Sacramento Strip Clubs: Robert Rector: State budget ideas flashing before our eyes
Price has introduced a bill that would allow the state to begin researching the use of electronic license plates that would mimic a standard plate when the vehicle is in motion but would switch to digital ads or other messages when it is stopped for more than four seconds, whether in traffic or at a red light.
The license plate number would remain visible at all times in some section of the screen. In emergencies, the plates could be used to broadcast Amber Alerts or traffic information.
“We’re just trying to find creative ways of generating additional revenues,” Price told the Associated Press. “It’s an exciting marriage of technology with need, and an opportunity to keep California in the forefront.”
I can hear the police dispatcher now: “Attention all units. Be on the lookout for a stolen vehicle with a license plate frame advertising Tidy Bowl.”
Come to think of it, product placement could be a knotty problem. Do you want your car to flash “Viagra” every time you hit the brakes. Or pitch mortgage lenders? Or Scientology? Or strip clubs?