Licence Plates

[Jake Manthorpe]

Was on my way back from brighton on the M25, when i thought to myself.
What happens in 2010 after the 59 plate?

What will the next numbers be?

 

[Del Boy]

60..

 

[Box of Frogs]

10 in March and 60 in September I believe

 

[Jake Manthorpe]

Oh thanks for that, one less thing to worry about

 

[Superseagull]

Fuel will be so expensive by then that there will be no cars on the road!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

10 in March and 60 in September I believe

Wrong.

10 and 61.

 

[Stevie Boy]

its going to be like mad max, and i will have the interceptor

 

[Jake Manthorpe]

10 - 61 then 62 - 65? im still really confusedd!

 

[Gully]

This year we had 08 in March and 58 will be issued from September...surely the system is now the year, less 2000 in the first part of the year, then add 50 to that number for the autumn...so for 2010 I would make it 10 and 60.

 

[Jake Manthorpe]

Ye but the 50 was to mark half way though the year.. so im asuming it was a percentage?

therefore 60 would be more than half!

way too confusing

 

[Gully]

Didn't they split the year to try and stop the glut of sales around the time the registration changed with crap sales for the remaining eleven months or so...better system would have been to remove the year marker from the registration entirely and go for a system they have in countries like Germany.

 

[Box of Frogs]

Wrong.

10 and 61.

Year March September
2001 51
2002 02 52
2003

03
53
2004 04 54
2005 05 55
2006 06 56
2007 07 57
2008 08 58
2009 09 59
2010 10 60
2011 11 61
2012 12 62
2013 13 63
2014 14 64
2015 15 65
2016 16 66
2017 17 67
2018 18 68
2019 19 69
2020 20 70
2021 21 71
2022 22 72
2023 23 73
2024 24 74
2025 25 75
2026 26 76
2027 27 77
2028 28 78
2029 29 79
2030 30 80
2031 31 81
2032 32 82
2033 33 83
2034 34 84
2035 35 85
2036 36 86
2037 37 87
2038 38 88
2039 39 89
2040 40 90
2041 41 91
2042 42 92
2043 43 93
2044 44 94
2045 45 95
2046 46 96
2047 47 97
2048 48 98
2049 49 99

I await your apology LB

 

[Jake Manthorpe]

I don't have any idear how or why they done it, dos'nt make too much sence to me!

what system do they use in Germany then?

 

[nail-Z]

I don't have any idear how or why they done it, dos'nt make too much sence to me!

what system do they use in Germany then?

Can I respectably suggest that you don't pursue a career in rocket science.

 

[Gully]

It is something like the first letter (or letters) represents the town or area, there are then a couple of more letters and a number, something like this:

 

[Jake Manthorpe]

Oh yea.. i had that in italy!! NA for naples and the 2 letters and 3 numbers.. ye i prefer that!

 

[Wardy]

Reason that they kept the year in it was that even though the people running car dealerships did not like the fact that they did all their business in one month, they did still like the fact that some people brought a new car every year in order to have the new numberplate. Take away the year code and there is no longer any need for these people to buy a new car each year.

 

[Icy Gull]

Reason that they kept the year in it was that even though the people running car dealerships did not like the fact that they did all their business in one month, they did still like the fact that some people brought a new car every year in order to have the new numberplate. Take away the year code and there is no longer any need for these people to buy a new car each year.

That's what I thought was the reason, except you still know which year a car is, this year is 58 and 08 isn't it, which is even more obvious than a letter to determine the year?

 

[Gazwag]

2049 49 99

So what will happen in 2050

 

[Gully]

They will presumably invent a new system, just like they did for the present one when the last one ran out.