"Public Security. The current plates are of the 2007 standard (GA36-2007), blue background and consist a one-character provincial abbreviation, a letter of the Latin alphabet corresponding to a certain city in the province, and five numbers or letters of the alphabet (e.g. 京A-12345, for a vehicle in Beijing or 粤B-12345 for a vehicle from Shenzhen in Guangdong province). The numbers are produced at random, and are computer-generated at the issuing office. (A previous registration plate system, with a green background and the full name of the province in Chinese characters, actually had a sequential numbering order, and the numbering system"
"Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom Vehicle registration plates are the mandatory alphanumeric plates used to display the ""registration mark"" of a vehicle, and have existed in the United Kingdom since 1903. It is compulsory for motor vehicles used on public roads to display vehicle registration plates, with the exception of vehicles of the reigning monarch used on official business. The Motor Car Act 1903, which came into force on 1 January 1904, required all motor vehicles to be entered on an official vehicle register, and to carry alphanumeric plates. The Act was passed in order that vehicles could"
"Act 1903, which came into force on 1 January 1904, required all motor vehicles to be entered on an official vehicle register, and to carry number plates. The Act was passed in order that vehicles could be easily traced in the event of an accident or contravention of the law. Vehicle registration number plates in the UK are rectangular or square in shape, with the exact permitted dimensions of the plate and its lettering set down in law. Within the UK itself there are currently two numbering and registration systems: one for the island of Great Britain, which is administered"
"purchasing, and try to circumvent the law by placing disclaimers on their websites. Despite these disclaimers, it is still not legal to produce any registration plates without seeing proof of identity of the purchaser (such as a driving licence), and proof of their connection to the registration (such as a V5C or retention certificate). Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom Vehicle registration plates are the mandatory alphanumeric plates used to display the ""registration mark"" of a vehicle, and have existed in the United Kingdom since 1903. It is compulsory for motor vehicles used on public roads to display vehicle"
"be easily traced in the event of an accident or contravention of the law. Vehicle registration alphanumeric plates in the UK are rectangular or square in shape, with the exact permitted dimensions of the plate and its lettering set down in law. Front plates are white, whereas back plates are yellow. Within the UK itself there are two systems: one for Great Britain, which dates from 2001, and another for Northern Ireland, which is similar to the original 1904 system. Both systems are administered by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in Swansea; until July 2014, Northern Ireland's system"
"the first state to issue plates. In Spain, the first law to define rules on non-animal vehicle traction was ""Real orden de 1897 de circulación de vehículos cuyo motor no sea la fuerza animal"" and the registration of vehicles was defined as a per province task in the ""Reglamento de 1900 para el servicio de coches automóviles por las carreteras"". First Spanish registration plate, PM-1, was a Clément-Talbot in 31 October 1900 in Palma de Majorca. From 1901 to 1905 256 vehicles were registered. UK plates were first required from 1 January 1904 by the 1903 Motor Car Act. The"
"Vehicle registration plates of British overseas territories Vehicle registration plates, commonly known as number plates, are the mandatory alphanumeric or numeric plates used to display the registration mark of a vehicle. Some of the British overseas territories, including Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands, use number plates similar to those of the UK, with the same colours and typeface. Some former British colonies which adopted British style number plates have continued with those customs, notable examples are Brunei, Cyprus, Guyana, Hong Kong, Kenya, Malaysia, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago and Tanzania. Gibraltar's number plates originally consisted of the letter 'G' and up"
"because of the desirability of a specific letter/number combination. The first series of number plates was issued in 1903 and ran until 1932, consisting of a one- or two-letter code followed by a sequence number from 1 to 9999. The code indicated the local authority in whose area the vehicle was registered. In England and Wales, these were initially allocated in order of population size (by the 1901 census) – thus codice_4 indicated London, codice_5 indicated Lancashire, codice_6 indicated the West Riding of Yorkshire and so on up to codice_7 indicating Somerset, then codice_8 indicated Hampshire, codice_9 indicated Worcestershire and"
