Year: 2010

SIMI Number plate changes

The motor industry plans to lobby the government to change the registration system for new cars to avoid the concentration of sales in January each year. Industry figures believe that a new number plate system would help to spread business

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  • 11th Jan, 2010

Number Plate Scanners

A controversial tool police say helps catch stolen cars and dangerous drivers could become a common sight on Island roads. But civil liberties advocates worry that automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) technology lends itself too easily to misuse and abuse.

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  • 11th Jan, 2010

Hurdles Number Plate

Commonwealth Games medal hopeful Rebecca Wardell has come up with a novel way of giving her campaign budget a much-needed leg-up – selling off her prized personalised number plate. Wardell is chasing a medal in the heptathlon at this year’s

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  • 11th Jan, 2010

Car Registration on rise in UK

Soft interest rate regime and discounts offered by manufactures pushed demand in the automobile segment in UK with new car registration in the country witnessing 39 percent rise on year-on-year basis. However, prospective tightening of monetary policy has prompted industry

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  • 11th Jan, 2010

Number Plates as an alternative investment

Investing in car registration plates may seem like an unorthodox way of making money and a considerable statement in the process. Nevertheless, hundreds of investors and drivers now choose to purchase car registration plates with significant future returns available. The

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  • 11th Jan, 2010

Road Safety News

Dr Will Murray and Paul Gallemore outline the key stages and lessons of one company’s efforts to improve its management of occupational road safety. The potential of occupational road-risk management to help reduce harm to humans and assets, generate business

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  • 7th Jan, 2010

Eric Morecambes Cherished Number Rescued!

Eric Morecambe’s 1971 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow has been spared from the scrapheap at the last minute. Peter Yates, who runs a wedding car firm in Morecambe, spotted the car in a Shrewsbury junkyard just 24 hours before it was due

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  • 7th Jan, 2010

Number Plate News, Zimbabwe

Harare — MOTORISTS who fail to change over from old to new vehicle registration number plates introduced by the Government risk having their cars confiscated by the State. According to the new Government regulation, all vehicles displaying the old licence

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  • 7th Jan, 2010

State unveiling ENMU license plate

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division will issue two special license plates this week in recognition of the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell and Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. “This is a great opportunity to

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  • 6th Jan, 2010

Acrylic Number Plates

Acrylic number plates sigify the registration mark of a vehicle. They can be made of different materials, but more commonly seen are metals and acrylics. But as to how the standard specifications on the use, make and display guidelines of

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  • 6th Jan, 2010