Informal Poll Here in the BattleGround State of PA

[wolf]

Then they'd just steal the whole damn plate.

And the state would lose the extra bucks from vanity plate and specialty plate sales.

The current placement of the registration sticker allows it to be easily visible to the fuzz when the sneak up on you, keeps the state from having to reissue the metal plates every year (I remember growing up in Illinois, where they DID send you a new plate every year. And a matching keychain so you'd be able to find your plate number when they called you on the PA in the grocery store to tell you your lights were on).

Also, the corner placement (which is now static rather than odd-year-left, even-year right, as was the case on the old blue on yellow series plates, although I have seen people who still try to paste the stickers in the 'correct' corners) makes it possible for you to have a license plate frame that covers the sticker fully or partially, and gives cops a reason other than "faulty taillight" to pull you over when they need to write some citations for revenue generation.