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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Re: CHP Radar, True Confessions
Message-ID: <315@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 29-Mar-85 19:57:59 EST
Article-I.D.: ttidcc.315
Posted: Fri Mar 29 19:57:59 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 2-Apr-85 06:06:20 EST
References: <2500013@hplabs.UUCP> <2500015@hplabs.UUCP> <159@ucbcad.UUCP>
Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Organization: The CAT Factory
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Summary: 

In article <159@ucbcad.UUCP> klein@ucbcad.UUCP writes:
>> The only way I know to look for
>> clocking cars in California is that every government-agency owned
>> car has a distincive license with a diamond enclosing an "E" on the
>> left side of the plate (E for exempt?).
>
>The 'E' in a diamond means the vehicle may be used in "emergencies",
>i.e. cross roadblocks, etc.

The E in the diamond does indeed stand for "Exempt".  It means the  vehicle
is  exempt  from  certain  registration  taxes.  The  shape  of the polygon
enclosing the E is determined by the organization owning the  vehicle.  For
example, LARTD busses have an E in an octagon on their plates.
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