A design featuring 'Emoji' on the license plate of the car appeared, both pros and cons on the local and the net

Emoticons invented for mobile phones in Japan have been accepted by overseas people, along with the worldwide spread of smartphones, and it is popularly known as "Emoji". Meanwhile, in Australia, it is reported that design embellishment embellishment appeared on the license plate actually attached to the car, causing pros and cons to be raised.

Queensland drivers can soon add emojis to their personalised plates
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/queensland-drivers-can-soon-add-emojis-to-their-personalised-plates-20190219-p50yor.html

Emoji license plates will soon be available in Queensland, Australia - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/20/18233004/emoji-license-plates-australia-queensland

Personalized Plates Queensland (PPQ) , which officially publishes license plates in Queensland , Australia, accepts pre-orders for emoji-numbered license plates. PPQ has provided license plates of various colors and themes, and has issued numerous unique license plates such as those with a local sports team logo, among others.

The design of the license plate containing pictograms that PPQ has posted on Facebook looks like this.


However, this pictogram is not included in the registration number, it is said to be a decoration to the last. And there are only five pictograms that can be used for number plate, "smile", "burst of laughter", "wink", "sunglasses", "eyes of heart", and it seems that other pictograms can not be chosen. Rebecca Michael, spokeswoman for Royal Automobile Club of Queensland , Queensland 's Automobile Association, said, "Offering pictograms is a matter of course, unlike the logo of the sports team and the symbol of the town that I have drawn on the license plate so far There is no answer "to the interview of the local news program.

Meanwhile, even though it is an ornament, careful thinking is also issued against the adoption of "Emoji" which is being accepted as a new character following alphabets and numbers. Bill Potts, Chairman of the Queensland Bar Association, said that "the government is trying to make the license plate vulgar to earn money," he said in an interview with the local newspaper .

Also, Mr. Potts says, "License plate is for enabling police to identify vehicles, how do you write pictograms in documents when accidents happen?", Emoticons are used for police license plate recognition We point out the possibility of adversely affecting the system. In fact, "looking at the America of the court records, the frequency is in the rapidly increasing tendency to appear emoticons in 2014" that pointed out there is also the problem of "how to handle how I emoticons in the world of law" is still not resolved There is no present condition.

In the comments sent to Facebook and Instagram, "Very nice! If there are other emoticons it is even better" "I want you to realize that you can laugh with cusual even while you work" and voice that welcomes emoji license plate There was also a voice of embarrassment, "Is not it a April Fool's joke?" "There are pencils in it but I can not use pencil emoticons ...". According to PPQ, pre-order of pictorial number plate is made from March 1, 2019, the price is from 475 Australian dollars (about 37,000 yen).