"Vehicle registration plate A vehicle registration plate, also known as a number plate (British English) or a license plate (American English), is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes. All countries require registration plates for road vehicles such as cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Whether they are required for other vehicles, such as bicycles, boats, or tractors, may vary by jurisdiction. The registration identifier is a numeric or alphanumeric ID that uniquely identifies the vehicle owner within the issuing region's vehicle register. In some countries, the identifier is unique within the entire"
"on British plates. Plates from 2004 onwards are made of metal; between 1973 and 2004, they were made of plastic. A new law on vehicle registration plates came into force on 3 June 2013, altering the design. Plates made before that date are white on the front of the vehicle and yellow on the rear, whereas new plates are white both on the front and the rear and, in addition, carry the month and year the vehicle was first registered in any country. Replacing old plates with new ones has been made mandatory for motorcycles, taxis and lorries. Taxi plates"
"for use in an EEA State and which, when in use, offers a performance equivalent to that offered by a plate complying with the British Standard specification, and which, in either case, is marked with the number (or such other information as is necessary to permit identification) of that standard or specification."" Older British plates had white, grey or silver characters on a black background. This style of plate was phased out in 1972 and, until 2012, legal to be carried only on vehicles first registered before 1 January 1973. A vehicle which was first registered on or after 1"
"in 1903 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Soon after, other states followed suit, with virtually every state having adopted a form of registration plates by 1918. The first registration plates in the United States were made out of leather, rubber, iron, and porcelain, painted on the front in usually two different colors—one for the background and one for the lettering. This scheme held true for most states until about 1920. The front of the plate would usually contain the registration number in large digits, and in smaller lettering on one side of the plate, the two- or four-digit year number,"
"famed for having the registration A 1. This is frequently reported as being the first number plate issued in Britain, but it is not - it was, however, the first registration issued by the London County Council. ""Motoring Illustrated"" of 19 December 1903 reported that the London county Council started issuing numbers on 7 December 1903, whereas other authorities started before that date. From surviving records, the first number known to have been issued is Hastings' DY 1 issued on 23 November 1903. It is also frequently reported that the Earl queued all night to obtain the number and only"
"was administered by the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) in Coleraine, which had the same status as the DVLA. Other schemes relating to the UK are also listed below. The international vehicle registration code for the United Kingdom is GB (Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Number plates must be displayed in accordance with the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001. All vehicles manufactured after 1 January 1975 must display number plates of reflex-reflecting material, white at the front and yellow at the rear, with black characters. This type of reflecting plate was permitted as an option from 1968:"
"Vehicle registration plates of the Republic of Ireland In the Republic of Ireland, vehicle registration plates (commonly known as ""number plates"") are the visual indications of motor vehicle registration – officially termed ""index marks"" – which it has been mandatory since 1903 to display on most motor vehicles used on public roads in Ireland. The alphanumeric marks (or ""registration numbers"") themselves were issued by the local authority in which a vehicle is first registered. The current specification for number plates is the format YYY–CC–SSSSSS. Those issued from 1987 to 2012 had the format YY–CC–SSSSSS. The components are: Since 1991, the"
"special shaped mounting place, three-lined plates for cycles (except scooters with small two-line plates). A plate with a yellow background is used for public-use vehicles such as taxis or route buses. Single-line plates are the standard European size . Ukrainian vanity plates are unique in that purchasers may choose any image to be printed on the surface of plate, to the right of the characters. Vehicle registration plates, usually known as number plates, have existed in the United Kingdom since 1904. Most motor vehicles which are used on public roads are required by law to display them. The Motor Car"
