New license plate collection: letter, letter, letter, quantity, quantity, letter

The RDW has began a brand new license plate collection for passenger vehicles: three letters, two numbers, one letter. The primary license plate with that letter-number mixture, GBB-01-B, was issued this afternoon.

The brand new collection is the eleventh mixture of nationwide letter numbers for passenger vehicles. It was first printed in 1951 and had two letters and 4 numbers. ND-00-01 is the primary license plate in response to the nationwide system. Earlier than that there was a regional system during which every province had its personal letter.

The primary license plate collection for passenger vehicles lasted sixteen years. For much longer than the earlier one, which began in August 2019. That number-letter mixture, with one letter, three numbers after which two letters, solely lasted 5 years. That is partly as a result of not all letters and mixtures are allowed. The brand new collection of license plates is anticipated to final roughly eight years.

From the fourth row of license plates for passenger vehicles, vowels are not used. The letters C and Q are additionally not allowed as a result of they appear an excessive amount of like 0 (zero). As well as, mixtures of letters which might be identified abbreviations or are just like a phrase, comparable to GVD, KVT, PSV and BBB are additionally prohibited.