Author: Jon Cherry
Jon Cherry is a Director of leading personalised number plate dealer Regplates.com. Jon has over 25 years industry experience handling some of the most expensive plates ever sold with many high profile and celebrity clients. Active since 1991 in the number plate industry, Jon is currently Chairman of the Cherished Numbers Guild, a trade body representing number plate dealers in the UK. Jon has written many articles on the industry and insight into the future of numberplates and the market as a whole.

Record Prices At Dubai Car Registration Number Auction

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) raised a whopping Dh12 million by selling 92 distinguished vehicle number plates at its 68th auction held recently. The auction conducted by the RTA’s Licensing Agency at its main auditorium, saw the participation of

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  • 24th Aug, 2010

Sweden Halts Offensive Car Reg

A mucky-minded motorist has been refused the number plate of his dreams after being told FCKU2MF is too offensive. The Swedish Transport Agency disappointed a man from Stockholm by giving the thumbs down to the risqué registration. The Transportstyrelsen group

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  • 18th Aug, 2010

North Carolina WTF Numberplates

Earlier this summer, New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority announced that it would be rearranging some of its subway signs because they resembled a slightly naughty bit of internet slang. The signage for the F, M, and L lines read

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  • 18th Aug, 2010

Rough Rider Number Plates For Bikers

Since the release of Roughrider personalized number plates in Saskatchewan three months ago, SGI has already received more than 12,000 orders from fans. Lloydminster MLA and minister responsible for SGI said he is pleased the plates caught on so quickly.

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  • 18th Aug, 2010

Mumbai High Tech Numberplates

The registration number plate of your car will soon have RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology, which will make it easier for the RTO and traffic police to get details about you and your car even from 300 ft away. Transport

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  • 17th Aug, 2010

Number Plate of the Beast!

A Scottish pensioner accused of careless driving was acquitted following a court hearing, which bizarrely centred on her car registration bearing the ‘number of the beast’. Skye guesthouse owner Sally Phelps had been accused of driving too close to a

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  • 17th Aug, 2010

Cape Cod Number Plates

The Cape & Islands plate has been around since 1996, featuring the Nauset lighthouse in Eastham. Proceeds from the special plate fees are supposed to go towards economic development on the Cape & Islands.  $28 out of the $50 Special Plate

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  • 17th Aug, 2010

Car News – Highest parking Fines?

Wealthy supercar owners who brazenly flout parking rules owe millions of pounds in unpaid fines to London councils. Foreign-registered Bugattis, Lamborghinis and Ferraris — many flown in from the Middle East by private jet for the summer — have become

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  • 17th Aug, 2010

DVLA Auction

Another dvla cherished number plate auction has now completed with many personalised plates aquired for clients and for stock. Check our website at Regplates.com to view the list of registrations offered at our next auction. Jon CherryJon Cherry is a Director

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  • 6th Aug, 2010

DMV Registration Plate Sticker Changes

If you live in Connecticut, the next time you peel and scrape that registration sticker off your windshield will likely be the last. Starting Aug. 1, motor vehicle registration stickers in the state could be moot, thanks to a decision by

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  • 14th Jul, 2010