FC: Y2K strikes Maine DMV, turns cars into "horseless carriages"

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 10:57:24 -0400 (EDT)
> From: John Sonderman <jsonder () chele cais net>
> To: declan () well com
> Subject: Y2k Strikes Maine DMV
>
> Maine's Y2K Glitch Cranks Up 'Horseless Carriage' Car Titles
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-10/13/123l-101399-idx.html
>
> Associated Press
> Wednesday, October 13, 1999; Page A02 
>
> PORTLAND, Maine, Oct. 12The state government got its first Y2K surprise
> months early when owners of 2000 model cars and trucks received titles
> identifying their new vehicles as "horseless carriages."
>
> [...]
>
> Because the computer read the model year as 1900, the titles were printed
> with the "horseless carriage" designation used for vintage vehicles
> produced before 1916, said Secretary of State Dan A. Gwadosky, whose
> office oversees licensing and registration of vehicles. About 800
> passenger car titles and about 1,200 tractor-trailer titles were issued
> with the error, Gwadosky said.
>
> [...]

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