Q. Does the Department of Motor Vehicles recycle old license plate numbers from end-of-life cars or vehicles that have switched to personalized plates?
– Tom Report, Orange
A. No.
“Once a license plate becomes inactive for any reason, the RDW will not reuse those numbers, as they may still be in the department’s database and may still be linked to a vehicle,” Ronald Ongtoaboca DMV spokesperson, Honk told me in an email.
So Honk can’t even get a new personalized license plate with the old number of his beloved first car, a long-gone 1971 Volkswagen, where a brother once put rocks in the hubcaps so he could rattle his awesome sibling?
No.
But there is one small exception.
The DMV is OK with vehicle owners going vintage, if the guidelines are met.
“If a customer buys old boards that are no longer registered, such as at a garage sale, they can register them, but only under the Year of Manufacture program,” Ongtoaboc said. “This program requires the vehicle’s model year to match the year the license plate was originally issued.”
If interested, Google “REG 352” to get the correct DMV form.
Q. Best Base: On a recent road trip to Las Vegas with my wife, when we reached the top of Cajon Pass, we saw what appears to be about 10 miles of paved road behind K-rails in what used to be the center divider area, which, if the memory serves, had been dirty. This looks quite new and we couldn’t remember seeing it around this time last year. Is there a plan to build more lanes?
– Brett Bailey, Newport Beach
A. No.
Your annual ride to Vegas will be smoother, but maybe not faster.
For five miles of I-15 from Oak Hill Road in Hesperia to just south of Bear Valley Road in Victorville, Caltrans is spending $149 million to repair and repave the lanes and driveways in both directions, and to improve drainage. improve.
No additional lanes will be added in this project, which began in November and is expected to be completed by early 2025, said Kimberly Cherrya spokeswoman for Caltrans.
“K-rails are set up to allow safe work zones for construction crews,” she said.
The new lanes in the central reservation will also temporarily be used by the public.
HONKIN’ FACT: This summer marks the 20th anniversary of the AMBER Alert system, which is overseen by the California Highway Patrol. More than 375 boys, girls or other people at risk have been found through the state’s emergency program that is requesting the public’s help in reporting the whereabouts of the missing.
To ask Honk questions, you can reach him at [email protected] He only answers those that have been published. To see Honk online: ocregister.com/tag/honk. Twitter: @OCRegisterHonk