Driving without fake plates means jail time. that too in NYC where there are numerous cameras scanning plates for stolen vehicles or fake plates.
Both my cars have personalized plates. Haani is my 5 year old son name. He was born in 2007. So the car I had at that time I got a plate HAANI 07. That car sold but you can transfer plates to new car. So since then that plate is in use.
The blue GTI has a plate just HAANI, again a personalized plate. I have to pay 30 dollars a year extra per car for my plates. Yes both cars are registered and insured under the personalized plates.
If I have the third car I can get " Pakwheel" on it. Provided someone else has not secured it.
Rule is combination of digit or alphabets upto 8 characters. A space is also counted.