Get set for new number plates

Gauteng transport MEC Bheki Nkosi says his department wants at least 200000 vehicles to have the new aluminium number plates by the end of next month and all Gauteng cars to have them by 2013.
The new hi-tech plates have two letters, two numbers and then two more letters followed by GP. They are permanently affixed [...]

Understand your car’s number plate

It might look like a random collection of letters and numbers, but there is actually logic behind the number plate on your car.
From today, the format is changing slightly. Here is our guide to making sense of it all.
What is happening?
2010 marks the first big change for the new style of registration plate. Until [...]

The New 60 Plate Cars

This September marks a significant moment in number plates – the introduction of the ‘60’ plate.
It will see thousands of buyers flock to showrooms to buy their next new car on the latest number plate.
But what does the ‘60’ number plate really mean? We tell all in our complete guide to the new number plate [...]

New number plates out

NEW number plates have become the in-thing and it will be compulsory to change them within one year.
The new plates expire after five years when they have to be renewed.
There are over 480 000 vehicles in every region and about 180 330 vehicles in the country thus the reason they are giving Swazis a year [...]

MA license plate lottery deadline looms

BOSTON, Mass. (WPRI) – Massachusetts residents have one more chance to register for a low-number license plate.
Monday is the last day to enter the annual lottery.
All entries must be mailed and postmarked by Tuesday, August 10.
The drawing is scheduled for August 28 at the Larz Anderson Museum in Brookline.
The agency is making 179 of the [...]

Added digit for new Alberta licence plates

Alberta licence plates will soon carry an extra digit. The province has run out of the three-number and three-letter combination, so a seventh character will be added to future plates.
The new plates will be circulation in the next few days. Registry offices will order the new stock once the old ones are used up.
The current [...]

Intelligent number plates for Gauteng

With the imminent launch of Gauteng’s intelligent number plate project (iNP), the foremost question on the minds of vehicle owners has to be: is another expensive system really necessary?
In truth, once the benefits of the iNP have been analysed, the answer is yes. If that’s the case, what are the benefits and what is iNP [...]

New license plates may create more work for police

The state of Indiana announced its adding 11 new plates for drivers to choose from, but that may mean more work for police.
Officers say the different plates use to have two letters to designate the type of plate, but due to demand not all plates have those two letters.
Also, when people call in a plate [...]

Sri Lanka to issue number plates for vehicles with three English letters

Colombo: Sri Lanka Department of Motor Vehicles has decided to begin issuing number plates with three English letters for the newly registered vehicles soon.
This was were revealed when the new Minister of Transport Kumara Welgama visited the office of the Department of Motor Vehicles today.
Sri Lanka began using two English letters instead of the Sinhala [...]

New registration plates for Limpopo

MOTORISTS in Limpopo will be in for a tough time as the provincial roads and transport department plans to replace current registration plates with new ones.
Motorists will have to dig deep into their pockets to pay for the new plates from early next year. This will be the fifth time vehicle number plates will be [...]