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- 80hd, on 09/12/2008, -2/+148I don't understand why movies portray barcodes as the only license plate of the future....
"I just saw a Black suburban run down a kid on a bike, the license plate was big line, little space, big big line, big space, line, line, fat line, small space......" - groverblue, on 09/12/2008, -4/+92a little obsessed, are we?
- philodygmn, on 09/12/2008, -23/+94This story is total *****. Steve has registered with California as a public persona, who are allowed not to display a traditional licencse plate, enhancing privacy. That's what I've heard from someone who ought to know. Many celebrities in Hollywood have done the same thing, from what I hear.
- alapoet, on 09/12/2008, -7/+64Steve's too cool for a license plate. His reality distortion field extends to highway patrol officers.
- TheRedCoat, on 09/12/2008, -3/+54Doesn't not having a license plate make you more conspicuous? Now if I saw two silver SL55 AMGs in a parking lot, one had a normal plate, the other a barcode, I'd know which one was Steve's
- jlee2081, on 09/12/2008, -0/+48the glove compartment is probably full of iPhones he slips under his drivers license in case he gets pulled over
- skeletorcares, on 09/12/2008, -2/+42Cars of the future won't hit kids that's why. They will use a laser to obliterate road hazards, aka children. I like the future.
- SRSco, on 09/13/2008, -1/+33[citation needed]
- franklymister, on 09/13/2008, -0/+30Nice. The article specifically debunks the "special people don't need plates" urban legend, and along comes Mayor McGenius, who "heard from someone who ought to know" and repeats the urban legend right away.
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- kenvsryu, on 09/12/2008, -0/+22Price check.
- allenhouchins, on 09/12/2008, -1/+22Where exactly in this article was the mystery solved?
"It appears that Steve Jobs may be choosing to not display his license plate for reasons unknown, not because he's exempt." - mrbesilly, on 09/12/2008, -2/+22CVC 5200 states everyone must display plates confirmed by California Highway Patrol (800) 835- 5247 call for yourself. No One is exempt because they are somehow a SPECIAL citizen. Rumors are a painful thing to let go of.
- zlintux, on 09/12/2008, -2/+22That makes about as much sense as him getting pulled over repeatedly by police who would have no way to check that.
I'm sure that's what celebrities want -- to not just have paparazzi chasing them, but to get pics of them on the side of the road talking with an officer.
If such a program even existed -- and I sincerely doubt it does, there would still be a plate issued. It'd just be a plate that let you lookup less info at the DMV than normal ones.
The concept of allowing famous people to "enhance" their privacy by making their vehicles harder to identify is idiotic.. and a quick look at the cars of any other "celebrity" in California will show you that they indeed have licence plates. - koolto, on 09/12/2008, -3/+21Pretty stalkerish, don't you think?
- zephyr42, on 09/12/2008, -7/+19This is only news if you have a steve jobs outfit in your closet and frequently masturbate to a picture of steve jobs while wearing said outfit...
- Saml01, on 09/12/2008, -1/+12People really are idiots if they didn't know upon first sight that its the VIN barcode.
- uiguy3, on 09/12/2008, -0/+11THERE'S NO WORDS THERE
- inactive, on 09/12/2008, -3/+13***** THE DMV
- benologist, on 09/12/2008, -1/+11"The fine for violating CA Vehicle Code 5200 for lacking the proper license plates can run in the range of $250"
So Jobs can only afford to get busted millions of times..... - ClockworksNine, on 09/13/2008, -4/+13Why is he parked in the handicapped space?
- HeavySausage, on 09/12/2008, -2/+11I also heard he parks in handicapped parking spots as well. He has no respect for the road, or parking enforcement.
- skeletorcares, on 09/12/2008, -5/+14He's an ass. Yes, we got that. What's new?
- Boofster, on 09/12/2008, -1/+10I thought we were ***** the RIAA?
- ntlane2004, on 09/12/2008, -0/+8My guess is that his license plate snaps off and he takes it wherever he goes!
- m4xn00b, on 09/13/2008, -6/+14what an arrogant prick, parking in a handicap zone.
- kinseyincanada, on 09/12/2008, -0/+8hey stay the hell out of my closet!
