Plate – A Massachusetts state trooper noticed something a little odd about the license plate she spotted on a car on Interstate 391 in Chicopee.

Upon closer inspection, there was a lot odd about it.

The “license plate” on the car pulled over at about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday was actually just a piece of cardboard. In a poor attempt to replicate a real Massachusetts license plate, the letters and numbers were crudely drawn with a red marker.

The word “Massachusetts” and the phrase “The Spirit of America” were written in the appropriate places in blue pen.

The 20-year-old woman driving the vehicle was charged with driving with a suspended license and attaching false plates.

I will applaud this woman for trying. What’s that old saying, “don’t let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”? Well this woman played the game, and she struck out, horribly. To her credit, she replicated the license plate as best she could, even spelling Massachusetts right. The biggest problem is that a piece of cardboard with marker writing doesn’t look like a license plate. At all. The police and the state of Massachusetts might have caught her, but I have a good feeling that she’ll be back in the fake license plate game in no time.

– Ryan