AAA Holding Free PA License Plate Replacement Events

PITTSBURGH, PA — If your license plate is deemed illegible by a police officer in Pennsylvania, you can be fined as much as $100. That might be incentive enough to attend one of several AAA East Central events to replace peeling plates for free.

A plate is considered illegible if one or more characters cannot be recognized from 50 feet or if the plate shows blistering, peeling, discoloration, or loss of reflectivity, according to PennDOT. Motorists can request replacement plates when an authorized representative of PennDOT or law enforcement deems a plate illegible.

At the AAA events, officers will examine license plates and attendees can order new ones. They will be held from 11 a.m-2 p.m. at these locations:

• May 16, AAA Rochester Branch Office, 300 Adams St., Rochester.
• May 23, AAA South Hills Branch Office, 160 Fort Couch Rd., Pittsburgh.
• May 25, AAA North Hills Branch Office, 4790 McKnight Rd., Ross.
• June 13, AAA Robinson Town Centre Branch Office, 1760 Park Manor Blvd., Pittsburgh.
• June 15, AAA Wexford Branch Office, 10548 Perry Highway, Wexford.
• June 20, AAA Monroeville Branch Office, 2725 Mosside Blvd, Monroeville.