Driving with a faded and worn-down license plate can be a criminal offense for drivers, but one local politician had a solution for hard-to-read plates.
State Representative Bob Merski hosted a license plate replacement event Saturday morning, inviting drivers with faded plates to get new ones.
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Drivers were welcome to drive through the lot at the JoAnna Connell Elementary School, where officials checked plates and submitted a request to PennDOT for a replacement.
PennDOT will then send the new plates to Merski’s office to be picked up by their owners without the risk of breaking the law.
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“This is a criminal offense, a traffic offense, so we wanted to make sure that people were following the law and complying with the law, so we have these so that they can get their license plate replaced for free from PennDOT,” said Rep. Merski.