The story of license plates
Many of you are I am quite sure, huge car enthusiasts, even if you are not I am pretty sure that any of you would enjoy the sight of a brand new car model on the streets. You maybe knowing a lot of things about motoring and about the latest trends, so in this article I thought of mentioning a few things about a particular item in almost all motors that a lot of people do not know much about. This item is actually something very visible and something you see daily but you keep ignoring it. License plates are ignored by a lot of people even though there is a story behind it and a lot of people do not know much about the license plates. So here we are, about to start a discussion about license plates, so open your mind, if license plate is something that you know of no more than the fact that it exists.
So do you know where you find license plates? Of course on vehicles, but there is a specific way of saying it. A license plate or better known as the vehicle registration plate is a metal or a plastic plate that is attached to a motor vehicle or a trailer. The purpose of these plates is identification and the number given to each vehicle would allow people to uniquely identify each. Some countries have unique numbers for each vehicle throughout the country and some have unique numbers throughout the states or provinces. Some agencies give identifiers associated the person and some agencies do so associate to the vehicle. The names also differ in different countries. In the US it is called the license plate or the tag and in the UK it is called the number plate or the registration plate.
In almost all cases, it is required for the license plates to be attached to both ends of the vehicle. The rear and the front license plates are slightly different to each other. However there are different jurisdictions that require only one plate for vehicles like motorcycles. In these cases, the license plates are only attached to the rear of the vehicle. There are national databases that hold this number holds more information related to the car like the colour, model, engine capacity and so on. There is also information like the last recorded mileage, fuel details, chassis number and the details related to the owner of the vehicle. Some countries allow the vehicle to be re-registered once used vehicles imported and sometimes it is a must and the previous registrations in previous places would not matter anymore.
When the license plate is associated to the user, then it is required that if the vehicle is sold, for the next user to find new plates. The previous owner would remove the license plate before he sells the vehicle. So mentioned here is just a teeny tiny bit of information on license plates and there is if you are interested in learning more about the license plates you would be able to find a lot of articles in the web. Hope you got a slight awareness of the number plate world through this article.
About the author
This is a guest article by Rachel Anderson from London. Rachel Anderson is a web designer and also a copywriter who loves all things design and creativity. Currently Rachel is writing some interesting articles about scrap cars for cash.