Personalized license plates on the rise in Saskatchewan
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You may have noticed a few more vanity plates on Saskatchewan roads in recent years, and every one of them comes with a personal story.
You may have noticed a few more vanity plates on Saskatchewan roads in recent years, and every one of them comes with a personal story.
Viola Kay roams Saskatchewan in her Toyota with "PWRWLKR" emblazoned across her license plate.
Kay spent years running long distance. Five kilometres, 10 kilometres and marathons were her specialty. A bout with cancer changed Kay’s exercise routine and forced her into shortening those distances.
When she could no longer run, she decided to take up power walking, and about six years ago she owned the personality trait by displaying it on her car.
"I'm able to power walk, and so that is the significance of that to me," she said.
"That's my personal story and why I wanted to get it personalized as such."
Data from SGI shows an increase in personalized license plates over the past 10 years. As of Nov. 20, there are just over 58,500 personalized license plates registered with SGI, an increase of 4,000 since April.
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