Area 51 is one of the most well-known places in the United States—not in a “seven wonders of the world” kind of way, but in an “aliens and conspiracy theories” one. People from across the nation flock to Nevada every year to the area surrounding the U.S. Air Force facility where they can buy their share of souvenirs from every small corner store.
Locals like to poke fun at its lore too, including one BMW owner named Chris who owns the actual “Area 51” Nevada license plate. There’s just one problem: all of those novelty license plates that tourists can buy have apparently wreaked havoc on Chris’ driving record.
Tickets have erroneously arrived in the mail for Chris over the last seven years, according to a series of TikTok videos released under his account called Area51Plate. In one video, Chris shows 172 different tickets arranged on the floor, all of which contain a photo of his license plate—or, what would be his plate if it were legit.
For those keeping track, that means an average of one ticket every other week for the last seven years.
Chris says that the majority of the tickets stem from drivers simply driving through toll booths without paying.
That’s the state’s fault.
Why are they allowing real looking plates to be sold?
A lot of states don’t require a front plate and people put all kinds of things on their vehicles.
The state should require something be printed on the fake plates so the police can tell it’s fake.
Friends in Connecticut had the Original “1” Plate that was handed down over the
Years…Governor tried to steal it…But was handed his Ass by the Media.
They get Tickets all the Time from a State Senator Who has “One” on His Vette.
Mostly Parking Fines that They have to Fight.
Years ago in California someone applied for personalized plates. The application had space for two or three requests in case the first one(s) were not available. Rather than leave it blank, he wrote NO PLATE in the last spot.
He got plates that said NO PLATE. Unfortunately for him, whenever a ticket was written for a car that did not have plates, officers wrote NO PLATE on the ticket.
The poor guy got tickets by the hundreds.
Shouldn’t have to pay squat unless the plate is pictured on his vehicle, registered with the state DOT.
One reason not to ever get vanity plates.
Tags are expensive enough without paying extra for vanity plate lettering and specialty tags supporting universities, turtles, etc.