Victoria's New Number plate message

[Ralliart]

Originally Posted by The Age

Number plates to carry safety message

Victoria has been on the move, the place to be and the garden state. Now its number plates will be focused on a road safety campaign.

Premier Ted Baillieu today said the government wanted to expand its regional campaign to "talk the toll down" across the state.

"Victoria's new number plate slogan will be a road safety message front and centre for every Victorian," Mr Baillieu told the Liberal Party State Council in Bendigo today.


"From tomorrow Victorians will be able to join the debate on the plate for our state."

The state's number plate slogans have been "Victoria - The Place To Be", "Victoria - On The Move" and "Victoria - Garden State".

Mr Baillieu said those plates had had their role and would be phased out.

The premier had flagged the idea of a new catchphrase for the state after winning last November's election, but now wants the slogan on licence plates to reflect the road safety message.

"There's no doubt that to put a road safety message across the bottom of a plate will reinforce our conviction about the importance of road safety," he said.

Road safety messages already in the public arena, such as "Don't Drink And Drive", may be on the cards but Mr Baillieu said this was an opportunity for Victorians to have their say on the appropriate slogan.

Mr Baillieu, who admitted he would have been caught speeding once or twice "a long time ago", said he did not have a set target for reducing the road toll, although that might be canvassed in a road safety action plan.

"Any death is one death too many - we'd like to see the road toll lower and continue to go lower," he said.

Victoria's road toll currently stands at 218 compared with 230 at the same time last year.

The new number plates are expected to be rolled out next year.

Oh my god! Has this state gone crazy on road safety?
This is the worst slogan i've ever heard.
Can't these politicians think about anything else apart from road safety.
I'm just glad i don't have a Victorian annoying number plate anymore.
I so feel like changing states after reading this, another nanny state rule. Grow up Victoria

[Pinkbits]

Originally Posted by Ralliart

sorry for spelling, mods please change if needed please

omg has this state gone crazy on road safty , this is the worst slogans ive ever heard , can these policans think annything else part from road safety, i'm just glad i don't have an victorian annooying number plate anymore, i so feel like changing state after reading this, annther nanny state rule, grow up victoria

OK here we go.
Oh my god! Has this state gone crazy on road safety?
This is the worst slogan i've ever heard.
Can('t) these politicians think (about) anything else (a)part from road safety.
I'm just glad i don't have a Victorian annoying number plate anymore.
I so feel like changing state(s) after reading this, another nanny state rule. Grow up Victoria.

And no paddle jokes or else!

[Jim Goose]

Originally Posted by Ralliart

Oh my god! Has this state gone crazy on road safety?
This is the worst slogan i've ever heard.
Can't these politicians think about anything else apart from road safety.
I'm just glad i don't have a Victorian annoying number plate anymore.
I so feel like changing states after reading this, another nanny state rule. Grow up Victoria

Which slogan???

Or have i missed something.... the article says that its open to victorians...

Road safety messages already in the public arena, such as "Don't Drink And Drive", may be on the cards but Mr Baillieu said this was an opportunity for Victorians to have their say on the appropriate slogan.

[DJM83]

Personalised plates will fix it.

[Ralliart]

Originally Posted by Jim Goose

Which slogan???

Or have i missed something.... the article says that its open to victorians...

using safety messages as slogans

[AMGC63]

Really... does it matter??? whats the harm?????
Its only a line on a number plate...

[flappist]

Peter Beattie tried this with "QLD the smart state" in addition to the existing "Sunshine State".

It actually worked out quite well as if you saw a car with "smart state" plates you knew it was a government vehicles as they were forced to use it and no one else wanted it.

But as they are hell bent on pushing the speed cameras save lives dogma how about:

Victoria The Slow State

They could run a whole campaign:

Victoria, the place where slow people drive.
Victoria, you have to be slow to live here.

Thousands of possibilities......

