Dutch number plate configuration changed again after five years

1 month ago

The new DVLA rules coming into force for drivers this week

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Car Rules Vehicle Number Plate Dvla Uk Drivers

1 month ago

Increase in car break-ins last year; over 1,000 reported cases in Noord-Holland

NL Times

There were 698 more car break-ins throughout the Netherlands last year than in 2023. The biggest increase was in Noord-Holland, where there was an increase of 14.4 percent in car break-ins compared to the previous year. A total of 44,225 car break-ins were reported in the Netherlands last year, with 1,499 of those occurring in Noord-Holland. The number of car …

Netherlands Car Number Utrecht

2 months ago

Dutch Government rejects personalized license plates

NL Times

The Dutch government has decided against allowing personalized license plates, citing high costs and potential complications, according to Infrastructure Minister Madlener. A year ago, the Tweede Kamer asked for an assessment of options for custom license plates, which would allow vehicle owners to choose their own text. The study, conducted with input from the RDW vehicle authority, outlined several implementation …

Personalized Plates

2 months ago

Minister says "no" to personalised car number plates in NL

Dutch News

Infrastructure Barry Madlener has shot down a proposal supported by his own party to allow personalised number plates. Subject to restrictions Belgians motorists keen to display their personal preferences on their cars pay €1000 for a personalised number plate. Dutch number plates do not use vowels so that they do not inadvertently feature words, and officials also take steps out …

2 months ago

Banned number plates revealed: Full list of new '25' registrations the DVLA's deemed too rude for the road

Daily Mail

It's that time of the year when a specialist team from the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency step in to stop our roads from becoming too rude. The Government agency has released its annual list of registration plates it deems unacceptable to be displayed on brand new cars in two months' time when the new '25' plate arrives. Here are …

War List Number Your Car Plates Dvla Number Plates

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Number plate mix-up: Rotterdam man getting Breda driver’s parking fines since 2022

NL Times

A man from Rotterdam has been wrongly receiving parking tickets from Breda for two years. “I have a B, and he or she has a D.” Abdullah asked a friend in Breda to go to the street where all the parking fines come from and see if he could find the car. The issue turned out to be a screw …

Car Scan Rotterdam Breda Rijnmond

2 years, 6 months ago

Number of electric cars in the Netherlands has nearly tripled since 2020

NL Times

The number of registered electric cars has almost tripled in two and a half years, reported automotive industry groups, BOVAG and RAI, using data from RDC. On 1 September, more than 300,000 electric passenger cars were listed in the Dutch registry for the first time. The second most popular brand is Volkswagen, with 12.5 percent of the existing electric cars …

Dutch Cars Electric Electric Cars

2 years, 7 months ago

New number plates to be installed in all old vehicles, says Gadkari: Report

Hindustan Times

Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari recently announced that new number plates will be installed in all old vehicles so that they can be monitored with the Global Positioning System and other state-of-the-art systems. The move to install new number plates in all old vehicles is a step towards the Centre’s plan to eliminate toll plazas across India. …

India Vehicles Gadkari Toll Plazas Old Vehicles New Number Plates

2 years, 10 months ago

High security number plates only for vehicles registered in Karnataka after April 1, 2019

The Hindu

Prasanna Kumar, a two-wheeler owner, was stopped by the traffic police in Vijayanagar earlier this week. As similar complaints of traffic police insisting that motorists replace their old vehicle number plates with High Security Registration Plates are pouring in, the Transport Department and city traffic police division have clarified that HSRP is not mandatory for vehicles that were registered prior …

Traffic Karnataka Vehicles Old Number Plates Number Plates

3 years, 6 months ago

License plate recognition cameras are "massive privacy violation": Privacy First

NL Times

The Privacy First Foundation began summary proceedings against the state due to the Automatic Plate Number Recognition system which the interest group called a “massive privacy violation”. “This is not necessary at all, completely disproportionate and, moreover, ineffective,” Privacy First said referring to a report by the Scientific Research and Documentation Center, the knowledge institute for the Ministry of Justice. …

Privacy Plate License Plates Privacy First

3 years, 7 months ago

Govt Announces New Vehicle Number Series 'BH' for People Moving States

News 18

In order to facilitate seamless transfer of vehicles, the Ministry has introduced a new registration mark for new vehicles i.e. The Transport Ministry has stated that a vehicle bearing this registration mark shall not require the assignment of a new registration mark when the owner of the vehicle shifts from one state to another. The vehicle registration facility under ‘BH’ …

State Vehicle Vehicle Registration Registration Mark New Registration Mark

3 years, 8 months ago

Central Motor Vehicles Rules Amended To Incorporate Special Provision For Registration Of Vintage Motor Vehicles

Live Law

The Union Government amended Central Motor Vehicles Rules to incorporate special provisions for registration of vintage motor vehicles.The amended Rules defines 'Vintage Motor Vehicle' as any vehicle classified under vintage vehicle category as defined in this order for L1 and L2 categories and M1 category, which is more than fifty years old from the date of. The Union Government amended …

Registration Vehicles Vintage Rules Vehicle Motor Central Motor Vehicles Rules

3 years, 8 months ago

Kerala High Court Directs Government Pleaders To Remove Designation From Number Plates Of Their Vehicles

Live Law

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed all Government Pleaders to remove their designations from the number plates of their vehicles within one week. Government pleader Santhosh Kumar sought to modify the directions on the ground that Rule 92A of the Kerala Motor Vehicles Rules entitled certain authorities to display their designations. The primary discussion in today's hearing was regarding …