- enantiodromia, on 09/13/2008, -0/+8I've never ever heard this "public persona need no license plate displayed" thing, and I grew up in Hollywood. I have lived in silicon valley now over 10 years and have met many "public persona", and all of them have license plates.
- diggenerate, on 09/12/2008, -3/+10should have got a shot of the front of the car there could have been a plate there.;
- TheRedCoat, on 09/12/2008, -1/+8When did I say I saw it? I haven't.
- sdub74, on 09/12/2008, -2/+8Sweet Jesus? Really, this was an actual debate? What license plate Steve Jobs has?!?!?! Seriously people, there are better things to worry about in the world than whether some guy who likes to wear turtlenecks has a license plate on his car or not.
I'm questioning the part where they say they randomly removed the license plate of a parked Mercedes to check the bar code. If I had walked up to someone ***** with my license plate, I would have probably kicked his ass, and then laughed at him when he tried to explain why he was doing it. - dfsjdkflasjk, on 09/12/2008, -4/+10You're right, this was on digg a year ago. They're required to have their real license plate in the trunk - if when pulled over, they can easily show them proof.
- MicrosoftBob, on 09/13/2008, -1/+7And that is a good thing.
- DannyDriffs, on 09/13/2008, -1/+7I thought we were ***** Scientology?
- ChayD, on 09/12/2008, -2/+8He's pushing approximately 0.7 Jacksons on the obsession scale.
- WestonP, on 09/12/2008, -0/+6If it's not a moving violation or a criminal offense, then he keeps his license and freedom, unless he refuses to pay the fine. I'd think it would get annoying to be pulled over all the time though.
- mastazed, on 09/12/2008, -2/+7i am sure steve jobs would be worried about a $250 fine for not showing his license plate.
- mushoo, on 09/12/2008, -0/+5Right. Like I would risk getting it dirty with...never mind.
- JonRick, on 09/13/2008, -2/+7I drove around for over 3 months without a plate in California.. why? Because I bought a brand new car. Is it so hard to think the reason he doesn't have a plate is because the car is brand new?
- falkonv7l, on 09/12/2008, -2/+7No one who worked at a Mercedes Dealership saw this and spoke up, I knew what that was as soon as I saw it.
The plate could be in his back window, or the car could be new when the photo was taken and he still had his drive out tags and not his plates yet - nirav72, on 09/13/2008, -1/+6I thought it was A ***** TRAP?
- sunyata76, on 09/12/2008, -0/+5Man, that is such an odd visual.
- saranagati, on 09/12/2008, -1/+6I don't believe people were actually conspiring about this, all new cars come without plates in california and it's obvious from the picture that the sticker is on the car, not it's own plate.
I've been driving my new car for 2 years with no plates and the only time it's ever been in question was when I got pulled over for something unrelated. Even then the only punishment I got was that I had to pay a $10 fix it ticket then put my plates back on for a day while i went down to the police station to have the ticket signed off on. On the plus side, i've saved well over $250 on not paying for toll roads and not being able to be tracked on red light cameras. - QsheiK, on 09/13/2008, -0/+5Inaccurate.
If Chevy keeps up their ***** sales, there won't be any Suburbans left. - elikagan, on 09/12/2008, -1/+5In California when you buy a new car they mail you your plates like 6 months later. It's the craziest thing you've ever seen. No new cars have license plates.
- kajoob, on 09/12/2008, -2/+6The plate is on there, it just can't be seen by mortals.
- WYendrys, on 09/13/2008, -0/+4Dugg for Jobs parking in Handicap.
- apextek, on 09/12/2008, -0/+4drive around CA for awhile. 90% of new cars drive around with no plate and a temp reg in the window
- atarimasta, on 09/13/2008, -2/+6Wow, I can't decide what's worse, the moron who started this mystery or the moron who wrote up this incredible waste of space article to solve the mystery. This kind of article represents an all-time low for apple-obsessed geeks when it's painfully obvious that this bar code is the VIN for that vehicle. Car manufacturers have been doing this for over 20 years, maybe if you got your head out of Steve Job's ass for a while and discovered the rest of the world, you'd realize that. Anyone who dugg this article is just part of the masses further retarding digg.
- zmaniacz, on 09/12/2008, -1/+5If diggers weren't so poor and drove such ***** cars, you might've solved this years ago. Idiots.
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