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License plates are issued in the U.S. state of Ohio for several types of vehicles by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, part of the Department of Public Safety. Most types of plates are issued in pairs, to be displayed in the front and rear of the vehicle. They are made of galvanized steel and manufactured by inmates at Ohio Penal Industries at the Lebanon Correctional Institution.〔 The Bureau of Motor Vehicles issues a new license plate design about every five years, or with each new administration in the state government.〔 ==History== On May 19, 1902, Cleveland became one of the first cities in the country to require motorists to display government-issued registration numbers on their vehicles. In the following years, various local governments in Ohio issued standard metal plates of varying design or numerals (to be mounted on a dark background), including: *Canton (1905)〔 *Cleveland (1907–08)〔 *Cincinnati (initials only 1903–05; 1906–08; motorcycles in 1911, 1913〔), abbreviated "Cinti"〔 *Columbus (1907–08), abbreviated "Col's"〔 *Dayton (1905, 1907, 1908;〔 motorcycles in 1912, 1913〔) *Delhi Township, Hamilton County (1906–08), abbreviated "Delhi"〔 *East Liverpool (Health Department vehicles in 1924)〔 *Elyria (motorcycles in 1910)〔 *Hamilton (1907), abbreviated "Haml"〔 *Lima (motorcycles in 1908, 1912–13)〔 *Lorain (1907)〔 *Mansfield (1903)〔 *Massillon (1906〔), abbreviated "M"〔 *Newark (motorcycles in 1912–13)〔 *Sandusky (1903)〔 *Springfield (unknown; motorcycles in 1913), abbreviated "Spfd" on motorcycles〔 *Toledo (1904, 1907)〔 *Warren (1908)〔 In 1906, the state attempted to take over auto registration under the Ward Automobile Law, but litigation delayed the program until the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in favor of the law. The Ohio Secretary of State's Automobile Division, precursor to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, was established in 1907.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles )〕 The Ward Law went into effect on June 11, 1908, but the Automobile Division did not begin issuing plates for another 30 days due to a manufacturing defect.〔 Locally issued and owner-provided license plates were phased out by 1909 for automobiles,〔 but local plates continued to be used for motorcycles until 1914. One effect of the Ward Law was to eliminate a significant revenue stream for cities like Cincinnati, which took in about $5,000 a year (equivalent to $ today) from auto registrations. Various Ohio license plate designs from 1908 to 1921 used distinctive monograms instead of a fully spelled-out state name. Passenger number plates were always issued in pairs, with the exception of 1944–1946, during World War II. In 1953, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles issued special pairs of license plates to commemorate the state's sesquicentennial. The back plate listed the years 1803 and 1953, while the front plate bore a special design instead of the license number, with the word "sesqui-centennial" below. Windshield stickers were issued along with the previous year's plates in 1943, 1952, and 1975. Multi-year licence plates, renewable with decal stickers, replaced single-year plates beginning in 1976.〔 Starting in 1935, a county coding scheme involving the letters in the plate's serial number was introduced. This scheme was used throughout the state until the 1970s, when the system broke down in the most populous counties because of the number of vehicles registered in them. The coding scheme was abandoned with the issuance of the 1981 plates, and long county stickers were introduced in 1984. Beginning with new specialty plates in 1992 and all new plates in October 2001, the state adopted a county coding scheme on a sticker that displays the county number based on its placement in alphabetical order. In 1956, the U.S. states and Canadian provinces came to an agreement with the Automobile Manufacturers Association that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles, except those for motorcycles, at in height by in width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1955 (dated 1956) issue was the first Ohio license plate that complied with these standards. In 1967, the state began issuing special plates to DUI offenders with limited driving privileges. Judges in Ohio, however, rarely issued them until a 2004 state law made it mandatory for all DUI offenders with limited driving privileges to have them. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vehicle registration plates of Ohio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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