1.   How does it happen that an auto writer winds up with a new vehicle with expired plates?

2.   But it looked as if Desormeaux might be driving with an expired plate when the horses were midway through the final turn.

3.   Mason said the car was left at the airport with expired New Jersey plates, rather than the Vermont tags it had when seen in Amherst.

4.   They let her get away with driving a Mercury Capri convertible with expired Florida plates.