"of vehicle registration plates on 26 April 1898 – the third country in the world to do so, after France in 1893 and Germany in 1896. A plate bearing the number 1 was issued to a Mr J. van Dam, who purchased the first 100% Dutch-built motorcar, which was manufactured at his own ""Groninger Motor-Rijtuigen Fabriek"". Plate numbers stayed with the owner, unlike the present system. From 1906, a new system used the format , where was a province code and a serial number. This system lasted until 1951, when the current system was introduced. The current Dutch licence plate"
"Vehicle registration plates of the Channel Islands Vehicle registration plates, commonly referred to as number plates, are the mandatory numeric or alphanumeric plates used to display the registration mark of a vehicle. The Crown dependencies of Guernsey and Jersey are outside the United Kingdom and the European Union, and have registration marks that are different from those used in the UK. Jersey registration plates consist of the letter 'J' followed by one to six digits; plates may now incorporate the coat of arms of Jersey in a white strip on the left, along with the country identifier GBJ (Great Britain"
"plates were simply drilled to have two holes and suspended with ropes going through them. In 1920 the first attempt to standardize vehicle registration plates was made. On June 13, 1920, a decree named ""About registration plates"" was published, which required all vehicles to install the frontal license plate on the left wing and the rear one on the backside. In 1927 the standardization has proceeded with the introduction of ""Rules of the All-Union Registry of cars and motorcycles"", which standardized the form of the plates, dimensions for front and rear plates, as well as those for motorcycles, the color"
"used in the UK. Thinner-looking variants are commonly used by SBS Transit buses, taxis and goods vehicles. Rarely, the FE-Schrift font used in Germany can be seen – though the use of this font is prohibited by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). A typical vehicle registration number comes in the format ""SKV 6201 B"": Private car licence plate numbers began in the early 1900s when Singapore was one of the four Straits Settlements, with a single prefix S for denoting Singapore, then adding a suffix letter S 'B' to S 'Y' for cars, but skipping a few like S 'A'"
"two, someone transcribing the plate may not know which symbol has which meaning, and the owner of plate EM6F9VO may get in trouble for something the owner of plate EM6F9V0 did. Other letter/number pairs, like I and 1, may be similarly problematic to a lesser degree. If the digit 0 is disallowed, then the combinations for each of these will be: If the letter O is disallowed, then the combinations for each of these will be: France was the first country to introduce the registration plate with the passage of the Paris Police Ordinance on August 14, 1893, followed by"
"registration mark rather than outright ownership of it.) A Jersey ""trader"" plate has white letters on a red background and is made of a flexible magnetic material. These plates are for use by a ""bona fide"" motor trader on any unregistered vehicle being used in connection with the business of that motor trader. Guernsey plates have been compulsory since 1908. Guernsey plates consist of up to five digits, with no letters. Plates may be either silver on a black background, or black on the white/yellow backgrounds as in the UK. An oval containing the letters GBG (Great Britain and Northern"
"to bear a plate with a number to cross the Parc de la Tête d'Or. In 1893, it became mandatory for all cars and carriages in France to have a plate with the name and address of the owner. Registration documents, called """" (""grey card""), were created in 1899. Following the rapid development of the motor vehicle at the end of the 19th century, French authorities adopted a nationwide registration system in 1901. The 11 September 1901 Circular created a regional system and registration plates contained three numbers followed by a letter identifying a region. In 1899, the Mining Administration"
"style mirrors that of Cyprus, the colour of the rear plate changing from yellow to white in 2013. The typeface used also changed to FE-Schrift, to be in line with Cyprus. Unlike Cyprus, the date of first registration is not shown. Vehicle registration plates of British overseas territories Vehicle registration plates, commonly known as number plates, are the mandatory alphanumeric or numeric plates used to display the registration mark of a vehicle. Some of the British overseas territories, including Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands, use number plates similar to those of the UK, with the same colours and typeface. Some"
"Vehicle registration plates of the Isle of Man Vehicle registration began in the Isle of Man on 1 January 1906, following the Highways Act Amendment Act 1905. Initially, number plates started with the letters 'MN' followed by up to four digits. In March 1935, the prefix 'MAN' came into use, followed by up to three digits, and in April 1936 a further three-letter scheme was introduced, placing a serial letter before the 'MN' code (giving the range BMN-1 to YMN-999). In May 1959, the scheme changed to allow the digits to precede the letters, starting with the range 1-MN to"
