# Do you know your license plate number on the vehicle you drive most? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 3, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251 "2011-08-03T01:15:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/21 "2011-08-03T10:43:15Z")
As a frequent user of state parks, I routinely need my truck’s plate number to register. I’ve memorized it to smooth out the process. I don’t know the plate number of my wife’s or kid’s cars though. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/22 "2011-08-03T10:45:55Z")
I know both of my plate numbers. I also know both VINs by memory. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/23 "2011-08-03T12:45:47Z")
I know mine and I’d be able to pick my husband’s out of a lineup. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/24 "2011-08-03T14:59:54Z")
Yes, but it’s really easy to remember. Our other car’s number isn’t so easy and I can only remember part of it, even though we’ve had it for 8 years now. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/25 "2011-08-03T19:36:15Z")
Yes, it’s been etched into my memory because I’ve gone through IPass lanes (lacked proper change for the booth) a few times too many, and had to pay tolls online. Not a vanity plate, it’s a letter followed by 6 numbers. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/26 "2011-08-03T19:37:30Z")
Yep. Mine is a vanity plate, and the wife’s is an easily remembered sequence. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/27 "2011-08-03T19:37:55Z")
About 60%/40% in favor of people who do know there license plate numbers. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/28 "2011-08-03T19:42:48Z")
I only know mine b/c it is a vanity plate. I don’t know the # on our other vehicle, nor did I ever know the plate # on any other car I’ve driven. I’ve got enough going on in my world to stoop to remembering a random string of letters/numbers for no good reason. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/29 "2011-08-03T19:52:03Z")
i can tell you \*what \*i drive, and that the plate is an indiana plate that has a ‘celebrate the arts’ whatsit on it, but the number? not the first freakin’ clue. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/30 "2011-08-04T13:29:29Z")
No, but I just got new plates a couple of weeks ago. I can tell you the number on my old plates, though. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/31 "2011-08-04T17:20:25Z")
I know mine, but always feel the compulsive need to double check it whenever I need to write it down for something. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/32 "2011-08-04T19:38:36Z")
I know mine, my old ones, every car my parents have had since I was about 10 (except their current one, ‘cos it’s new) and several of my friends’ ones. Not sure why. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/33 "2011-08-04T20:09:19Z")
Of course. I’ve had to write it on a few forms, as well as on the annual checks I write to renew the registration. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/34 "2011-08-04T20:13:03Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > I know mine, my old ones, every car my parents have had since I was about 10 (except their current one, ‘cos it’s new) and several of my friends’ ones. Not sure why. Now that’s just creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/35 "2011-08-05T02:06:24Z")
> [@FoundWaldo](#): > > By knowing my own plate, my spouse’s is easy because it’s only one digit different. We got them both at the same time when we moved to this state. Yeah my wife and I have consecutive plates. I know both numbers, I just don’t always remember which one is on which car. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/36 "2011-08-05T02:19:10Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > No, but I just got new plates a couple of weeks ago. I can tell you the number on my old plates, though. Same here. Except I’ve had my new ones about a year. But I never really need to know it anymore. In the old days, when you went inside to pay for your gas with a credit card, they would often ask you for your plate number. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251/37 "2011-08-05T02:22:17Z")
I use my license plate number as my computer’s standard password for e-mail etc. (it has the required mix of letters and numbers). I hope no one steals my car with the laptop in it, since they’d have my password… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-your-license-plate-number-on-the-vehicle-you-drive-most/591251.md?page=1)