License Plates
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seb89
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Re: European license plates
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! Last weekend there as an European Open in my town, and I've seen a Norwegian one 
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I did
! Last weekend there as an European Open in my town, and I've seen a Norwegian one !
Morty
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I've seen plates from pretty much all European countries. The ones I don't think I've ever seen live is Albania, Alderney, Gibraltar, Malta, Montenegro, Serbia and the Vatican City.
I've seen plates from pretty much all European countries. The ones I don't think I've ever seen live is Albania, Alderney, Gibraltar, Malta, Montenegro, Serbia and the Vatican City.
doctormalisimo
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This is a typical NI plate:
Note the lack of any country identifier, probably because GB (or IRL) would cause offence here because people get so upset about anything British or Irish....
The GB is only found on English, Welsh and Scottish (ie Great Britain) cars. Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Gibraltar etc all have their own unique licence plate sequences and codes.
This is a typical NI plate:
Note the lack of any country identifier, probably because GB (or IRL) would cause offence here because people get so upset about anything British or Irish....
Morty
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Makes sense. However, some actually do seem to have country identifiers even in Northern Ireland, and it looks like they use GB: Olav's British number plates. Page 9. License plates of the United Kingdom
I'm assuming they're quite rare tho...
The GB is only found on English, Welsh and Scottish (ie Great Britain) cars. Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Gibraltar etc all have their own unique licence plate sequences and codes.
This is a typical NI plate:
Note the lack of any country identifier, probably because GB (or IRL) would cause offence here because people get so upset about anything British or Irish....
Makes sense. However, some actually do seem to have country identifiers even in Northern Ireland, and it looks like they use GB: Olav's British number plates. Page 9. License plates of the United Kingdom
I'm assuming they're quite rare tho...
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Yeah! Here in Portugal there's a lot of, , , and even
It's one of the things I do when I'm bored in the car - I look at the other cars plates to see how many tourists we have (Don't worry I'm not the one driving)
Yeah! Here in Portugal there's a lot of
, , , and even It's one of the things I do when I'm bored in the car - I look at the other cars plates to see how many tourists we have (Don't worry I'm not the one driving
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doctormalisimo
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yeah. There's certain areas in Northern Ireland you wouldnt dare drive local a car through with a big GB tag on it...
yeah. There's certain areas in Northern Ireland you wouldnt dare drive local a car through with a big GB tag on it...
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Re: European license plates
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Swedish ones, both front and back:
Three random letters followed by three random numbers. No indication of region, province or county sadly. Plates without the EU stripe are still fairly common, and maybe 5-7 years ago the EU plates were quite rare. There used to be an obligatory date sticker in the center of the rear plate up until just a few years ago, but that has now been abolished.
The old Swedish plates used between 1906-1973:
The first letter indicated what county the car was from (Stockholm in this case). The numbers were random as far as I know.
By the way, why not make this topic about license plates all around the world? We have non-European members as well.
Swedish ones, both front and back:
Three random letters followed by three random numbers. No indication of region, province or county sadly. Plates without the EU stripe are still fairly common, and maybe 5-7 years ago the EU plates were quite rare. There used to be an obligatory date sticker in the center of the rear plate up until just a few years ago, but that has now been abolished.
The old Swedish plates used between 1906-1973:
The first letter indicated what county the car was from (Stockholm in this case). The numbers were random as far as I know.
By the way, why not make this topic about license plates all around the world? We have non-European members as well.
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In the UK up north you don't get many foreign number plates but I have seen some Polish, Romanian, danish, german & Norweigan cars, but not many. When I go down south however, I see a lot of dutch and french cars. and a lot of Lithuanian, Polish, Ukrainian, russian, Germany, french, Spanish, Austrian, Latvian, Danish, Swedish lorries. plus more.
Current license plate in my province of Ontario:
In the top right corner is the validation sticker, it is affixed to the rear plate and must be renewed annually before the owner's birthdate the next year. For my dad for example, his plate has a sticker marked "JAN 15", meaning it's valid until January 28, 2015
In the top right corner is the validation sticker, it is affixed to the rear plate and must be renewed annually before the owner's birthdate the next year. For my dad for example, his plate has a sticker marked "JAN 15", meaning it's valid until January 28, 2015
Sultana
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here it looks this way ( I found picture in google)
first letter and two after the number are the serial code they are random as usually in every country
three numbers are registered code
rus and flag - country
and 177 is a region code where this plate was registered
for example 77 and 177 are for Moscow
74 and 174 are for Chelyabinsk Region and etc
r3gg13
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Current standard California licence plates look like this:
Size-wise, it's the same as any other North American licence plate. Taller, but leaner than its European counterparts.
There's no city / area designation on the plates. The alpha-numeric combination just tells you the order of registration. Each number and letter just represent the order in which the car is matriculated. So, the car registered before this particular one would be 6VBV764, and the one after would be 6VBV765. Easy peasy
The sticker on the top left tells you the month the car was first registered. The sticker on top right shows you the proof of registration for a particular year.
Vanity plates also exist for a bit more money (where you can have whatever you please on your plate so long as the combination is still available and is not deemed as offensive by the DMV) such as these:
Size-wise, it's the same as any other North American licence plate. Taller, but leaner than its European counterparts.
There's no city / area designation on the plates. The alpha-numeric combination just tells you the order of registration. Each number and letter just represent the order in which the car is matriculated. So, the car registered before this particular one would be 6VBV764, and the one after would be 6VBV765. Easy peasy
The sticker on the top left tells you the month the car was first registered. The sticker on top right shows you the proof of registration for a particular year.
Vanity plates also exist for a bit more money (where you can have whatever you please on your plate so long as the combination is still available and is not deemed as offensive by the DMV) such as these:
Morty
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American plates are really great. I have 3 of them on my wall, 2 from Illinois, and 1 from New Jersey. All of them are pretty old tho, so no fancy decorations, unfortunately.
I have 3 of them on my wall, 2 from Illinois, and 1 from New Jersey. All of them are pretty old tho, so no fancy decorations, unfortunately.r3gg13
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Ash and Mort, I personally love New Mexico's plates. They're really nice and simple. The color scheme is just fantastic, especially in person.
I personally have German license plates underneath my California plates! It makes me feel smug and cool
I personally have German license plates underneath my California plates! It makes me feel smug and cool
you only have them on the back right? it's fun looking at the front because occasionally some people have weird things on the front number plate, I remember one I saw saying something like I Love Pie. Laughed a little
r3gg13
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you only have them on the back right? it's fun looking at the front because occasionally some people have weird things on the front number plate, I remember one I saw saying something like I Love Pie. Laughed a little
It depends on the state; a good 3/4 of the states don't require it. California technically requires you to have a front license plate, but it is rarely enforced. My dad's car, for instance, does not even have a license plate mount on its front bumper. So, he can't even put one even if he wanted to.
Yeah, people do put a random assortment of things as their "front plates" like something that has their favorite football team's logo, an EU style American license plates (like these ones), etc.
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Re: European license plates
Are you sure, I see many like this on our roads these days?
Before, we used to have plates with...
Are you sure, I see many like this on our roads these days?