Ontario scraps plans to replace defective blue licence plates still used by 170K drivers

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Ontario scraps plans to replace defective blue licence plates still used by 170K drivers
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Three years after the Ontario government stopped issuing its blue licence plates, tens of thousands are still on the road today, despite experts and officials admitting they are defective and pose a safety threat, the Toronto Star has learned.

, tens of thousands are still on the road today, despite experts and officials admitting they are defective and pose a safety threat, the Toronto Star has learned., stating that the defective plates will be “valid until further notice.”

Three months later, in May 2020, the province’s ministry of transport announced it was abandoning the redesigned licence plates. Yet three years later, no fix has been publicly announced. A government official told the Star that after “thorough testing by law enforcement and other key stakeholders,” the province is no longer moving forward with the proposed redesign.

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