From: Adrian on 29 Jul 2010 04:42 A.Clews(a)DENTURESsussex.ac.uk gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> In the US, the plates are issued and managed completely by the state. >> If you live in <say> Texas, your plate is issued by the Texas DMV. If >> you move to California, you hand your Texas plates back and get a set >> of Californian ones. > They have essentially the same system in Germany, but it's by > district/city rather than state. And France has just moved from a similar departmental system to a UK- style national.
From: The Peeler on 29 Jul 2010 08:57
On 28 Jul 2010 12:52:24 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >A.Clews(a)DENTURESsussex.ac.uk gurgled happily, sounding much like they were >saying: > >>> The current scheme can continue until xx00xxx expires in February 2051 >>> without any modification (unless a fourth letter becomes required due >>> to volume). > >> I suspect most of us reading here will be expired by then anyway :-) > ><shrug> I'll still be in my 70s. Not exactly outside of the realms of >possibility. 35 going on 80, Adrienne? |