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Group pitches license plates with symbols as way to fight crime

Says they would help solve crimes

By Michael Norton

 |  State House News Service  

  October 20, 2011

Displaying photos of missing children, supporters of a bill to redesign license plates told lawmakers yesterday that plates with symbols like stars, hearts, circles and diamonds are more easily identifiable and would help law enforcement to apprehend criminals. At a Transportation Committee hearing, Gary Richard, representing the non-profit organization EZ-ID, said the string of six random numbers and letters on most license plates are more difficult to recall than the proposed five-character plates.

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