Why Steve Jobs never had a license plate

bigseb · 27 Oct 2011

Might be old news to some of you, I thought it was interesting...

Mystery solved: Why Steve Jobs

Dwarf · 27 Oct 2011

Interesting. I never knew that. And I thought that it was only The Queen who was allowed to travel in a car with no number plates. Sounds like the State of California should be looking at closing this loophole.

Imperfect1 · 28 Oct 2011

Fascinating. I never knew that either, and I wonder why it was so important to Mr. Jobs to not have a license plate. It could've been because he was a frequent parking spot violator, (in which case the cops would need his license plate number), because for just about everything else, he could certainly be 'tracked' through his drivers license number and social security number, not to mention his passport --- But for someone so wealthy to not have an auto license for such a puny reason --- there must've been another reason. Anyone know?

PS I don't think it would be possible to close that California 'loophole' because people with new cars do need to have a certain period of time to get their license plates. And regarding Steve Jobs, it wouldn't have mattered whether it was 6 months or 3 months or even 1 month --- he was wealthy enough to change car leases every week if he had wanted to. . .

StalkeR · 28 Oct 2011

Lol,interesting story .... Thanks.

Hopalong X · 28 Oct 2011

...and everyone beleives the story and that the car shown is Steve Jobs.

It is on the internet so it MUST be true of course.

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pparks1 · 28 Oct 2011

I'm unsure why I am even compelled to lend some information, but here goes.

In California, when you get a new car you get a temporary plate sticker that has to be affixed to your front windshield. The physical plate is sent to the owner within 30 days and they are instructed that they have to put the new plate onto the vehicle immediately.

MilesAhead · 28 Oct 2011

I thought he might've been getting around town in this:

bigmck · 29 Oct 2011

pparks1 said:

I'm unsure why I am even compelled to lend some information, but here goes.

In California, when you get a new car you get a temporary plate sticker that has to be affixed to your front windshield. The physical plate is sent to the owner within 30 days and they are instructed that they have to put the new plate onto the vehicle immediately.

I was just about to ask about that. In Texas you must also have a Temporary Paper Plate for the back. I would think all states would be that way. They are not going to let you just drive around with no plates.

Imperfect1 · 29 Oct 2011

Well I'm glad to hear that the "loophole" doesn't exist. Thanks for keeping us on the straight on narrow. So, assuming that the pic WAS Steve Job's car --- why didn't he have a plate?

pparks1 · 30 Oct 2011

^ If it's a new car in California, it could have the sticker on the front windshield.