Confused number plates?

[cyclone]

Ok. Forgive me but as a American I am confused by what the different plate numbers Mr. Bird Poo #11, Dutchgirl #61, mean:confused:

[Den]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle...Current_system
this is the system we use in the uk. its probably easier for you to read that than for me to try and explain

[Arlow]

Ok. Forgive me but as a American I am confused by what the different plate numbers Mr. Bird Poo #11, Dutchgirl #61, mean:confused:

The UK number plate system works a follows:

1st March until 31st August the numbers are the year, i.e. 11 for 2011.
1st September until 28/29 February the numbers are the year + 50, i.e 61 for Sept 2011 - Feb 2012

The full plate is made up of 2 letters that are assigned to the area the car is registered, 2 numbers designating which part of the year the car was registered and then 3 random letters.

This website explains it quite well.

[cyclone]

Thank you both now I get it.

[Den]

im glad you do because i think its stupid and overly complicated

[Woolsy]

took my mrs years to work it out after having explained it several times lol

[cyclone]

Well all I was interested in was what the # mean. 1st half and 2nd half of the given year simple, silly but simple.

[Bigfeet]

The plates break down in this way;

The first two letters tell you the area and which DVLA office reg'ed the car
The first number is the tell what part of the year the car was reg'ed in
The second number is the year identifier i.e 2010, 2011, 2012
And the last three letters are random.

So SY60 UAF (Boo's reg) would tell us that her car was reg'ed in Scotland at Inverness, after September the 1st 2010 but before March the 1st 2011.

The system is very easy to use and understand.

[DaveB]

The first two letters tell you the area and which DVLA office reg'ed the car

It is also possible to choose your own letters if want a vanity plate. For example, some friends of ours had "JH", which was the wife's initials.

[Petewete]

personally, i prefer the way we do it here in Northern Ireland, (no offence but i think NI numbers look better than most GB ones)

[ZACK]

(no offence but i think NI numbers look better than most GB ones)

I Agree lol

[mix]

I've just read the Northern Ireland section of the Vehicle Registration Plate page on wikipedia and I am so confused about the NI method.

I personally think that Guernsey have the best number plates!

[Petewete]

i worked in the belfast tax office for like 4 years from October 2006 so maybe it seems a bit more straight forward for me lol! for example, the current Belfast reg is GFZ and all reg series' run from 1 - 9999 (when I started there it was JEZ), basically if someone came in and got a car registered, they would just get the next number on the list. we'll go with say GFZ 9587, the next person gets GFZ 9588 and so on. certain numbers are kept and sold at auction (same as DVLA) numbers 1-1000 are all auctioned, aswell as all other '000 numbers. consecutive numbers like 1234, 4567 etc, and double numbers like 5566 or 5577.also things like 5301, would be auctioned as someone with a BMW 530i, for example may want to buy it. same goes for numbers that could be used as years of birth, 19..

Then when the last GFZ number is taken, the next belfast reg series will be HFZ.
The reg i have on my car however (NIB 7000) didn't have to be paid for as at that stage the numbers were not auctioned off and it came on our 1990 rover 214!

hopefully that will make sense to atleast one person and then that wont have wasted any of my time!

[HarroDS3]

The plates break down in this way;

The first two letters tell you the area and which DVLA office reg'ed the car
The first number is the tell what part of the year the car was reg'ed in
The second number is the year identifier i.e 2010, 2011, 2012
And the last three letters are random.

So SY60 UAF (Boo's reg) would tell us that her car was reg'ed in Scotland at Inverness, after September the 1st 2010 but before March the 1st 2011.

The system is very easy to use and understand.

If the first 2 letters tell you where it was reg'ed, then where was mine reg'ed with DG61 lol???

[Petewete]

If the first 2 letters tell you where it was reg'ed, then where was mine reg'ed with DG61 lol???

Chester?!