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Q. Honk: I’ve been diligently ready for the Olympics to return to Los Angeles, so I might substitute my 1984 Olympics license plates with new 2028 Olympic plates. Yes, my personalised plates are actually greater than 40 years outdated. Are commemorative plates going to be accessible for the 2028 Olympics?
– Donald La Plante, Downey
A. Donald, Honk can inform you’re a affected person man.
Sadly, you will want to lean on that ability a bit extra.
Under present state legislation, which is extra restrictive than again within the ’80s, a state division of some type, say the California State Athletic Commission on this case, should sponsor the motion. In the previous, a nonprofit didn’t want sponsorship by an arm of the state.
And. …
“To date, the DMV has not been notified that an entity is proposing a specialty license plate for the 2028 Olympics,” Katarina Snow, a Department of Motor Vehicles spokesperson, advised Honk in an e mail. “If a company needs to create a brand new SLP (specialised license plate), the group ought to method a state company with a plate design and plan on the right way to get to 7,500 signatures.”
The DMV needs 7,500 pre-paid orders, which should be secured inside two years, to make sure the prices will probably be coated. The plates can elevate cash, too, for a charity.
The DMV and the California Highway Patrol should approve the plate design.
Likely one of the best ways to assist create a plate is to achieve out to not less than one state legislator, who might make the reference to a sponsoring state company.
We have 4 years, Donald, so certainly some outfit will step up and get it finished, proper?
Still, simply in case, child your 1984s.
“Current holders of the … 1984 Olympic Games License Plates could proceed to resume and use their license plates,” Snow stated. “However, unique, duplicate and substitute license plates are now not being issued.”
Q. I drive the 241 Toll Road virtually day by day. There are indicators that say you’ve gotten 5 days to pay on-line, however how are you aware what to pay? Why are they allowed to not put up the price of every toll? I imagine it’s the similar for the 73 Toll Road as nicely.
– Jim Krouse, Coto De Caza
A. California legislation permits these toll roads to not have entrance indicators with the fares, the costs as a substitute supplied on TheTollRoads.com and on The Toll Roads app, stated Michelle Kennedy, a spokeswoman for the 241 and the 73.
“The Toll Roads make the most of the (on-line) posting choice, due to the a number of entry and exit factors on the system, and the a number of elements that decide the relevant toll charge for a particular automobile,” she stated to Honk in an e mail. “For instance, charges differ relying on time of use (and) what number of axles on the automobile, whether or not the motive force is an accountholder. …
“Unlike different tolled lanes within the space which have restricted entry and exit factors, The Toll Roads have quite a few entry and exit factors, and every of those toll factors has a set toll that varies,” she continued. “As such, the ultimate toll related to a selected journey on The Toll Roads relies on too many elements to permit for the easy identification of toll charges on roadway signage.”
On the web site and on the app, The Toll Roads has a toll calculator to determine a visit’s price.
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