It all started when the state's plates listed a website about the War of 1812—but the site changed hands, leaving nearly a million drivers inadvertently advertising gambling.
, the situation here revolves around Maryland license plates that were issued between 2012 and 2016. These plates were created to commemorate the War of 1812 as part of the state's War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission. The commission, established in 2007, came up with many ways for citizens to learn about and remember the war, including a social studies curriculum, improvements to historic war sites in the state, and a series of bicentennial activities and events.
According to Vice and the Internet Archive, the War of 1812 information was still up as of December, but since then, a new owner decided that online gambling was a better use of the domain name and adding useful information like the fact that "gambling is permitted in the Philippines" where "extremely lenient laws govern gaming." Thenoted that the 798,000 now-pro-gambling license plates are on about 15 percent of all registered vehicles in Maryland.
Drivers who'd rather not promote gambling on their cars don't have a lot of easy options. Sure, they could order a new plate, but that costs money and time. Maryland does not allow drivers to use any sort of aftermarket plate cover that obscures “any of the characters of a vehicle's registration plate.” We're not sure if that applies to duct tape on top of a URL.
Perhaps what's most interesting is that a spokesperson for the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration told theSeems like that's maybe something a government agency should do before printing a URL on almost a million government-issued pieces of metal that will be displayed on cars for years.Sebastian Blanco has been writing about electric vehicles, hybrids, and hydrogen cars since 2006. His articles and car reviews have appeared in the, Reuters, SAE, Autoblog, InsideEVs, Trucks.
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