are plates anyone can get. Neat. I really like the design, a lot easier on the eyes than the regular red plates.

For comparison, our Veteran plates.

And our regular plates.

There has been a lot of debate about changing our plate design. Honestly, I’d like to see new plates. But, considering the subject of changing plates was only brought up because !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (he had a lot of hissy fits, in many ways, Prentice was not a good premier, but that’s for another day.) the plate proposals were, well, shit.

This one does look quite nice though, but the debate has all but fizzled out with Prentice gone. Shame, because I’d like a non-rectangular plate design. Much like NWT or older Tennessee plates. And this one actually has the beloved “Wild Rose Country” slogan, which I can’t imagine the province ever actually scrapping unless there’s another hissy fit over the Wildrose party.

Nibby > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/07/2016 at 21:37

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My citroen won't start > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/07/2016 at 21:37

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Are there any other countries in the world with customizable plates other than the US of A and Canada?

Every other country has patronized plates for their entire territory.

not for canada - australian in disguise > My citroen won't start 07/07/2016 at 21:39

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You can get special Euro-style plates in Australia, as supposed to the rectangular plates.

Other than that, can’t really think of any.

gmctavish needs more space > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/07/2016 at 21:52

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I like the basic and veterans BC plates. The normal ones are so plain that there’s nothing to dislike.

The 2010 Olympic ones, however, are the worst and I hate seeing them. It’s also really hard to read them if it’s not sunny.

Then there’s the Consular plates, which you rarely see and I used to think they were from somewhere in the states until I saw they were actually BC plates

The vanity plates are meh

not for canada - australian in disguise > gmctavish needs more space 07/07/2016 at 21:54

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I really like the waving flag design on the regular BC plates. I don’t know what it is about it. It just looks really nice.

gmctavish needs more space > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/07/2016 at 21:55

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There’s something strangely timeless about it, it’s not anything really special, but I also have no idea when this plate design is from or how long we’ve had it, but it’s just nice.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/07/2016 at 23:40

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Great, now it will be harder to recognize the tourists with their camouflage canadian plates, that almost look like Montana plates.

Spasoje > gmctavish needs more space 07/08/2016 at 01:37

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I can help with that...

The current BC plate design is from mid-1985. The previous design looked like this:

Just like SkyTrain and a bunch of other stuff, they made the change because of Expo86. (and then history repeated itself w/ the Olympics, plates and all)

That flapping flag graphic is allegedly the logo of the now-defunct political party in power at the time, which is why the consular, Olympic, and newest motorcycle plates have a different logo.

gmctavish needs more space > Spasoje 07/08/2016 at 01:46

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Oh those are quite nice too. I didn't know any of that, it's cool to learn these things. Makes a lot of sense that they're provincial party logos

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/08/2016 at 07:26

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Doesn’t matter, all those plates come to Ontario anyway

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > gmctavish needs more space 07/08/2016 at 07:28

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Regular BC plates are plain? Pfft. Get on Ontario’s level.

thebigbossyboss > Spasoje 07/09/2016 at 20:01

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The defunt political party was of course the Social Credit Party. BC has had the current design since 1986. I really like western most canada’s plates because each province has it’s own signature colour.

thebigbossyboss > gmctavish needs more space 07/09/2016 at 20:01

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Had those since 1986.

thebigbossyboss > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/09/2016 at 20:08

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I wrote extensively about the “grate plate debate”.

It was the previous premier who was throwing the fits about it. Jim said the slogan would stay when he was elected as premier. And it did.
Not that I disagree about the PC party not having good premiers. The final three or 4 were pretty big duds.

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/alberta-is-cha…

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/attention-oppo…

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/meanwhile-in-a…

not for canada - australian in disguise > thebigbossyboss 07/09/2016 at 20:10

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I actually completely forget it wasn’t Prentice. It just sounded so much like something he would’ve done.

thebigbossyboss > not for canada - australian in disguise 07/09/2016 at 20:11

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I didn’t know you lived in Alberta. I live in edmonton.

not for canada - australian in disguise > thebigbossyboss 07/09/2016 at 20:16

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Same here, actually.

Spasoje > thebigbossyboss 07/09/2016 at 23:44

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1985 though, not 1986:

http://bcpl8s.ca/Passenger-1985…

http://15q.net/bc.html