Rules On UK Number Plates To Be Relaxed
It is "almost hypocrisy" says DfT
Rules on Vanity Plates Relaxed
Owners of personalised numberplates will be allowed to move letters and numbers closer together to more easily spell words under a relaxation of the rules to be announced in the summer.
The change will allow more words to be created - potentially boosting government coffers.
e.g with the numberplates TA11 EST (tallest). Under the proposal, the two clumps of characters could be combined to read TA11EST. This could add greatly to the price. Owners would still not be allowed to change the font.
"There is demand from the public and this is an income stream the Treasury is keen to have," said the Department for Transport (DfT). "There is a bit of almost hypocrisy that we are selling plates and prosecuting [owners] if they push the numbers together."
The Association of Chief Police Officers warned that the move could reduce the accuracy of numberplate recognition cameras. But the DfT said the plates would remain readable.
Source : Sunday Times 25 March 2012
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