Advocacy & Safety - Share the Road license plates

What is the best one?


Notice I didn't ask for your opinion on if they should exists.



I like Kentucky
http://www.louisvilleky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/C994C407-B7AF-4A9C-8B80-1903DB2416C2/0/sharetheroad800.jpg

Runner, two abreast gotta share the road :)

EDIT yes the title is wrong.

I have the Virginia plates. Very boring. Just regular plates with a picture of the yellow "Share the Road" road sign.

Georgia tag on the right side of this page.
http://www.georgiabikes.org/DesktopDefault.aspx

Colorado's is pretty cool.

http://bicyclecolo.org/page.cfm?PageID=764

vanity license plates of all types are kind of dumb

http://www.bicyclealliance.org/shareplate/share_plate.html for Washington.

better than the lame "sports team" ones which go to pay off Seattle-area stadiums

I got right hooked by a guy in a pick up truck with a "Share the Road" bumper sticker on his tailgate the other day. Made me think I wouldn't want one on my car should I ever do a similar bone head move.:rolleyes:

While I approve of the advocacy I abhor the hypocrisy bumper stickers and other back of car pronouncements sometimes create.

I only have two "decorations" on my rear bumper: the "Share the Road" plate, and a bumper sticker from last year's election supporting the candidate whose last name starts with "Obama."

Both of them actually make me drive a BIT more carefully and respectfully lest they make me look hypocritical.

I think so anyway.

The Ohio Bike Federation (http://www.ohiobike.org/license_plate.htm) convinced the legislature to create them in Ohio:
http://www.ohiobike.org/images/FinalLicensePlateS.gif
Funding goes to publish and distribute Street Smarts (http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/index.htm)

http://thebikediva.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/share-the-road.jpg

Florida. What is cool if you're into such things, is that they give you a
little matching 1/4 size one for your bike :)

I like the Texas ones, and am thinking about getting them for the wife's car (since my car is mainly a driveway ornament).http://www.biketexas.org/images/stories/Staff_Stuff/staff_stuff_materials/education_fund_materials/a-z_bybike_sharetheroad_back_cover.jpg

its unfortunate states are tying bike and motorist education about bikes to the sale of bike-crazy license plates.

these programs should be supported and independent of any funds raised by bike-addled motorists that ride bicycles too.

maybe Kentucky could make all their license plates like that.

http://thebikediva.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/share-the-road.jpg

Florida. What is cool if you're into such things, is that they give you a
little matching 1/4 size one for your bike :)

neato
Can you just buy the 1/4 one :)

The Ohio Bike Federation (http://www.ohiobike.org/license_plate.htm) convinced the legislature to create them in Ohio:
http://www.ohiobike.org/images/FinalLicensePlateS.gif
Funding goes to publish and distribute Street Smarts (http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/index.htm)

I just got new plates and asked about these. Yikes! $25 extra per year. I could see a one time added fee, but an added yearly fee, too? Not only didn't I buy one, when I look at a car with one, I think they're an idiot. :D

The Florida tag looks like evidence in a trial -- "This photo, members of the jury, was taken a few seconds before the innocent rider was run down from behind by the defendant's sinister black car."

I just got new plates and asked about these. Yikes! $25 extra per year. I could see a one time added fee, but an added yearly fee, too? Not only didn't I buy one, when I look at a car with one, I think they're an idiot. :D

Actually, it's $15 a year renewal (http://bmv.ohio.gov/vehicle_registration/reg_fees.htm), if that makes a difference. Lots of people spend $15 on things I wouldn't, but it's their fifteen bucks.