"Germany in 1896. The Netherlands was the first country to introduce a national registration plate, called a ""driving permit"", in 1898. Initially these plates were just sequentially numbered, starting at 1, but this was changed in 1906. In the U.S., where each state issues plates, New York State has required plates since 1903 (black numerals on a white background) after first requiring in 1901 that only the owner's initials be clearly visible on the back of the vehicle. At first, plates were not government issued in most jurisdictions and motorists were obliged to make their own. In 1903, Massachusetts was"
"Vehicle registration plates of Alabama The U.S. state of Alabama has issued license plates for motor vehicles since 1911. Some Alabama municipalities issued their own license plates for horse-drawn vehicles as well as automobiles prior to 1911. The earliest known plate is a bronze plate, ""No. 1"", issued by the city of Bessemer on a two-horse wagon in 1901, while the earliest known plate for an automobile is a 1906 dash plate issued by the city of Birmingham, originally assigned to a 1904 6-cylinder Ford. Between 1909 and 1911, Birmingham and Mobile issued annual plates made of porcelain-coated steel, while"
"enhance the appearance of the ""word"". UK legislation can require a fine of up to £1000 per offense in the case of an illegally altered registration index mark. The highest price paid for a personal number plate in Britain was once £440,000 for car registration ""F1"" sold at auction in January 2008, but this record was broken in November 2014, when a buyer purchased number plate ""25 0"" for £518,000 at a DVLA auction. The world record for the most expensive registration plate is US$14 million. The registration plate ""1"" was bought at an auction in Abu Dhabi. Some registration"
"assigned only in the case of damage, loss, or theft of a registration plate. From 2017 there is possibility of custom registrations plates. These have format XXX-XXXXX (one more character than ordinary plate) and must contain at least one number. Letters ""G, CH, O, Q"" and ""W"" are forbidden. This system was introduced in Czechoslovakia in 1932. The first letters are represented by region. X-NN-NNN, white on black X-NNNNN, black on white This system was introduced in Czechoslovakia in 1960. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Slovak Republic introduced a new system of car registration plates in 1997 while the"
"must self-certify their continued fitness to drive. Forklift trucks require a separate licence, issued by third-party training companies rather than the DVLA or DSA. The Union Flag has been included on UK licences since July 2015. Driver registration was introduced in 1903 with the Motor Car Act. Holders of the sulphur-yellow coloured document were entitled to ""drive a motor car or motor cycle"". The wording was changed in 1930 after which holders were allowed to ""drive or steer a motor car or to drive a motor cycle"". Shortly afterwards, the document cover was changed to a dark red colour. Holders"
"the plate's format does not meet the requirements, and the vehicle will fail the mandatory periodic National Car Test. A vehicle's number plate is determined when it is first registered, the county/city code being taken from the first owner's postal address. Registration remains fixed on the one vehicle until it is de-registered (exported, destroyed, etc.), and cannot be transferred to other vehicles. Sequence numbers may be reserved on completion of form VRT15A and payment of €1,000. Thus, for example, in the year 2008, Lord Mayor Cllr. Paddy Bourke, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, was entitled to receive the registration plate"
"UK. The codice_66 plate was originally owned by Sir John MacDonald, the Lord Kingsburgh and was Edinburgh's first ever number plate. Within the space of two years the codice_66 plate sold for £65,500 more than the codice_69 plate that sold at auction in Goodwood on 7 July 2006. Registrations codice_70, codice_71 (Originally a Republic of Ireland plate from Kilkenny (IP)codice_72, codice_73 and codice_74 are also marked as considerably expensive plates that have sold publicly in excess of six figures. In the Second World War, vehicles of the British Army had number plates such as codice_75 and those of the Royal"
"United Kingdom aircraft registration United Kingdom aircraft registration is a register and means of identification for British owned and operated commercial and private aircraft, they are identified by registration letters starting with the prefix G-. An aircraft registration is a unique alphanumeric string that identifies a civil aircraft, in similar fashion to a number plate on a vehicle. The letter Q has not been used since the issue of G-EBTQ in 1927 (although a few historic aircraft still maintain registrations with this letter), and the CAA also disallows combinations that may be offensive. In accordance with the Convention on International"