car number plates

mollykins | 16:48 Wed 08th Dec 2010 | Motoring

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Are all car number plates in the world written using 'our' number and letters?

What will we do, when it gets to the point that we have to make the combinations so long that the digits won't fit onto the back of a car? or by that time will something either have replaced the car or a new kind of number plate will have been invented?

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ABerrant

http://en.wikipedia.o...le_registration_plate

The UK implemented "new kind of number plates" in 1932, 1963, 1983 and 2001.

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Bambiagain

If you work it out, it doesn't take many letter/number combinations to give a huge number of variations. The current system will last for quite a few years yet.

And I suspect that for instance Arabic speaking countries may well use their own alphabets. I may be wrong of course. However, I see cars from all over Europe where I live and they all use our alphabet/number system.

NazNomad

http://www.platehut.c...cScript_8260981_S.jpg

mollykins

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Thanks naz, but of course, I forgot that 'our' numbers were originally from arabic I think . . . .

JonnyBoy12

How mant car numbers can any of you remember? I can recall well over 500 of them, and need to know if this is a record. Can any of you beat this feat?

boxtops

Different countries use different sequences, in the Arab countries they use the original Arab numerals on their plates as well as "our" numbers. Have a look here, it gives you sample places from most of the countries in the world, quite interesting! http://www.numberplat...es/Saudi%20Arabia.asp

mollykins

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jonny, I know my parents current car's, their previous cars and my dad's works van number plate, i'm useless at remembering codes and stuff, I know my home number and mobile number and noone elses . . . .

NazNomad

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mollykins

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:/ . . . . . . . Would a jaguar car with the last three digits of it's number plate as J4G probably be personalised and say the owner was called Tom, could have the nuymber as T0M5 JAG ? considering i didn't see the first few digits, or could it just be a coincidence that it was a jag with jag in the reg number?

DTCwordfan

no Chinese ones or Saudi ones use their respective scripts - and I would guess in N Korea, they use only their script, if there are any cars! If I remember right, S Korea uses both systems

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mollykins

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I meant T0M5 J4G . . . .