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I, STEFAN LONCE, author of the forthcoming book, LCNS2ROM –
LICENSE TO ROAM: VANITY LICENSE PLATES AND THE GR8
STORIES THEY TELL, pledge to inspire Americans to "vanitize"
1 million
more motor vehicles, and Canadians to vanitize 50,000 more vehicles, by
September 6, 2011, which will be Vanity License PL8S Day (celebrated the
day after Labor Day).
All states, and all but two provinces, issue vanity plates. Americans have
vanitized 9.3 million motor vehicles, and Canadians have vanitized 440,000
vehicles (many of those vanitizers will buy LCNS2ROM!). Yet, for the most
part, state and provincial DMVs don't promote vanity PL8S.
LCNS2ROM combines eloquent prose with eye-catching photography and
graphics to recount some  of the GR8 stories that American and Canadian motorists have told on their vanity PL8S, like this one:
"Allison Masry is always with her
husband, Rudolph, even when they're miles apart. That's because, in 2003,
Ally donated a kidney to Rudy,
who suffered from end-stage renal
failure. Ally's vanity plate says
DONOR, and Rudy's says DONEE."
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LCNS2ROM will make readers laugh with PRE10D [Pretend] VNTY PL8S and with the Top 10.5 Reasons to
Vanitize.
Although LCNS2ROM is a humor book, it also tackles serious issues. As I explained in my New York Times op-ed,
the First Amendment's right to freedom of speech applies to license plates. A motorist is suing Vermont, challenging its
ban of vanitized references to religion and deities.
Reporters regularly quote me about vanity plate controversies, like the Vermont case. Columnist Doug Moe called me "the
nation's leading expert on vanity license plates." Esquire Magazine's "Answer Fella" column quoted me about how
DMVs screen vanity plates. Visit the MEDIA COVERAGE page for links to the media coverage of LCNS2ROM,
which is remarkable for an unpublished book.
As if GR8 vanitized stories and laugh-out-loud features weren't enough, LCNS2ROM will also have fun riddles, like this:
Explain the reason for the order of the states' and provinces' plates listed above (US: 1-CA, 2-TX, 3-NY;
Canada: 4-ON,
5-QC). Answers
I will report my progress on the Vanitize The USA & Canada Project on my blog. Vanity plates are so
fascinating and so much fun... I say, "Vanitize, everyone!"
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