New Ohio License Plate

[rrtechno]

We have never worried about the design of our license plates. We are still using the Bicentennial plates from 2001. New stickers each year and we are good to go.

[Craziaskowboi]

It's another busy, design-by-committee license plate. In fact, it's just a more colorful version of the "Beautiful Ohio" plate. Ohio needs to give it a rest. It's a license plate, not a damn billboard. As much as people bash the Texas and Pennsylvania plates, at least they're instantly recognizable and readable from a distance, which is how they're supposed to be. As far as license plate design goes, if you have to take a close look at it to recognize and appreciate the details, then the details are unnecessary. Simpler is better, especially since the whole point of a license plate is identification.

If you see a plain white plate with black characters and a star in the top-left corner, then you know instantly that it's a Texas plate. If you see a plate with a dark blue bar across the top, a gold bar across the bottom, and dark blue characters across the plain white middle, then you know instantly that it's a Pennsylvania plate. As for the new Ohio plate, who's going to appreciate the city skyline, the airplane or the corn field from a distance? The "Beautiful Ohio" plates had the same problem, and honestly, the design and color scheme were so muddled that it took a few years to even identify them quickly.

At least the "Ohio Pride" plates are recognizable with the red triangle, though the collage of words in the background is unnecessary since they can't be read from a distance. The "Sunburst" plate was the best, with the red bar across the top, the blue bar across the bottom, the dark blue characters across the white middle, and the sun in the background being recognizable as the sun, while still not being too conspicuous. It was easily recognizable and readable from a distance.

[KY_Transplant]

Originally Posted by Craziaskowboi

It's another busy, design-by-committee license plate. In fact, it's just a more colorful version of the "Beautiful Ohio" plate. Ohio needs to give it a rest. It's a license plate, not a damn billboard. As much as people bash the Texas and Pennsylvania plates, at least they're instantly recognizable and readable from a distance, which is how they're supposed to be. As far as license plate design goes, if you have to take a close look at it to recognize and appreciate the details, then the details are unnecessary. Simpler is better, especially since the whole point of a license plate is identification.

If you see a plain white plate with black characters and a star in the top-left corner, then you know instantly that it's a Texas plate. If you see a plate with a dark blue bar across the top, a gold bar across the bottom, and dark blue characters across the plain white middle, then you know instantly that it's a Pennsylvania plate. As for the new Ohio plate, who's going to appreciate the city skyline, the airplane or the corn field from a distance? The "Beautiful Ohio" plates had the same problem, and honestly, the design and color scheme were so muddled that it took a few years to even identify them quickly.

At least the "Ohio Pride" plates are recognizable with the red triangle, though the collage of words in the background is unnecessary since they can't be read from a distance. The "Sunburst" plate was the best, with the red bar across the top, the blue bar across the bottom, the dark blue characters across the white middle, and the sun in the background being recognizable as the sun, while still not being too conspicuous. It was easily recognizable and readable from a distance.

I don’t have the exact source, but somewhere a study was conducted that showed a states license plate design was correlated to tourism or that State tourism officials believe a colorful or attention grabbing plate increases people interest in a state for possible visits. Who knows.

I appreciate a bold design that is pulled off well. Florida plates are classic and instantly recognizable as Florida. Georgia used to also have a great plate with the peach, what they have now, however, is atrocious.

Ohio has had series of terrible license plates. This new design is better than the current red triangle plate but nothing spectacular either.

[Ohiogirl81]

Meh. It's a busier version of Kentucky's old Raisin Bran sunrise plate.

I'll probably like it better once the plane gets turned around. LOL