[2011G6E]

The only cars you see here with "The Smart State" are government cars like cop cars, etc, and the government fleet cars we get out here like the Prados they supply us with. Members of the public, by a staggeringly vast majority, tick the box on the rego paper that says "Sunshine state". I believe it's a directive that all government vehicles have "Smart State" plates on them.
Rego papers still ask which plate you want, "Sunshine" or "Smart" state.

"Smart State" just sounds like someone smug and up themselves...bugger having that on my car.

[Jim Goose]

Originally Posted by Ralliart

using safety messages as slogans

Read what the OP said... he said it was a stupid slogan.... reading the article I cant see what he is talking about.

So what the big deal if they decide to put saftey messages on number plates.. OMG its the end of Victoria!!!

[Ben73]

I like the new south wales one.
Most of them are either "NEW SOUTH WALES"
or
"NSW"

Too good we don't even need a slogan to tell people how great NSW is.. lol

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by Pinkbits

And no paddle jokes or else!

Victoria, the paddlin' state.

[Donny]

What happened to the best and most correct slogan, which was "Victoria on the Take"

[TheInterceptor]

I love the one a member posted on AFF once apon a time... Victoria "The Nanny State"...

Nothing screams "truth" more than that...

But i also like "Smile" or "Cheese" or something along those lines..

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Pinkbits

And no paddle jokes or else!

Bugger....

[Franco Cozzo]

How does one submit, I reckon "The Nanny State" is a goer, we should all email VicRoads (even people who arent from Victoria, lol) to get it submitted.

[JC]

ACT has had safety slogans such as "Don't drink and drive" on our rego labels for years now. But not on the number plates.

Victoria seems to have gone mad alright. Does their focus on speeding really achieve anything (in terms of road safety)?

[Professor Farnsworth]

"Victoria - Visa, Mastercard or EFTPOS"

[FalconForce]

i read not long ago that is was going to be something like Victoria, the cultural state

[GTP 290]

The fact that this topic has come up before anything has even been set in stone I would suggest.

"victoria - the worried state" or "Victoria - the whinging state"

[Professor Farnsworth]

Originally Posted by GTP 290

The fact that this topic has come up before anything has even been set in stone I would suggest.

"victoria - the worried state" or "Victoria - the whinging state"

forums are created for discussion of past, current, and future events and topics.

[Bossxr8]

Victoria- Cause the Government Knows Best.

Victoria- The Revenue Raising State.

Maybe one from left field like

Victoria- Please speed up and pay some revenue to prop up state funds because we **** it all away

[Windsor342ci]

Yeh I wouldnt like that either I guess for all the money it will cost, is it worth it? What % would it improve road safety?

[Jack960]

Whilst I admit it is stupid, you could always just get slim line plates, they look better anyway :P

[Brazen]

The largest cause of death for people under 45 in Australia is suicide, I would like to see some effort or messages about mental health.

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by Brazen

The largest cause of death in for people under 45 in Australia in suicide, I would like to see some effort or messages about mental health.

how ******* true....

brothers gone.....

[au2000]

VICTORA - 6x12 or 5x8?

[noosacuda]

Always thought "Victoria, On The Move To Queensland" was the best one. I covered our "Smart State" on the number plate with white reflective tape as i was so embarrassed by its stupidity.Really it should've been ''Queensland,Smart State-Stupid Government"

[ltd]

Not many of you know but NSW had quite a history with catchphrases on our number plates.
In 2000 around the olympics our former premier the dishonourable Bob Carr (Bobby two-times) had "NSW - On the move, On the move", but encroaching copyright with Vicroads was forced to change it to; "On the take, On the take".

When Morris Iemma became premier we got; "NSW - State of Disrepair", and after he had been in the job for a while doing the NSW labor shuffle, he aptly changed it to "NSW - Yeah, it's Fuct". That by far was the most popular until the Seppo Christina Can't-Nearly came to power and we got "NSW - It's all Barry O'Farrels Fault".

Now we have gone back to just plane "NSW", although there's talk about having "NSW - Click Click Biotch"

[kaniSS]

And I thought Sydney was obsessed with being safe and being Green. I don't know how you guys do it down there, I would go crazy...

[mik]

new slogan ..... Victoria "Meh"