Our provincial government here in Alberta, Canada did the same thing in 1995.
Half as many plates to stamp out, had to be cheaper they said at the time.
Makes the front end of a lot of vehicles look a lot cleaner.
Big plus is that it will drive all these bylaw enforcement vehicles with all the cameras attached to them, less effective, looking for parking zone enforcement. Now them fat lazy metermaids/metermen, have to get out of their heated or airconditioned sport-cutes to write out a ticket, instead of using AI computers to mail you a ticket from the video they take driving around.
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Marko.
'85 SE 2M6 Muncie 4 speed.
a.k.a "The Rumble Seat"
[This message has been edited by Marko (edited 07-16-2020).]