{"id":565,"date":"2010-04-23T07:33:37","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T07:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=565"},"modified":"2010-04-23T07:33:37","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T07:33:37","slug":"french-number-plate-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/23\/french-number-plate-system\/","title":{"rendered":"French Number Plate System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>WHEN the French government decided to bring in new number plates, it  all seemed simple. Under the old system, car-owners had to change their  plates every time they moved from one <em>d\u00e9partement<\/em> to another.  Under the new rules, which came into effect last year, a licence plate  belongs to the car even if the owner changes address. As a logical  consequence, new plates would no longer display <em>d\u00e9partement <\/em>numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Yet this was to underestimate the fierce attachment of the French to  their <em>d\u00e9partements<\/em>, first created after the 1789 revolution.  Under the first version of the new plan, the <em>d\u00e9partement<\/em> number  was to have been an optional add-on. One argument, never quite made  explicit, was that this would enable drivers to avoid stigmatisation.  Those from certain rough <em>banlieues<\/em>, such as Seine-Saint-Denis,  north of Paris (93), have always been treated with extra suspicion by  the police. They could now choose to be less identifiable on the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHEN the French government decided to bring in new number plates, it all seemed simple. Under the old system, car-owners had to change their plates every time they moved from one d\u00e9partement to another. 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