CAP License Plates

[Private Investigator]

Well I am outside an AFB and I pull up behind a motorcycle and my "police fu" kicks in. Interesting license plate, I recognize it is Missouri and that logo looks familiar. Under the plate numbers and letters it reads "Civil Air Patrol". How cool is that from ya all from the 'Show Me' state.   :clap:

My state has all kinds of license plates but not a CAP plate. That would be great advertising.

[lordmonar]

Nevada has CAP plates....and a portion of the proceeds go to CAP IIRC.

[Rick-DEL]

Delaware just introduced CAP plates this year.

[Luis R. Ramos]

New York state does have CAP license plates. You cannot request a specific number but have to accept whatever one the Division of Motor Vehicles gives you. 

I bought a new car in, well, a certain year. Then I got my CAP NY plates. When I got them it was with a high number that I did not like.  A few days later I realized the number was the same model year of my car! I liked my number since then... 

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[MSG Mac]

I and a few others in my Squadron have Maryland CAP Plates. $25 with a portion going to the Wing. 

[MHC5096]

I used to have New York CAP plate # 25. 

[wuzafuzz]

CAP plates will be available very soon in Colorado.

http://www.ourcoloradonews.com/centennial/news/aviation-laws-take-flight-in-centennial/article_b42e6eaa-bd8f-11e2-be10-001a4bcf887a.html

I thought of getting a plate with my CAP call sign on it.  But "Blue Mesa #" is too long, and the abbreviation "BM" isn't appealing.   

[Eclipse]

My wing took a shot at getting them, unfortunely my state requires you to get commitments for selling at least 'x' number of plates.

There were plenty of members who thought it was a good idea, but getting CAP people to commit $$$ to something temporarily intangible is
like kryptonite to Superman.  So the process took way too long and apparently the legislative unit moved on to something shiner.

[Huey Driver]

NJ does.

http://caplicenseplate.eventbrite.com/

[Garibaldi]

Arkansas does. I never got around to getting one when I was there. I don't know if Georgia has one or not. Haven't looked.

[SJFedor]

Tennessee has "Emergency" plates that are available to LE/EMS/FD and CAP.

[♠SARKID♠]

It doesn't look nearly as nice as it does in this pic.  Got a bit bashed when I totaled my truck.


Also, http://captalk.net/index.php?topic=2801.0

[SJFedor]

It doesn't look nearly as nice as it does in this pic.  Got a bit bashed when I totaled my truck.


Also, http://captalk.net/index.php?topic=2801.0

Are you gonna get a SARMAN one now?

[Private Investigator]

That is so excellent. Thanks for sharing everybody   :clap:

[Shotgun]

Mississippi has a custom CAP license plate.

There is an extra fee (of course) and a portion goes to the wing.

Usually you need to have a minimum of 200 orders for the state to issue a custom plate.
However, the MSWG Legislative squadron was able to get that requirement waived.

They are issued in numerical order. The first 10 or so plates were reserved.
Numbers 1 through 3 were assigned to CAP vehicles (The Commander's vehicles, etc.)
4-10 were made available to CAP members through an auction as mini-fundraiser.

All of the CAP vehicles in the Wing have the special plates.

Any person in the state can request one whether they are in CAP or not.

Here's the mine:


It was a sad day when I had to replace it.

[Eeyore]

Oklahoma has CAP plates.

[skymaster]

Arkansas does. I never got around to getting one when I was there. I don't know if Georgia has one or not. Haven't looked.

Georgia Wing members have expressed an interest in the State of Georgia issuing CAP-themed licence plates for CAP members for about the last 30 years or so, but there are a couple of very good reasons NOT to. First off, the State of Georgia requires an initial order of about 500 plates to even consider creating a special plate for CAP members. Also, due to the State of Georgia's desires to operate on a balanced budget, special organisational plates cost each individual around $50.00 per year per vehicle, due with the yearly registration fees. Also, in order to guarantee 500 plates for the initial run, the state would have to register all CAP official vehicles as well, meaning the money for those plates would have to be pulled from somewhere else. Right now, as it stands, the State of Georgia provides free Georgia State Government licence plates for all CAP-owned vehicles in the state. FREE/no tax/Government plates vs. $50 per vehicle per year plus having to pay tax like all the other organisational plates is really no contest.

[RiverAux]

While I think that there are some public affairs benefits to having CAP license plates, I'm not sure it is worth the trouble.  There are so darn many "special" license plates these days I'm not sure that anyone really looks at any of them. 

I've had one for over a decade and the number of conversations that it started could be counted on one hand.

Am I against them?  No, but I there are much better things that we could be doing with the limited time we have available to lobby state legislators and officials about CAP issues.

[dogden]

Texas has them,

[GroundHawg]

Kentucky has them and I have a personalized CAP tag on one of my vehicles. I wont show you due to the atomic/nuclear level flaming I would receive. But they are good looking tags.