California is going backwards.
Home to nearly 40 million people, it was only a matter of time before the Golden State ran out of license plate numbers.
Since 1980, the Department of Motor Vehicles has relied on a seven-character sequence — one number, three letters, three numbers.
But that ended this year — with the production of the 9ZZZ999 plate, the agency stated.
Now, the state has switched over to a “mirrored” sequence for new plates — three numbers, three letters, and one number.
“Each configuration has over 100 million plate combinations. The new configuration is expected to last 40 years based on historical data,” a spokesperson for the…
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