# Ohio creates an "error license plate" that is quickly corrected **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-creates-an-error-license-plate-that-is-quickly-corrected/952965 "2021-10-22T03:52:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-creates-an-error-license-plate-that-is-quickly-corrected/952965/1 "2021-10-22T03:52:12Z")
They began production with the Wright Brothers’ airplane facing the wrong way. They will try to gather all the ones that were produced but I suspect a few will get out. > **[From wrong to Wright — BMV fixes plane facing wrong direction on new Ohio...](https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/state/not-quite-wright-plane-faces-wrong-direction-on-new-ohio-license-plate)** > > Gov. DeWine unveiled the new standard Ohio license plate at a news conference Thursday morning, and observant Ohioans quickly pointed out that the “Birthplace of Aviation” banner streaming from the Wright Brothers’ plane flying atop the new design is... ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-creates-an-error-license-plate-that-is-quickly-corrected/952965/2 "2021-10-22T07:55:22Z")
I see they mentioned the “inverted Jenny” stamp. What is it with planes flying the wrong way? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-creates-an-error-license-plate-that-is-quickly-corrected/952965/3 "2021-10-22T11:24:52Z")
Best part – the North Carolina DOT tweeted something like “Leave Ohio alone, they weren’t there” 😆 😃 Brian ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-creates-an-error-license-plate-that-is-quickly-corrected/952965/4 "2021-10-22T11:40:27Z")
Going by everything I’ve seen in Illinois regarding their 3rd party oversight of contracted services, this is par for the course for government in general. I could tell many stories, but I’ll save them for another thread. I can speculate, however, that no one really examined that plate until it was viewed at the press conference. What a joke. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-creates-an-error-license-plate-that-is-quickly-corrected/952965/5 "2021-10-22T12:12:47Z")
Ontario issued a snazzy new type of shiny license plate. So shiny, in fact, that it was difficult to read when headlights were reflecting off it. > **[Government admits flaw in new Ontario licence plates a day after defending...](https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/government-admits-flaw-in-new-ontario-licence-plates-a-day-after-defending-design-1.4818403)** > > The Ontario government is now saying they are working with the manufacturer of the new licence plates to 'resolve' issues regarding poor visibility at night. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-creates-an-error-license-plate-that-is-quickly-corrected/952965/6 "2021-10-22T14:51:16Z")
At least the new Ohio license plate design is an improvement over the old one, which featured a bunch of semi-interesting factoids and claims about the state\*, in dull grey lettering so tiny you’d have to tailgate to read any of it. At more than a few inches away, it just looks like a dirty white plate. [![](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a4b1569/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1532x862+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http:%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F87%2F9a%2F10a316454688840462692a7fccbd%2Fohioplate.png) ](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a4b1569/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1532x862+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http:%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F87%2F9a%2F10a316454688840462692a7fccbd%2Fohioplate.png) \*State of Perfect Balance? ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-creates-an-error-license-plate-that-is-quickly-corrected/952965/7 "2021-10-22T15:21:20Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > I can speculate, however, that no one really examined that plate until it was viewed at the press conference. At one point my company rolled out new badges. I got mine, with a nice headshot of myself, company branding, and a U.S. flag in the corner. Except the flag had 44 stars instead of 50; they had dropped the bottom row of stars. No one had actually looked carefully at any point in the release process. Made even more funny by multiple engineers raising the issue within minutes of each getting their new badge. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-creates-an-error-license-plate-that-is-quickly-corrected/952965/8 "2021-10-23T14:24:04Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > they had dropped the bottom row of stars. Are you sure it wasn’t [this flag](https://www.chamberofcommerce.org/usflag/historical/44star.gif)? ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Ducky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrs_ducky/32/6227_2.png) [@Mrs\_Ducky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Ducky)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-creates-an-error-license-plate-that-is-quickly-corrected/952965/9 "2021-10-23T21:41:27Z")
I just ordered new vanity plates October 11. I haven’t got them yet. I’m not sure if I’ll get the new design or not, since they just unveiled this a couple of days ago. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-creates-an-error-license-plate-that-is-quickly-corrected/952965/10 "2021-10-23T21:47:19Z")
Eh. It’s no [ASS ORGY.](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/licensed-to-thrill/)