--- title: Fake Cardboard License Plate Lands New York Woman in Jail description: Woman jailed for driving around with a fake cardboard blue and orange license plate on the back of her car. canonical: https://time.com/4247974/fake-cardboard-new-york-state-license-plate/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-04T18:37:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:44.388Z og:title: Woman Arrested After Driving Car With Cardboard License Plate og:description: Woman jailed for driving around with a fake cardboard blue and orange license plate on the back of her car. og:url: https://time.com/4247974/fake-cardboard-new-york-state-license-plate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc7a9332bf1cf86e/698880462dce0170609e80e7/odd-fake-license-plat_waxm.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ODD Fake License Plate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Woman Arrested After Driving Car With Cardboard License Plate twitter:description: Woman jailed for driving around with a fake cardboard blue and orange license plate on the back of her car. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc7a9332bf1cf86e/698880462dce0170609e80e7/odd-fake-license-plat_waxm.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Woman Arrested After Driving Car With Cardboard License Plate  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 4, 2016 6:37 PM UTC  This photo provided by the Erie County Sheriff's Office shows a homemade New York state license plate. This photo provided by the Erie County Sheriff's Office shows a homemade New York state license plate.Erie County Sheriff's Office—AP  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 4, 2016 6:37 PM UTC Police arrested a woman just outside Buffalo, N.Y., on Wednesday for driving around with a painted cardboard version of a New York state license plate on the back of her car. Authorities pulled over Amanda Schweickert, 28, of Sardinia, N.Y. when they noticed her vehicle did not have a front license plate. She had also been driving without insurance and a “suspended registration,” [the Erie County Sheriff’s Office said](https://www.facebook.com/topic/Springville-New-York/104100199626286?source=wtfrt&position=9&trqid=6258244307286841777). According to a statement on the department’s Facebook page: --- > “” --- Another view of the cardboard plate seized by the cops: Fake Cardboard License Plate Lands New York Woman in Jail ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4247974/fake-cardboard-new-york-state-license-plate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4247974/fake-cardboard-new-york-state-license-plate/"},"headline":"Woman Arrested After Driving Car With Cardboard License Plate","datePublished":"2016-03-04T18:37:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:44.388Z","description":"It almost gets the shape of the state right","url":"https://time.com/4247974/fake-cardboard-new-york-state-license-plate/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc7a9332bf1cf86e/698880462dce0170609e80e7/odd-fake-license-plat_waxm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc7a9332bf1cf86e/698880462dce0170609e80e7/odd-fake-license-plat_waxm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ODD Fake License Plate","caption":"ODD Fake License Plate","creditText":"Erie County Sheriff's Office—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4247974/fake-cardboard-new-york-state-license-plate/","name":"Woman Arrested After Driving Car With Cardboard License Plate"}}]}] ```