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ONTHEROAD states that license plates were created from necessity. It was difficult to identify cars when they first appeared on the roads. The number of cars on roads around the world increased and governments needed a way of tracking them. In France, the first license plates were issued in 1893 by a Paris city ordinance. Germany was next with its first plates in 1896, to catalog the country’s increasing car population. The Netherlands was the first country in 1898 to establish a national policy for requiring license plates.
America closely followed Europe in the increasing demand for license plates. New York began requiring plates in 1901, but it did not issue an official means for manufacture. New Yorkers were forced to make their own plates until the state began manufacturing plates in 1909. Pennsylvania was the first state to issue official license plates. The state began distributing plates in 1903. Pennsylvania was also the first state to create a personalized license plate, in 1931. License plates are used to identify millions of vehicles traveling around the globe today. License plates are used to identify millions of vehicles that travel the roads around the world.