You’ll start seeing a new license plate for cars in South Carolina early next year as a new design is phased in. The plate features a white background with an iconic palmetto tree and crescent design in the center that is a reverse of the state flag. (Some say it’s a crescent moon; others say it’s a gorget.) Nevertheless, the state Department of Motor Vehicles says the new tag also will help the state save more than $800,000 because it will use a single annual sticker, not the two stickers (month, year) used now. The new tag also features an Anglicized version of the state motto, “While I Breathe, I hope.”
- What do you think of the new tag? Send feedback here. Our reaction: We prefer the Latin version of the motto. And we really like this dark-blue mock-up of a license plate discussed at BradWarthen.com.
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