25 Facts About License plate

Vehicle registration plate, known as a number plate, license plate (American English), or licence plate (Canadian English), is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes.

In Europe, most governments require a registration License plate to be attached to both the front and rear of a vehicle, although certain jurisdictions or vehicle types, such as motorcycles, require only one License plate, which is usually attached to the rear of the vehicle.

Sometimes, the License plate frames contain advertisements inserted by the vehicle service centre or the dealership from which the vehicle was purchased.

Some drivers purchase clear, smoke-colored or tinted covers that go over the registration License plate to prevent electronic equipment from scanning the registration License plate.

An engineering study by the University of Illinois published in 1960 recommended that the state of Illinois adopt a numbering system and License plate design "composed of combinations of characters which can be perceived quickly and accurately, are legible at a distance of approximately 125 feet under daylight conditions, and are readily adapted to filing and administrative procedures".

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For embossing, a License plate is placed between dies on each side corresponding to the desired characters and compressed by a press.

The first digits of the License plate indicate the province in which the vehicle is registered.

The License plate is adorned with a small flag of Burkina Faso in the shape of the country, inscribed in a black circle.

Since 2005, to reflect the German FE font used, on the left side of the License plate are the emblems of the Economic Community of Central African States code and the CMR emblem.

Older License plate serials consisted of three numbers followed by three letters.

The second letter might be sequential or a "key letter" identifying the type of registration License plate; the following letters and numbers are assigned in sequential order to the date the vehicle has been registered.

The License plate must be changed every year and once the vehicle is checked a sticker must be attached to the back of the vehicle's windshield.

The License plate is only removed when the vehicle has reached the end of service and has been sold for scrap.

Registration License plate numbers starting with "AM" are reserved for government use.

Sometimes the last maximum three letters at the end of the License plate identifies the district region of the registered vehicle by the first letter, for example: which "W" identifies the vehicle is from the region of Southern South Tangerang city (Kota Tangerang Selatan), Banten province.

The registration License plate number is issued by the zonal-level Transport Management Office, a government agency under the Department of Transport Management.

Two colour schemes are in use: white-on-black scheme that is standard on cars from dealerships, or the Euro black-on-white and black-on-yellow (rear) scheme, of which the number License plate has to be made of a reflective plastic or metallic with textured characters which are black (for white-yellow), or white or silver (for black ones).

The common design consists of a blue strip on the left of the License plate, which has the EU motif, along with the country code of the member state in which the vehicle was registered.

Lettering on the License plate must be black on a white or yellow reflective background.

In 2001 the final License plate ZZ9999 was printed and the format was changed to ABC-123.

For example, in Virginia the annual cost of an amateur radio vanity License plate is a mere $1.

Some registration License plate combinations are banned from being issued by registration authorities.

In Manitoba, a License plate reading ASIMIL8 was banned as being culturally offensive to indigenous people.

Some states allow year of manufacture registrations where an original, official License plate expiring on the model year of an antique car is revalidated.

Traditionally the front License plate would be fastened by an amber or green jewel and the rear by a red jewel, but other colors have become available over the decades including blue, clear and, most recently, purple.

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