Category: Car Reg Plate News

On our blog we will bring you all the latest car reg plate news as soon as it is announced, this is usually official communications from the DVLA regarding updates on the new styles of personalised number plates for sale every 6 months

Number Plate Shortgate – Kenya

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) said on Wednesday that it was not in a position to meet the demand for number plates until after next Tuesday, because the supplier–Kenya Prisons–was facing challenges in delivering the plates. This has led to congestion

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  • 19th Feb, 2010

Number Plate ‘7’ to be auctioned

The number plate 7 is to be offered for sale at an auction to be held at 4pm at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. It is being organised by the Abu Dhabi Police in collaboration with the

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  • 18th Feb, 2010

Switching Numberplates to Avoid Fines?

Nigel Roger Williams, 44, from Torquay, Devon, was photographed speeding in his MG ZR car on the A3022 in November 2007 by a Devon and Cornwall Safety Camera Partnership van. He denied it was his car, later supplying photographs of

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  • 18th Feb, 2010

New Numberplate System in April –

The current new car registration numbers start with the letter Y. It is estimated that Gauteng will have exhausted its number series by the end of October. On average, 43 000 vehicles are registered in Gauteng each month. The biggest

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  • 18th Feb, 2010

Numberplate Sticker Replacement – Queensland

It is reported that more than five million numberplate stickers provided to motorists during 2009 were starting to peel. The problem began after Queensland Transport’s contractor started using a different adhesive batch at the start of last year. The stickerless

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  • 18th Feb, 2010

car numberplate trivia – abbey road

Number plate trivia – The Volkswagen Beetle parked next to the zebra crossing on the Beatles’ iconic Abbey Road album sleeve, belonged to one of the people living in the apartment across from the recording studio. After the album came

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  • 17th Feb, 2010

DVLA withdraws offensive numberplates

An Oklahoma student is suing state officials for barring him from getting a personalised car numberplate reading “IM GAY”. Keith Kimmel, of the Oklahoma City Community College, says his First Amendment rights have been violated and that he will appeal

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  • 17th Feb, 2010

New car numberplate advertising regulations

“No ornamentation, figure or letter that is not a component of the standard equipment or construction of a vehicle, may appear within 150mm of the vehicle’s car number plate.” New regulations make it illegal to print any form of advertising

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  • 17th Feb, 2010

Cherished Car Numberplates for Georgia

The money actually represents a savings, said committee Chairman Jack Hill, R-Reidsville. Otherwise, senators would have been forced to add $1.2 million to the $17.4 billion amended budget recommended by Gov. Sonny Perdue to buy a new supply of traditional

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  • 17th Feb, 2010