yesmad Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Do you think that there will be new plates from Sept next year? cos they will not be able to have 510 as there isn't the room on the number plate and they cannot alter the size of the plate or the font without passing a new law. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAB Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I believe e.g. 01 + 10 goes to 11 and 51 + 10 goes to 61 Simple? Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philman Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I think they will be 10 and 60 for 2010 and the following year 2011 they will be 11 and 61. Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithl Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Clive, you have arrived at the right answer but possibly by the wrong route. You use the year for the March number and then add 50 to the year for the September number. So March 2010 is 10 and September becomes 60. And then for 2011 March is 11 and September 61. Hers a Link to a site I've just found. Keith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Yes, that's how it was explained when the present system came in, late in 2001. So it'll run for 50 yrs. First half of 2050 will be 50, but 2nd half will need a new system as they've used 51 already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesmad Posted November 26, 2009 Author Share Posted November 26, 2009 That's a great link and it does explain the madness of our number plate system. As a retired police officer, what I would like to see from a reg number is that owner of the vehicle has a unique number and that when you change your car you put your number onto your new vehicle, much like personalized number plates. The system that we have always had is that the vehicle is registered to one place at one point in time so you could buy a car in Scotland one day and the next move to the south of England, what use is that and why do we need to have two dates of registration it just beggars belief to me, still that's my moan over and done with and I have learnt something in the process. Happy camping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 yesmad - 2009-11-26 8:13 PM That's a great link and it does explain the madness of our number plate system. As a retired police officer, what I would like to see from a reg number is that owner of the vehicle has a unique number and that when you change your car you put your number onto your new vehicle, much like personalized number plates. I have 12 vehicles at last count, how would that work? The system that we have always had is that the vehicle is registered to one place at one point in time so you could buy a car in Scotland one day and the next move to the south of England, what use is that For some unknown reason the police where keen on a location based system. and why do we need to have two dates of registration it just beggars belief to me, still that's my moan over and done with and I have learnt something in the process. Happy camping. Thats the 'trades' fault, very first year letters where at beginning of year 'they' had it moved to august a slow sales month, with the new system 'they' wanted two year markers to spread/increase sales. See you've learnt a little more :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I think the DVLA also like the current system because they can make up various 'names' with it and get loads of dosh from people who like personalised reg plates! A work colleague bought personalised reg numbers (ie initials) for her and her partner ... and her 1 year old son!!! Why????????? By the time he gets to drive a car it'll have changed again!!!! 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I believe the Belgians have a "personal" system, which is why you sometimes see battered, old-looking plates on new-looking cars there. Multiple ownership shouldn't be a problem - the same person is responsible, so it really doesn't mattter which of their vehicles was doing 32mph. But I don't know how it works for fleet/company/hire cars etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Moore Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 New Zealand has an even more interesting system - you just make up your own registration which is then yours for life - can be any combination of letters and numbers as long as it doesn't exceed a certain size and no one else has it. As for our own system, when the current series expires all they have to do is reverse the order and have three letters at the front and two "county" numbers at the end. That gives another 50 years or so by which time they'll probably be back to horses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Surely the whole point of a registration is that it is unique so why should it matter where you register it. When you sign up for skype you have a unique caller name which can be accessed from anywhere in the world. So come on you people who make things difficult for no real purpose, other than to keep civil servants in work. Oh no don`t get me started on that one!!!! Roy Fuller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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