Many people might be eyeing a personalised quantity plate so as to add some character to their automobiles when the brand new “24” automobile quantity plates go on sale on March 1.
Nonetheless, some folks may discover that the Driver and Automobile Licencing Company (DVLA) stifles their creativity by banning sure personalised licence plates yearly that is likely to be offensive or embarrassing.
The DVLA then places a few of the finest “good” 24 registrations up for public sale. These are “MY24 BMW,” “LO24 TUS,” “HA24 RRY,” and “AD24 AMS” for the 24 plates. Bids for these and lots of extra gadgets start at £250 within the DVLA’s on-line public sale, which runs from Wednesday, March 20 to Tuesday, March 26, 2024.
Nevertheless, a few of the prohibited licence plates on this yr’s record have been made public by Carwow, a web-based market for automotive modifications.
Carwow’s Freedom of Info request to the DVLA yielded a listing of prohibited 24 quantity plates, which incorporates some unsuitable letter combos and ones by which the quantity 4 in 24 appears to be like just like the letter “A.”
These are a few of this yr’s banned quantity plates:
- C24 ASH
- TE24 ROR
- **24 RSE
- *D24 UNK
- SL24 GGS
- The letter W was banned instantly earlier than **24 NKR
- **24 NAL
- *F24 RTS
- BB24 STD
- NO24 RUS
- EU24 WAR
- FK24 RUS
“Recognizing the primary of the brand new quantity plates is at all times an thrilling novelty every March and September, however having seen the complete record of banned 24 quantity plates, we’re glad the DVLA makes use of some discretion in order that we gained’t be seeing these on the highway.”
Is your quantity plate authorized?
These are the foundations you have to be conscious of round licence plates from the DVLA.
The quantity plates in your automobile should:
- be constituted of a reflective materials
- show black characters on a white background (entrance plate)
- show black characters on a yellow background (rear plate)
- not have a background sample
- be marked to point out who provided the quantity plate
- be marked with a British Normal quantity – that is ‘BS AU 145e’ for plates fitted after 1 September 2021
The characters should not be detachable or reflective. In case your quantity plates had been fitted after 1 September 2021, they need to even be a single shade of black.
Your quantity plates may also:
- have 3D (raised) characters
- show sure flags, symbols and identifiers
- show a inexperienced flash, when you have a zero-emission automobile
