Oregon has just made available new “Share the Road” specialty, non-profit license plates. The plates cost an additional $10 over normal licensing fees, with the extra funds going to the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and Cycle Oregon.

So, partial carectomy patients in Oregon: now when you’re out driving your cars, you can still help to be part of the solution. Perhaps it’s easier for a motorist to ignore the “Share the Road” message emblazoned on a cyclist’s jersey. Of course the cyclist will champion his/her own cause and look to carve out some space on the streets. But when a car-driver displays the message and willingly promotes abdicating some blacktop real estate (and obeying the law), perhaps other drivers will get the message.

Oregon may be the latest state to offer bike-friendly license plates, but it’s not the first. Florida’s roads have featured the tags since 2000, and Colorado’s recent plate-offerings have been flying off of the shelves.

Via The Fredcast.