Personalised Plates In The UK
Discussion
After reading the the "What crappy personalised plates have you seen" thread,
it got me wondering is there any reason why they cant issue actual personalised plates that don't have to be made of numbers and letters?
Surely it would be a good money earner for the DVLA. It won't stop stupid number plates but most of the personalised ones I see for sale in the UK I can hardly make out what there meant to say.
it got me wondering is there any reason why they cant issue actual personalised plates that don't have to be made of numbers and letters?
Surely it would be a good money earner for the DVLA. It won't stop stupid number plates but most of the personalised ones I see for sale in the UK I can hardly make out what there meant to say.
If the cherished plate market didn't exist in the form that it does in the UK then I imagine that the DVLA would like nothing better than to be able to sell people whatever they would like (within reason) on their reg plates. It'd be a total money-spinner.
However the pitch has been queered by the state of affairs that exists now where "C1 TTY" (random example) is "worth", say, 2K. There'd be uproar if all the people with all these existing cherished plates suddenly found that their contrived plate was suddenly worth the square root of fsck-all because DVLA were now selling "MAN CITY" instead.
Shame really - be great if it was like the US and you could have what you want.
However the pitch has been queered by the state of affairs that exists now where "C1 TTY" (random example) is "worth", say, 2K. There'd be uproar if all the people with all these existing cherished plates suddenly found that their contrived plate was suddenly worth the square root of fsck-all because DVLA were now selling "MAN CITY" instead.
Shame really - be great if it was like the US and you could have what you want.
Dog Star said:
If the cherished plate market didn't exist in the form that it does in the UK then I imagine that the DVLA would like nothing better than to be able to sell people whatever they would like (within reason) on their reg plates. It'd be a total money-spinner.
However the pitch has been queered by the state of affairs that exists now where "C1 TTY" (random example) is "worth", say, 2K. There'd be uproar if all the people with all these existing cherished plates suddenly found that their contrived plate was suddenly worth the square root of fsck-all because DVLA were now selling "MAN CITY" instead.
Shame really - be great if it was like the US and you could have what you want.
Ah this make sense. Who Decides how much a plate is worth? Here in West Aus it's first in best dressed. You pay a fee to the department of transport for your type of personalised plate (most expensive are $655) and if you sell it, you decide on the price.However the pitch has been queered by the state of affairs that exists now where "C1 TTY" (random example) is "worth", say, 2K. There'd be uproar if all the people with all these existing cherished plates suddenly found that their contrived plate was suddenly worth the square root of fsck-all because DVLA were now selling "MAN CITY" instead.
Shame really - be great if it was like the US and you could have what you want.
There are countries where for a one-off £500-ish you can have anything you want, any spacing, so one word or more, absolutely whatever you want that physically fits, as long as it is not offensive.
The amount of chavvy crap that is seen on numberplates is beyond belief. In fact such plates, far from being prestigious, are more an indication of the owner being on the lower rungs of the social ladder, and/or a bit of a prat. Think of the sometimes negative attitude in the UK that some people have to personalised plates, and multiply that feeling by a factor of 10.
So much so that considering that anyone can have anything that is not already issued, available at will, while I don't have stats I'd hazard a guess that only around 2% of cars have these plates fitted.
So you could safely say that this would not work very well.
The amount of chavvy crap that is seen on numberplates is beyond belief. In fact such plates, far from being prestigious, are more an indication of the owner being on the lower rungs of the social ladder, and/or a bit of a prat. Think of the sometimes negative attitude in the UK that some people have to personalised plates, and multiply that feeling by a factor of 10.
So much so that considering that anyone can have anything that is not already issued, available at will, while I don't have stats I'd hazard a guess that only around 2% of cars have these plates fitted.
So you could safely say that this would not work very well.
oldaudi said:
jimbop1 said:
Made me laugh.
Can just imagine the conversation:
police officer: "did you see the number plate?"
Witness: "a sad face, a filing cabinet, a keyboard, a pc mouse, a envelope, two wiggly lines and a box"
- the above is what one of my cars number plates "translates as"
aka_kerrly said:
haha,
Can just imagine the conversation:
police officer: "did you see the number plate?"
Witness: "a sad face, a filing cabinet, a keyboard, a pc mouse, a envelope, two wiggly lines and a box"
I've always said that even if I won the lottery I'd never bother with a personalised numberplate. If I could get one in Wingdings though I'd defo change my mindCan just imagine the conversation:
police officer: "did you see the number plate?"
Witness: "a sad face, a filing cabinet, a keyboard, a pc mouse, a envelope, two wiggly lines and a box"
- the above is what one of my cars number plates "translates as"
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