Texas License Plates Are In Serious Need of a New Look

For over a decade, Texas drivers have had the standard white license plate issued for everyone in the State. A lot of people have strong opinions on whether or not it looks good. Most of them...well they're not good.

Here's what some people online have said about the design of Texas license plates

One YouTuber in particular, Huggbees (who currently has over 1.9 million subscribers), uploaded a video where he roasts all 50 of the states license plates. If you want to hear his opinions on Texas, skip to about 23:11 in the video.

His opinions on how he feels about the Texas plate can be described this image:

This wasn't the first time he roasted all 50 states either; he's done one of each state's flags & the giant state welcome signs.

Now ignoring all the other strong things he has to say; I have to say.... I agree with Huggbees. He's not the only one who's made fun of the "boring" design of Texas' plates; there's an ENTIRE SECTION of people making memes of our license plates on TikTok alone.

Here's how the license plates designs used to look like in Texas

Texas has had many different designs in the past; it's surprisingly just how much the current design looked like the classic design. (But not necessarily in a good way either)

My particular favorites were the Lone Star plate

and the Panoramic. 

I loved the simple designs of the skyline with the mountains, a cowboy on his house, and of course the space shuttle that's our connection with NASA. Those designs had looks that POP. They looked colorful, simple & effective.

But now... it's just a standard white plate but a very tiny Texas symbol & a star in the top left (which are SO SMALL you wouldn't be able to see anyway unless you're directly behind someone).

Now of course you CAN get your customized design or a specialty plate; but you'd have to pay for it to be made. Even then.. you have to be careful that it follows the guidelines; lest ye be pulled over by the Texas cops.

This just reenforces my opinion; we should have a normal, better looking, license plate in the state of Texas. Either bring back the classic designs from the 2000s or design a newer one that can properly show off the beauty of Texas.

Until then, it's the standard white plates for us in Texas..

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EDIT: This article was originally uploaded on November 16, 2022