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I never put this in my other post like I meant to. I was curious as to how the license plates in England, France etc. are read to indicate where they are from, expiring, stuff like that. Any info you can give is appreciated. :)

it works like this in the U.K. Europe? They don't even speak english :eek:

The 'old' format of say L333TGJ = L is the year(s) ie; 09/93 to 09/94. 333= just how far they've gone since the number 1. TGJ is the local coding for the vehicle registration office (VRO) to find that out you need a book issued by DVLA (driver & vehicle licencing agency).

The one before that was TGJ333L and all they did in 1984 was reverse this one to make the one above which was in use for all new registered cars up until march 2001.

Now we have this format, LF54TGJ. LF is the VRO code (still need a book) 54= 09/04 to 28/29 FEB 05 the it'l be 05. TGJ is now the identifier and unique to that car and will not be found on another LF54 reg plate. Basically 0 means ZERO and 5 indicates the number 9.
So it started in march 2001 as 01 and then in september it went to 51. So now you know simple heh!

WE don't need to renew the plates annually. Our road 'tax' or Road Fund Licence, (to give it its correct name) is a little paper disc in the front screen and you buy it at the Post office....Good heh :rolleyes:

I couldn't of explained it better myself :confused: :D

Thanks. Now I can understand the tags on my Bond Vanquish diecast, besides the pictures in articles in Car and Driver and Motortrend. :)

[QUOTE=fatboyjim154]it works like this in the U.K. Europe? They don't even speak english :eek:

The 'old' format of say L333TGJ = L is the year(s) ie; 09/93 to 09/94. 333= just how far they've gone since the number 1. TGJ is the local coding for the vehicle registration office (VRO) to find that out you need a book issued by DVLA (driver & vehicle licencing agency).

The one before that was TGJ333L and all they did in 1984 was reverse this one to make the one above which was in use for all new registered cars up until march 2001.

Now we have this format, LF54TGJ. LF is the VRO code (still need a book) 54= 09/04 to 28/29 FEB 05 the it'l be 05. TGJ is now the identifier and unique to that car and will not be found on another LF54 reg plate. Basically 0 means ZERO and 5 indicates the number 9.
So it started in march 2001 as 01 and then in september it went to 51. So now you know simple heh!

WE don't need to renew the plates annually. Our road 'tax' or Road Fund Licence, (to give it its correct name) is a little paper disc in the front screen and you buy it at the Post office....Good heh QUOTE]

I have no idea what you just said. Perfect. :D

In Norway, a license plate is made up from 2 letters and 5 numbers (AB12345). The letters are coded to what district the car is originally registered, and the number is simply the number that car is from the district. When they get to 99999, a new letter combo is assigned to the district. Also, they start at 10000, so nothing under that. Motorcycles, trailers, and tractors have the same, but with 4 numbers.

Clear as mud Jim, well put :D

This link to the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency/DVLA gives details about Mainland UK number plates:

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/vehicles.htm

This site also seems to be helpful:

http://www.centralreg.co.uk/platestyles.php

And this is what Northern Irish number plates look like:

http://www.vrm-group.co.uk/registration-marks/reg_irish.htm

Crustacean.

in france for example it s like that 730 FLF 75
730 for the issued number of the car
FLF is the serie number of the car
75 is the region 75 is paris

Clear as mud Jim, well put :D

I couldn't have said it better.

it works like this in the U.K. Europe? They don't even speak english

The 'old' format of say L333TGJ = L is the year(s) ie; 09/93 to 09/94. 333= just how far they've gone since the number 1. TGJ is the local coding for the vehicle registration office (VRO) to find that out you need a book issued by DVLA (driver & vehicle licencing agency).

The one before that was TGJ333L and all they did in 1984 was reverse this one to make the one above which was in use for all new registered cars up until march 2001.

Now we have this format, LF54TGJ. LF is the VRO code (still need a book) 54= 09/04 to 28/29 FEB 05 the it'l be 05. TGJ is now the identifier and unique to that car and will not be found on another LF54 reg plate. Basically 0 means ZERO and 5 indicates the number 9.
So it started in march 2001 as 01 and then in september it went to 51. So now you know simple heh!

WE don't need to renew the plates annually. Our road 'tax' or Road Fund Licence, (to give it its correct name) is a little paper disc in the front screen and you buy it at the Post office....Good heh



I'm so lost, I want to cry. :( :D