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Back then the first three letters of the license plate identified the city council where the car was registered. There wouldn't have been a lot of cars in Lond
by phkamp 8y ago
Back then the first three letters of the license plate identified the city council where the car was registered.
There wouldn't have been a lot of cars in London with that particular three-leter code which increases the chance of recognition a lot.
- rwmj 8y agoStill does (the first two letters anyway). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_Kingdom#Characters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of...
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoIt used to encode the town or part of a city, now it gives a region that could be anywhere in several counties based on the nearest DVLA local office (now all closed).