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Another DVLA Rip off!!
Sky-High first-year VED isn’t refundable if you decide not to keep your car Motorists are being habitually ripped off by the DVLA. Under certain circumstances the DVLA is refusing to fully refund the new more expensive first year road tax, leaving some motorists out of pocket by more than £500. The HM Treasury spokesperson confirmed that, unless a car is stolen or written off, it is current government policy to refund only the normal rate of road tax. This will be another prong of the gove
READ MORE →Police use anti-terror kit to chase parking fines
Police are conspiring with bailiffs to use number plate – reading technology originally developed to track terrorists to pull over motorists and make them settle parking debts. Officers have been running joint operations with debt collectors who use unmarked vans fitted with automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras to check whether passing vehicles have any unpaid council parking tickets. A Metropolitan police operation has helped to catch nearly 250 drivers in one London borough
READ MORE →JIG Irish Car Registrations
The next Fermanagh Replacement Number plate will be JIG. The IIG registrations will run out within the next 8 weeks and will be replaced with the JIG combinations. JIG 1001 will be the first registrations to be released in the combination. JIG number plates will be very popular among the budding musicians, and Irish dancers. The Jig is a form of lively folk dance, as well as the accompanying dance tune, originating in England in the sixteenth century and today most associated with Irish danc
READ MORE →What are Cherished Registrations?
The term Cherished Registrations usually refers to personalised car number plates. Cherished Registrations belong to Motorists who want the have something they have chosen on their number plates rather than the registration the DVLA would automatically issue them. To obtain a Cherished registration, you will have to pay extra money to be able to choose the registration you would like on your vehicle. Increasingly over the past few years more and more companies are adding Cherished Registratio
READ MORE →Qatar to issue new number plates for vehicles
The Arab country Qatar will have new vehicle number plates with the state’s name embossed in English. The numbers in English on the new license plates will also be a lot larger than the ones at the moment. The number of vehicles on Qatar’s roads continues to rise at the rate of approximately 10,000 a month. The Traffic Department will also be monitoring the amount of motorists who drive without registrations. They currently have a computer system that alerts them when a driver has reached all
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Number Plates Phonetic Alphabet
It is worth knowing that whenever you enquire about a registration over the telephone you will be required to confirm the letters phonetically. The main reason for this is that the person on the other end of the phone is clear on the registration you are enquiring about. Many mistakes can be made when confirming number plates, as B can sound like a D, and S can sound like a F. Therefore the following phonetic alphabet is used within the number plates industry: A = ALPHA B = BRAVO C
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JIL Irish Registration Plates
JIL registrations were issued in Fermanagh Local DVLA office from November 1993 to November 1994. It is interesting to note that Speedyreg is based in Fermanagh which was the county that issued all IL combinations, from AIL, BIL, GIL right through to YIL combinations. The IL combination was replaced in December 2004 with AIG registration. The JIL combination is particularly popular as it spells the popular girls name Jil. When the local office was issuing these registrations back in 1993, the
READ MORE →AUTOCAR Road Tests on vehicles
According to this week’s AutoCar Magazine the Top Five vehicles are as follows: Top 5 Warm Hatches Ford Fiesta (priced at £16,994) Citreon DS31 (priced at £15,900) Fiat 500 Abarth Esseesse (priced at £16,655) Ford Fiesta 1.6 Zetec (priced at £13,995) Renaultsport Twingo (priced at £12,100) Top 5 Luxury Saloons Jaguar XJ D (priced at £64,400) Mercedes S350 CDI (priced at £57,815) Audi A8 4.2 TDI (priced at £66, 450) Maserati Quattroporte (£85,005) BMW 740d M Sport (£
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GAZ Number Plates
GAZ registrations were issued in Belfast Local DVA office from January 1995 to April 1995. Any new vehicles that were registered in Belfast were automatically issued a GAZ registration. However no one would have known the real value of these number plates. GAZ number plates have become very popular as GAZ is usually the nickname or abbreviation of the following names Gary and Gareth. Due to the demand in GAZ registrations they are becoming scarce and therefore increasing in value. Four digit
READ MORE →New 'I Believe' Number Plates are legal
Drivers in South Carolina, may now be able to buy number plates with the words “I Believe” and three crosses, despite a federal Judge’s ruling against similar tags. Nearly 9 months ago a federal judge barred the state from making legislatively approved plates with the religious message, Attorney General Henry McMaster says a similar plate designed by a nonprofit group is legal. The plate under review at the Department of Motor Vehicles reads http://www.IBELIEVEsc.net along the top. It feature
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The New Style V5C has arrived!!!
The New Style V5CNI is now being issued in Northern Ireland. The most obvious change is the Colour. The front page is now Red in Colour, which takes alot of getting used to. Another change is that it now states "This will not produce a Registration Certificate" on the V5C/2 section. However this is incorrect as this will produce a V5C, if completed and forwarded to Coleraine DVA along with a V34 form. The Scrapped box has now been removed. You can no longer use the V5C(NI) to tell the DV
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What are Personalised Number Plates?
Personalised Number Plates are number plates that have been bought by the vehicle owner for their vehicle. They are not the standard issued numbers plates that vehicle would have been given by the DVLA, the owner would have paid extra for them. In the United Kingdom, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) issue number plates. They will not approve personalised registrations if they contain words, which are offensive in any widely used language. There are four main types of Person
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