Number plates, social mobility and power

Use of WPC 2010/2011 number plates, including private number plates began for security reasons. A politician had status not as a representative of the people but as one who had authority and wealth. At this time politicians were provided with security details and it became common to see the powerful riding in a saloon car with tinted glass windows, followed by a security jeep with tinted glass windows. The most recent aberration has been the VIP parking sticker, displayed prominently on the windscreen long after the event for which it was issued.
So far so good. The bulk of the impersonators got the occasional thrill by going through the red lights at a junction, or by parking in a no-parking zone, or overtaking on a double line, or any of the other traffic offences beloved of the denizens of this fair isle.

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Number plates, social mobility and power