Emoji license plates: Vermont bill seeks to allow animated characters on cars
Dalvin BrownOver the years, emoji have cropped up in movies, on home decor and all over apparel. Could cars be the next stop?
A bill was filed in the Vermont Legislature that would make some of the characters a customization option for license plates.
The bill, proposed by state Rep. Rebecca White, says symbols could be added “in addition to the distinctive number assigned by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or the numerals and letters selected by the registered owner of a vehicle as a vanity 12 plate."
If the bill passes, Vermont would be the first state in the USA to allow emoji plates.
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It’s unclear which emoji are included in the proposition, but the most popular emoji, in general, are the face with tears of joy, the red heart, the smiling face and the rolling on the floor laughing face, according to the Unicode Consortium, which sets the international standards for characters, including emoji.
Vermont charges a $48 annual fee for vanity plates, though its unclear how much plates with emoji would cost. Dots, dashes or "other special characters or symbols cannot be used" on custom license plates, according to the state website.
In 2019, Queensland, Australia, became one of the first places in the world to allow emoji on license plates. The five emoji allowed in the jurisdiction include the laughing, smiling, winking, love and sunglasses emoji, CNET reported.
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