Law Court Vehicles Kerala High Court State High Number

5 years, 3 months ago

Over 200 times more cars now in NL than in 1927

NL Times

The number of passenger cars in the Netherlands increased by a factor of more than 200 since 1927, Statistics Netherlands reported on Thursday. This year the country counted 8.5 million passenger cars. The population-adjusted number of cars grew from 12 cars per 1,000 residents in 1950, to 41 cars per 1,000 residents in 1960, to 153 in 1970 and 300 …

Netherlands Cars Million

5 years, 5 months ago

Electric car drivers could be given green number plates

Daily Mail

Drivers of electric cars could be given green number plates that allow them to use bus lanes and park for free. ‘Green number plates are a really positive and exciting way to help everyone recognise the increasing number of electric vehicles on our roads.’ The new number plates could either by completely green or could feature just a green dot …

Cars Car Vehicles Electric Vehicles Drivers Green Vehicle

5 years, 10 months ago

Number of fully electric cars in NL doubled last year

NL Times

On January 1st the Netherlands counted nearly 45 thousand fully electric cars, double the number on January 1st last year. At the start of this year, there were 139 thousand plug-in cars - both fully electric and hybrids - in the Netherlands, a 16 percent increase compared to the start of last year. On January 1st, 2018, the Netherlands counted …

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6 years ago

More Dutch changing their surnames

NL Times

An increasing number of Dutch seem to be dissatisfied with their surname, with more and more people going through the administrative hassle and high costs to change it. Last year 2,057 surname changes were approved, compared to 1,269 in 2012, RTL Nieuws reports based on figures from the Justis Department. The reasons for name changes vary from people who want …

Dutch Change Netherlands Changes Surnames Rtl Surname

7 years, 8 months ago

Fewer cars, more motorcycles stolen in first half of 2017

NL Times

In the first six months of this year, the number of passenger cars stolen in the Netherlands dropped by 11 percent, but the number of motorcycles stolen increased by 8 percent, according to the foundation for tackling vehicle crime AVc, ANP reports. In the first half of this year, a total of 4,254 cars were stolen, compared to 4,776 in …

Cars First Half Stolen

8 years, 3 months ago

Dutch Police now tracking suspects with facial recognition

NL Times

From today the Dutch police can track suspects using facial recognition - faces of suspects, from surveillance camera footage for example, can now be compared with a large database filled with photos of people with criminal records, NOS reports. You end up on the database if you are arrested for a crime that carries a prison sentence of at least …

Dutch Nos Facial Recognition Database Tracking Suspects

8 years, 4 months ago

五城市启动新能源汽车号牌试点

China Daily

12月1日，上海、南京、无锡、济南、深圳5个城市率先启动新能源汽车号牌试点工作，463副新能源汽车号牌顺利发放。请看相关报道： China began a pilot program to issue special license plates for new energy vehicles in five cities on Thursday, in an effort to promote such vehicles and relieve pressure on energy use and the environment. 12月1日，我国开始在五个城市启动新能源汽车号牌试点工作，此举意在推广新能源汽车，缓解能源及环境压力。 Different from the traditional blue license plates, the new ones are green and 40mm wider than conventional plates. The special plates have …

Vehicles Plates

8 years, 4 months ago

五城市启动新能源汽车号牌试点

China Daily

12月1日，上海、南京、无锡、济南、深圳5个城市率先启动新能源汽车号牌试点工作，463副新能源汽车号牌顺利发放。请看相关报道： China began a pilot program to issue special license plates for new energy vehicles in five cities on Thursday, in an effort to promote such vehicles and relieve pressure on energy use and the environment. 12月1日，我国开始在五个城市启动新能源汽车号牌试点工作，此举意在推广新能源汽车，缓解能源及环境压力。 Different from the traditional blue license plates, the new ones are green and 40mm wider than conventional plates. The special plates have …

Vehicles Plates

8 years, 9 months ago

Vintage car owners seek special status in Kerala

Deccan Chronicle

THRISSUR: In the wake of the Green Tribunal banning ten-year-old diesel vehicles in six cities and Kerala High Court issuing a stay on the order on June 10, owners of more than 5,000 vintage cars in Kerala have demanded an exemption. Vintage Car Association president Arun Cheloor said the stay order was temporary, and the state government needed to give …

Kerala Cars Car Vintage Cars Vehicles Vintage

9 years, 6 months ago

Dutch police took three billion photos of car licence plates last year

Dutch News

The Dutch police and tax officials take three billion photographs of car number plates a year, the NRC says on Friday. The driver accuses the tax office of a mass invasion of privacy by taking so many photographs, which it uses to check if company car drivers are avoiding tax on their vehicles. But they are also passed on to …

Tax Cars Company Stolen Car Company Car Drivers

9 years, 6 months ago

Dutch police took three billion photos of car licence plates last year

Dutch News

The Dutch police and tax officials take three billion photographs of car number plates a year, the NRC says on Friday. The driver accuses the tax office of a mass invasion of privacy by taking so many photographs, which it uses to check if company car drivers are avoiding tax on their vehicles. But they are also passed on to …

Tax Cars Company Stolen Car Company Car Drivers

18 years, 4 months ago

Car number plates key to catch tax dodgers

Dutch News

Police and tax inspectors are to use superfast car number plate readers to identify tax dodgers so they can be made to pay up. Drivers who are pulled over must either pay their outstanding bills on the spot – or have their car confiscated. The scanners will initially identify people who haven’t paid their road tax, but payment for other …

Tax Pay Tax Dodgers

18 years, 4 months ago

Car number plates key to catch tax dodgers

Dutch News

Police and tax inspectors are to use superfast car number plate readers to identify tax dodgers so they can be made to pay up. Drivers who are pulled over must either pay their outstanding bills on the spot – or have their car confiscated. The scanners will initially identify people who haven’t paid their road tax, but payment for other …

Tax Pay Tax Dodgers