Well, let's break it down. Since there are 26 letters in the alphabet, and we're excluding "O" and "I," we have 24 letters to choose from for the first two positions. That gives us 24 * 24 = 576 possible combinations for the letters.
As for the last four positions, we have ten digits to choose from (0-9). So there are 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 = 10,000 possible combinations for the digits.
To get the total number of distinct license plates, we multiply the number of combinations for the letters by the number of combinations for the digits: 576 * 10,000 = 5,760,000.
So, in this state, there are 5,760,000 distinct license plates that can be formed. That's a lot of cars to keep track of!