Red Square

[summit]

I've been driving around town and saw 2 cars with a red square piece of paper? in their rear windshield. the red square is surrounded by a white boarder with a white number in the middle of said square. the number both times was 9. i was wondering anyone know what the square and number mean? my google skills failed me.

 

[ElFenix]

budweiser #9 car?

 

[summit]

no its not a nascar number its a plain looking number a square with a normal font "9" in the middle of square.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

It's a temporary registration tag. It's used when a license plate isn't available or some other circumstance that requires action to become a permanent registration. The reason you're seeing "9" now is because the registrations are only good for about a month, and September is the 9th month. If you're driving around in October with a "9" registration, you'll get pulled over.

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