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25 - If I Write It, They Will Build It

from Part V - Is This Heaven? No, It’s Iowa!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2021

Edward A. Wasserman
Edward A. Wasserman
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
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Summary

As do other states, Iowa offers motorists a broad range of optional license plates: some proclaim the driver’s support for a worthy cause; others allow drivers to express pride in their military service; and still others permit collegiate alumni to pledge public allegiance to their alma mater. Against this backdrop of extensive license plate diversity, simple black-and-white license plates suddenly and mysteriously began appearing on Iowa vehicles during the second half of 2019. Not only were other motorists puzzled, so too were law enforcement officers who suspected that these plates might be illegal. The origin and evolution of black-and-white license plates in Iowa will be seen to have put to the test the ingenuity of a small band of motorists as well as the adaptiveness of governmental agencies in pleasing the changing tastes of the motoring public.

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License plateDordt University plateillegal blacked-out Dordt platelegal Iowa blackout platefinancial windfall
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As If By Design
How Creative Behaviors Really Evolve
 , pp. 276 - 284
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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