Arnie Says 'Yes' To Gold Star License Plates

Afternoon all!

It's another dose of number plates news from The States for you today. Bet you can't wait, can you? You can always rely on the Americans for a bout of the dramatics.

Today, news comes my way of a new license plate which honours families of fallen servicemen and women. The Bill for the new Gold Star plates was signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. (How strange does that sound? I still can't get my head round the fact that Arnie is now a real-life politician. I preferred him as Turbo Man in Jingle All The Way myself.) Anyway, the number plates will be paid for through private donations and families who've had a relative killed in active duty in any American war can apply for the Gold Star through the Department of Motor Vehicles.

I have to say, I do think it's rather a splendid idea. Other than on your car, where can you really display such a thing? Most people take their cars everywhere these days (particularly the average American, I'm sure) so an honour, displayed on your number plate, sounds good to me.