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It’s interesting that license plates have anti-counterfeiting features at all. AIUI here in the UK, numberplates can be manufactured by anyone and are not offic
by pxeger1 3y ago
It’s interesting that license plates have anti-counterfeiting features at all. AIUI here in the UK, numberplates can be manufactured by anyone and are not official “documents” in any way.
- sitharus 3y agoSame here in New Zealand. Registration plates just have the number for the car, nothing special. The registration database has make, model and VIN to confirm they’re the right plates.
- luke-stanley 3y agoIt is more accurate to say, that this helps to suggest they might be the right plates.
- TacticalCoder 3y ago> It’s interesting that license plates have anti-counterfeiting features at all. In Europe it depends from one country to another. Some have official plates, some official plate only for the back of the car (Belgium) while the front license plate can be manufactured by anyone and some have no official plates at all (Luxembourg): you can just order your license plates anywhere you want, as long as the colors are correct. In some countries the plate must be rivetted to the bumper (as in France). In other countries they have an anti-counterfeiting font: for example in the netherlands they're using weird 'O' and 'R' letters, to make it harder to pretend they're zero or 'B'. Fun stuff.
- hnburnsy 3y agoYes is the usage of fake plates a problem that needs solving? Criminals just take real plates off of other cars and use those. I read that in SF theft gangs even try to take plates of the same color and model of the car they are using.