Vehicle registration plate Facts for Kids

Front British number plate

A vehicle registration plate is a metal or plastic plate on a motor vehicle or trailer. It is used for official identification purposes. There is a numeric or alphanumeric (meaning that the code is made up of numbers and letters) code that identifies the vehicle. In some countries, the identifier is unique in the entire country. In other countries, it is unique in a state or province. Sometimes the identifier is for a person and sometimes for a vehicle. Each country calls a vehicle registration plate something different. Some examples are license plate or tag (US), licence plate (Canada), number plate or registration plate (UK).

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Some jurisdictions license non-traditional vehicles, such as golf carts, particularly on on-road vehicles, such as this one in Put-in-Bay, Ohio.
Botswana plate
Burkina Faso passenger plate
Cameroonian diplomatic registration plate
An old Kenyan number plate from the 1970s
Morocco, Agadir registration plate
Northern Province number plate (1995)
Argentina's registration plate
Bolivian registration plate issued in La Paz, as indicated by the "L" sticker in the top right corner
Plate for a private vehicle issued in 2018 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Standard New Brunswick plate
Mexico – Sonora registration plate
Standard Michigan plate, with the term "SAMPLE" used as a fictitious example plate number
Standard Pennsylvania plate
Afghanistan LP – Kabul
Blue PRC registration plate of the 1992 standard
Hong Kong registration plates
Macau number plates for private vehicles, as observed in 2009
Indian vehicle registration plate (West Bengal)(WB-06 stands for Kolkata)
B identifies the vehicle is from JADETABEK which can be from the following cities: Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang that includes South Tangerang, and Bekasi. 6703 WJF are random numbers and letters from the police. 07.18 identifies the expiry date of the plate which is July 2018 and at the bottom left of the plate there is a small logo of the Indonesian National Traffic Police. This plate is the new design starting from 2012
New Registration Plate in Iran
Iraq registration plate 53964 – 2001
Japanese registration plate (schematic illustration). This sample registration plate is registered to Tama.
Jordanian private vehicle registration plate
North Korean registration plate from Pyongyang (1992)
South Korean vehicle registration plate
A standard Peninsular Malaysian registration plate, registered in Penang and affixed on a dealership plate frame.
2014 style Saudi Arabia registration plate
Black on white (front) and black on yellow (rear) number plate scheme in Singapore
Sri Lankan Number Plate for Front side of Vehicle
Vietnamese civilian vehicle registration plate. 51 denotes that the province is Ho Chi Minh City.
Plates in Europe
Russian registration plate
Swedish registration plate
Turkish vehicle registration plate
UA number plate
United Kingdom number plates
NSW number plate
Queensland number plate
South Australia number plate
Tasmania number plate
Governors car
Old New Zealand plate, issued in 1973
Rare Antarctica registration plate
An example of a vanity registration plate from Texas, 2012 issue. This plate references the Star Wars character Chewbacca.
A "Euro Plate" issued in the Australian state of Western Australia
Temporary registration plate in Ontario
Miami Beach license topper
The damage to the porcelain on this Wyoming license plate from 1916 exposed the iron causing it to rust.
In 1944 Wyoming license plates were made of soybean-based fiberboard due to metal conservation for World War II.
Black leather automobile license tag with a brass number on the center front. The first automobile license plate in Minnesota, 1903.

Vehicle registration plate facts for kids

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