California Contemplates License Plate Ads 1.43K Maureen O'Connor 06/22/10 02:43PM Filed to: Ideas Ideas License Plates California Recession budget crisis Fundraising $19-billion-in-debt California is considered putting ads on license plates: "The electric plates would look normal while the car is in motion, but would flash advertisements any time the car is stopped." Wasn't this in Wall-E? [Time, image via]